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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 00-01-25
From: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>
MIDDAY EXPRESS
News from the Spokesman's midday briefing
Nouvelles du rendez-vous de midi du Porte-Parole 25/01/2000b
CONTENTS / CONTENU
[01] Romano Prodi annonce la mise en place d'un registre de sa
correspondance, accessible au public par internet
[02] European cooperation in quality evaluation in school education
[03] Anna Diamantopoulou meets Juan Somavía, Director General of the
International Labour Organization
[01] Romano Prodi annonce la mise en place d'un registre de sa
correspondance, accessible au public par internet
Comme il l'avait annoncé devant le Parlement européen le 14 septembre 1999,
le Président de la Commission européenne, Romano Prodi, mettra
prochainement en service sur le Web le registre de sa correspondance. Cette
initiative personnelle vise à ouvrir la voie de manière concrète à la mise
en oeuvre de bonnes pratiques en matière de transparence à l'égard des
citoyens.
[02] European cooperation in quality evaluation in school education
The European Commission has just adopted a proposal of a recommendation on
European cooperation in school education. The recommendation invites the
Member States to take concrete steps to support the improvement of the
quality of their schools. These steps include the establishment of
transparent quality assurance system where school self-evaluation is
encouraged within a balanced framework of self-evaluation and external
evaluation. Furthermore, the cooperation and networking between the
authorities responsible for quality evaluation in Member States is
recommended. This includes the exchange of information and experiences in
particular on methodological developments and examples of good practice,
and the development of comparable data, indicators and benchmarks on
national education systems to compare strength and weaknesses with a view
to exchange good practices. The recommendation is the follow-up on a range
of activities of the Commission during the past five years. Among these the
pilot project on quality evaluation in school education, which was
conducted during 1997 and 1998 in cooperation with the competent
authorities in the Member States. The development of quality education and
training will constitute an important element within the overall framework
of a council resolution on new working procedures for European cooperation
in the field of education and training ("rolling agenda").
[03] Anna Diamantopoulou meets Juan Somavía, Director General of the
International Labour Organization
European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs, Anna
Diamantopoulou today met Mr Juan Somavía, Director-General of the
International Labour Office (ILO) in Brussels. The Commissioner expressed
the Commission's interest in developing cooperation with the ILO and
underlined the Commission's political support to the ILO in its efforts to
promote respect of core labour standards. This is Mr Somavía's first
official visit to the European institutions since he took office as the
ILO's new Director-General in March 1999. He was yesterday scheduled to
address the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European
Parliament. Regarding the question of a link between trade and labour
standards, the role of the ILO, and its relationship with the WTO, has been
a key element. Mr Somavía has clearly indicated, notably in his submission
to the Seattle WTO Ministerial, that the issue should be seen in the wider
context of efforts to achieve greater coherence in the international
system. On the EU side, a proposal was presented at the Seattle WTO
Ministerial for dealing with trade and labour by the establishment of a
"joint ILO-WTO standing working forum", which might also be open to other
organisations. There have subsequently been informal contacts between the
Commission and the ILO on this subject. Mrs Diamantopoulou stated : "The
Commission is strongly in favour of developing cooperation with the ILO and
believes that the ILO has a central role to play in any international
initiative focusing on links between globalisation and social development.
The Commission also welcomes the number of ratifications of the new child
labour convention."
MIDDAY EXPRESS
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