STUDY Requested by the CULT Committee Making the European Education Area a reality: state of affairs, challenges and prospects Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies Directorate-General for Internal Policies PE 652.237 - February 2021 EN RESEARCH FOR CULT COMMITTEE Making the European Education Area a reality: state of affairs, challenges and prospects Abstract This study presents and examines three communications on a future European Education Area published by the European Commission between November 2017 and September 2020, analysing the reception and assessment of these communications by the other EU institutions, Member States and various stakeholders. It highlights existing challenges and makes concrete recommendations as regards the strategy, governance and priorities required to turn the vision of a European Education Area into reality by 2025. This document was requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education. AUTHORS Pierre HERIARD, Markus J. PRUTSCH & Sophia THOENES (trainee), European Parliament Project, publication and communication assistance: Jeanette BELL, Kinga OSTAŃSKA Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies, European Parliament LINGUISTIC VERSIONS Original: EN ABOUT THE PUBLISHER To contact the Policy Department or to subscribe to updates on our work for the CULT Committee please write to:
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