Minister of Education and Culture Costas Kadis participates in the EU Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council that takes place in Brussels.
In an intervention at the Council, the Minister said that Cyprus, in an effort to encourage cross border education, wants to amend its legislative framework so that public universities can offer education programs in English.
He also referred to the state`s intention to strengthen the role of the Open University of Cyprus to offer distance programs to students from other countries.
During the Council, the Ministers will discuss the role of education and training in the forthcoming review of the Europe 2020 strategy. The Council will also be devoted to youth-related issues. In addition the usual informal meeting (“structured dialogue”) will take place between representatives of European youth organisations, the President of the Youth Council configuration, Cypriot EU Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou and ministers from the expanded troika (LT, EL, IT and LV). The exchange of views will focus on youth entrepreneurship.
On Wednesday, the Council proceedings will resume with culture and audiovisual matters and sport-related issues being dealt with in the afternoon.
The Sport session will also be preceded by a working lunch, in the framework of the “structured dialogue” between representatives of the sports movement and ministers from the member states of the expanded troika, addressing the issues of sustainability and legacy related to the hosting of major sport events.