Use of the Cultural Fund of the Council of Europe in the university sphere

Recommendation 108 (1957)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

(see Doc. 561, draft Recommendation of the Committee on Cultural and Scientific Questions and Explanatory Memorandum by M. Erler). This Recommendation was adopted by the Assembly at its 30th Sitting, on 8th January 1957 /

The Assembly,

Having regard to the "Conclusions" of the Special Meeting on European Universities, held at Paris from 11th to 13th June, 1956 ;

Having regard to Recommendation 74 (1955) proposing the establishment of a Council of Europe Cultural Fund ;

Convinced that such a Fund would be an appropriate instrument for carrying out many university schemes of European interest,

Recommends that the Committee of Ministers should :

1 ensure the immediate establishment of a Council of Europe Cultural Fund, if necessary by means of a partial agreement ;

2 provide that a part of the Fund's programme be devoted to the carrying out of measures to facilitate the introduction of European teaching and strengthen the European community of teachers and students, such as :

a the financing of a Council of Europe Prize designed to encourage and reward special achievements in teaching and research on questions of European interest ;

b financial assistance for the setting up, within the universities concerned, of specialised documentation centres covering the problems with which international organisations have to contend ; [(1) See Recommendation 107.]

c subsidising the institution of specialised and "open chairs" to enable foreign professors to teach in a university ; [(2) See Recommendation 107.]

d an equalisation fund to overcome financial obstacles to the exchange of teachers between universities.