It spans from early childhood education and care, through school and onto higher and vocational education as well as training, laying the foundation for continued learning throughout a person's life".

ECEC tends to receive less attention than any other level of education and training despite evidence that investing efficiently in quality early years education is much more effective than intervening later and brings considerable returns throughout the lifecycle, particularly for the disadvantaged.

28. Notes the differences which apply in respect of education in entrepreneurship and the nurturing of the entrepreneurial spirit in schools; recognises that the development of business skills should be an objective of national secondary education programmes in all the Member States; recognises the importance of the first line for action in the Charter, relating to "education and training for entrepreneurship", which emphasises the need to support business innovation and worker training, to develop entrepreneurship from an early age in lessons and training courses devoted to business in secondary school, university and technological tr ...[+++]aining, to encourage close cooperation with research centres, to encourage public support for young entrepreneurs and to establish links between the various sectors of public administration; considers that the formation of business clusters of small enterprises could be one effective way to foster job creation;

28. Notes the differences which apply in respect of education in entrepreneurship and the cultivation of the spirit of enterprise in school; recognises that the development of business skills should be an objective of national secondary education programmes in all the Member States; recognises the importance of the first point listed in the Charter, relating to ‘Education and training for entrepreneurship’, which emphasises the need to support business innovation and worker training, to develop entrepreneurship from an early age in lessons and training courses devoted to business in secondary school, university and technological traini ...[+++]ng, to encourage close cooperation with research centres, to encourage public support for young entrepreneurs and to establish links between the various sectors of public administration; considers that the formation of business clusters encompassing small enterprises could be one effective way to foster job creation;

Expand and improve investment in human capital through: the establishment of efficient lifelong learning strategies, in cooperation with the social partners, according to European commitments, including appropriate incentives and cost-sharing mechanisms for enterprises, the public sector and individuals, identification and programming of the measures needed to significantly reduce the number of pupils leaving school early; increased access to initial vocational, secondary and higher education, non-university vocational training; the promotion of entrepreneurship in all levels of education and the use of the information society and the new ...[+++] technologies ; enhanced participation in continuous and workplace training throughout the life-cycle, especially for the low-skilled, older workers, women, especially those returning to work, and SME employees; and encouragement of exchange schemes for teachers and students between enterprises at national level and between Member States (Integrated guideline No 22).

Expand and improve investment in human capital through: the establishment of efficient lifelong learning strategies, in cooperation with the social partners, according to European commitments, including appropriate incentives and cost-sharing mechanisms for enterprises, the public sector and individuals, identify and programme the measures needed to significantly reduce the number of pupils leaving school early; increased access to initial vocational, secondary and higher education, non-university vocational training, the promotion of entrepreneurship in all levels of education and the use of the information society and the new technolo ...[+++]gies; and enhanced participation in continuous and workplace training throughout the life-cycle, especially for the low-skilled, older workers, women, especially when they come back to work, and SME employees, as well as the encouragement of exchange schemes for teachers and students between enterprises at national level and between Member States (Integrated guideline No 22).