This report analyses the achievements of the Europass framework on the basis of the external evaluation of Europass carried out in 2012.[4] It stresses that the original objectives remain relevant, in particular to the Education and Training 2020 Strategic Framework for European cooperation (ET 2020).[5] Europass supports the movement of learners and workers for lifelong learning or work by allowing skills, qualifications and learning outcomes to be compared.

13. Takes the view that a language revitalisation policy is a long-term effort that must be based on a diverse, coordinated planning of activities in various fields, in particular education (with pre-school and primary school education as a real asset, together with parents' training in the language itself), administration, media programmes (also with the possibility to set up and develop radio and television stations), the arts and in all areas of public life, implying a need for resources to be made available over the long term; ta ...[+++]kes the view that support should be provided for the drawing-up of such programmes, for exchanges of good practice among language communities, and for the introduction of assessment procedures;

22. Calls on the Commission to take into account, in future documents on the issue, the question of skills recognition and the incentive for lifelong learning, also ensuring that the Member States provide immigrants with opportunities to learn the language of the host country in order to ensure their social, professional and cultural integration in the European Union and giving them an improved ability to support their children's development; calls also on the Commission to make use of the results of deliberations on the linguistic education of migrant children and the teaching in the Member State of residence of the language and cultur ...[+++]e of the country of origin, and calls for the framework which will be proposed to respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;

22. Calls on the Commission to take into account, in future documents on the issue, the question of skills recognition and the incentive for lifelong learning, also ensuring that the Member States provide immigrants with opportunities to learn the language of the host country in order to ensure their social, professional and cultural integration in the European Union and giving them an improved ability to support their children's development; calls also on the Commission to make use of the results of deliberations on the linguistic education of migrant children and the teaching in the Member State of residence of the language and cultur ...[+++]e of the country of origin, and calls for the framework which will be proposed to respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;

4. Calls on the Commission to take into account, in future documents on the issue, the question of skills recognition and the incentive for lifelong training, ensuring, too, that the Member States provide immigrants with opportunities to learn the language of the host country in order to ensure their social, professional and cultural integration in the European Union and giving them an improved ability to support their children's development; calls also on the Commission to make use of the results of deliberations on the linguistic education of migrant children and the teaching in the Member State of residence of the language and cultur ...[+++]e of the country of origin and calls for the framework which will be proposed to respect the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality;

3. Points out that there is perhaps a danger of overlap between the work of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and the European Training Foundation; recalls that the work of the European Training Foundation has been financed, to an important degree, through PHARE, TACIS and TEMPUS programmes; calls for the evaluation to assess the existing co-operation between the agencies and to analyse the advantages and disadvantages of a merger between the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and ...[+++] the European Training Foundation, takes the view, however, that before examining the possible merger of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and the European Training Foundation, the Commission must first have at its disposal and study the conclusions and proposals of the external evaluation of both agencies, a procedure which is still underway;