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UnderstandingE d u c a t i o nin Europe

Education systems and policies

in 33 Europeant icountries

European Commission

Eurydice, a unique source on Education in Europe

Education systems vary enormously across Europe.

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Understanding how they are organised and how they work isessential for promoting cooperation and mobility at Europeanand International levels.

A LONG-ESTABLISHED EUROPEAN NETWORK, EURYDICE, aims to meetthis need by providing an accurate picture of the European

What Eury

The Eurydice netwoEuropean cooperatioeducation Its main misy p g p p

Education landscape, covering all levels of education. Thisincludes:

• EURYPEDIA, THE EUROPEAN ENCYCLOPEDIA ON NATIONAL EDUCATION

SYSTEMS: readily comparable and up-to-date descriptions ofth i ti f 38 E t

education. Its main misresponsible for edEuropean, national aanalyses and informathem in their decision m

the organisation of 38 European systems;

• COMPARATIVE STUDIES on issues on the agenda of Europeancooperation in education;

• A SERIES OF KEY DATA offering indicators on various key topicssuch as the use of new technology at school or learning

Eurydice collects informregulations and policiestatistics. Results frominternational surveyswhen appropriate. This

such as the use of new technology at school or learninglanguages; and

• FACTS AND FIGURES on the structure and the main features ofeducation systems such as school and academic calendars,taught time in compulsory education, teacher and school

identify common pattprovides a basis forstrategies in educatiowork in the contextstrategy and contribut

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Understandingd u c a t i o n

n Europe

Who we are

Eurydice was established jointly by the European Commissiond th M b St t i 1980 t h i f ti

ydice does

rk aims to facilitaten in the field ofssion is to provide those

and the Member States in 1980 to exchange information onEducation national systems. It is funded by the EU ActionProgramme in the field of Lifelong Learning and consists of:

• a EUROPEAN UNIT which coordinates the Network andproduces its publications. The unit is based in the EU

ssion is to provide thoseducation policies atand local level withtion which will assistmaking.

Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency inBrussels.

• 37 NATIONAL UNITS BASED IN ALL 33 COUNTRIES participatingin the EU’s Lifelong Learning programme. These gathernational information and contribute to analysis. National

mation on national laws,es as well as relevantm research and majorcomplete the analysiss makes it possibility to

national information and contribute to analysis. NationalUnits are mostly situated in Ministries of Education, withsome in national agencies, research centres or otherorganisations. They work closely with leading experts inthe field.

d ll b h d f hterns and trends andreflection on effectiveon. Eurydice supportsof the Europe 2020es to the reporting on

Eurydice collaborates with Eurostat, Cedefop, the EuropeanTraining Foundation, the European Agency for Development inSpecial Needs Education and CRELL (the Centre for Research onLifelong Learning). Eurydice also supports the EuropeanCommission’s work with international organisations such as

h l f dHigher Education. OECD, the Council of Europe and Unesco.