Education policy of the EU

Konkurentnost je jedan od ključnih preduvjeta gospodarstva za razvoj. Europska unija donijela je Lisabonsku strategiju s ciljem povećavanja njezine konkurentnosti. Obrazovanje danas predstavlja osnovu konkurentnosti, a bez zadovoljavajuće obrazovne strukture nije moguće postići krajnji cilj u svakom gospodarstvu, a to je rast, bolja kvaliteta života, te puna zaposlenost. Lisabonska strategija donesena je 2000. godine., te je bila obvezujuća za narednih deset godina, gdje se kasnije usvojila nova strategija pod nazivom Europa 2020. Strategija se sastoji od nekoliko glavnih prioriteta, a usmjerena je na pametan, održiv i inkluzivan razvoj. Strategija pod nazivom EU strategija za mlade ulaganje i osnaživanje, donesena je 2009. godine., te donosi smjernice za mlade ljude. Obrazovanje i osposobljavanje 2020 naziv je za suradnju zemalja članica Europske unije u području obrazovanja i osposobljavanja stanovništva koji se sastoji od nekoliko radnih skupina. Program cjeloživotnog učenja najveći je program u području obrazovanja u Europskoj uniji. Sastoji se od nekoliko potprograma; Commenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig, Transverzalni program, te Jean Monnet program. Program Erasmus najuspješniji je program u okviru Programa za cjeloživotno učenje. Europska unija teži da sustavi obrazovanja njenih članica budu na maksimalni način usklađeni, no obrazovni sustavi se još uvijek međusobno razlikuju. Duljina obveznog obrazovanja jedna je od glavnih razlika obrazovnih sustava članica, te je ona u rasponu od osam do trinaest godina. Hrvatska je članica koja ima najkraće vrijeme trajanja obveznog obrazovanja. Ustroj obrazovnog sustava u Hrvatskoj sastoji se od četiri razine, dok model koji preporučuje Europska unija svojim članicama sastoji se od više razina, te traje duže. Visoko obrazovanje u Europskoj uniji provodi se po Bolonjskom procesu. Glavni načini financiranja obrazovanja dolaze iz državnog proračuna.One of the key precondition for economy growth is the competitiveness in this section. The European Union has developed The Lisbon Recognition Convention with the intention of increasing it competitiveness. Nowadays the education is the base system for competitiveness, and without a satisfactory education structure it is not possible to achive goals in each economy, which are growth, better life quality and full employment. The Lisbon Recognition Convention has been developed and declared in 2000. and was obligatory for the next ten years, when a new strategy has been developed Europe 2020. This strategy is made of a few main priorities and focused to the smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. EU Strategy for Youth investing and empowering has been developed in 2009. and contains guidelines for young people. Education and training 2020 is s colaboration program between EU member states in educating and training the population which is made of several work groups. Lifelong Learning Programme is the biggest programme in the European Union in the field of education in general. It is made of several subroutines like Commenius, Erasmus, Leonardo da Vinci, Grundtvig, transversal programme and Jean Monnet programme. The Erasmus Programme is the most successful programme in the Lifelong Learning Programme context. The European Union tend to make its member states education systems similiar but they are still very different. The longness of the compulsory education is still one of the main differences between member state countries and is in the range between eight to thirteen years. Republic of Croatia is the member state which has the shortest range of compulsory education. The managment of the education system in Croatia has four levels, and the European Union recommends the model that lasts longer and has more than four levels. Higher education in European Union is still developing by the Bologna process. The main source of financing the high education is provided by the government budget