Meeting of the Ministers of Education and University Authorities
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- (Doc. 101, 2nd
part)
It is recommended that, in the near future,
the Committee of Ministers should invite the Ministers of Education to
meet with a view to drawing up a European plan for cultural cooperation.
The Ministers of Education will naturally be assisted by such
experts as they desire for this purpose.
For questions coming under the jurisdiction of Universities,
the Committee of Ministers should invite the responsible authorities
(Rectors, Chancellors, Vice-Chancellors, etc.), to a meeting to
consult each other on the measures to be adopted.
The plan of co-operation to be submitted to the next Session
of the Assembly should relate in particular to the following points
:
1 Comparative study of the
teaching programmes in the different countries in order that the
best features of each may be available to all ;
2 The development of the teaching of the leading European
languages ;
3 The conditions under which university degrees and diplomas
may be recognised in other countries ;
4 The preparation of a series of impartial books dealing
with the geography and the history of European countries which bring
out the links between them ;
5 The arranging of university courses and lectures on European
problems and organisations ;
6 The creation of as large a number as possible of scholarships
and periods of study in universities and higher teaching and research
institutes abroad ;
7 The methods to be adopted for stimulating popular interest
in the cause of European unity by adult education, university extension
lectures, broadcasts and the cinema, exchange of records and films between
nations and by art and folklore exhibitions ;
8 The collective utilisation to the best advantage of the
works of art and particularly archeological treasures, which constitute
one of the fundamental elements of the common heritage of the European peoples.
