This EU White Paper is part of a process designed simultaneously to provide an analysis and to put forward guidelines for action in the fields of education and training. It takes forward the White Paper "Growth, competitiveness, employment", which stressed the importance for Europe of intangible investment, particularly in education and research. After describing what is at stake and analysing the changes which need to be considered, while respecting the principle of subsidiarity, the White Paper sets out the action to be taken in the Member States and the support measures to be introduced at Community level.
The main lines of action at the European level envisaged for 1996 include:
encourage the acquisition of new knowledge;
bringing school and the business sector closer together;
combat exclusion;
proficiency in three European languages;
treat capital investment and investment in training on an equal basis.
The full paper is downloadable from the European Commission DGXXII WWW Site: http://www.cec.lu/en/comm/dg22/lbhp.htm.