Socrates Programme

The Socrates programme is an educational initiative of the European Commission and 31 countries currently take part. The initial Socrates programme ran from 1994 until 31 Dec 1999 it was replaced with the Socrates II programme on 24 Jan 2000, which is scheduled to run until 2006. The countries participating in the programme are the 25 European Union countries, Bulgaria, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Romania and Turkey. The programme is named for the Greek philosopher Socrates. Its published aims are:
  • "To strengthen the European dimension of education at all levels"
  • "To improve knowledge of European languages"
  • "To promote co-operation and mobility throughout education"
  • "To encourage innovation in education"
  • "To promote equal opportunities in all sectors of education"
Some of its building blocks are: The Commission has proposed that these programmes will be replaced by an Integrated programme by 2006.

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