As a result of the new logic, programmes funded under the existing regulation, such as, inter alia, the highly successful Executive Training Programme to Japan and Korea and the EU Gateway to Japan programme could be extended to other countries.

The Commission and Indian authorities have not envisaged replicating the Executive Training Programme (ETP) in India because the main purpose of this programme is to provide training to European professionals in the languages of key export markets for the EU (China, Japan and Korea) in which the knowledge of European languages is not widespread.

33. Notes that Indians have concerns about the EU and wish to study and understand it better; welcomes the Erasmus Mundus EUR 33 million scholarship scheme, with specific emphasis to be placed on collaboration in science and technology, where lessons from India's success could boost EU performance in the pyramid underlying the information society, namely: education, research and development and innovation; welcomes the creation of a Jean Monnet Chair in European Studies at the University of Delhi as a vital initiative to strengthen EU-Indian relations; considers that Europe's higher education institutions should duplicate this initiat ...[+++]ive by increasing their focus on Indian studies and marketing those courses effectively; suggests that Europe's relevant higher education institutions consider opening research offices in India, as the Harvard Business School has recently done in Mumbai; calls on the Commission's Delegation and Member State Embassies to work with the Indian authorities to promote the proper role of the EU in fostering educational, cultural and scientific exchanges, and suggests that cultural exchanges would help create broad public support for constructive collaboration and that professional and business exchanges could also be beneficial, both for cross-cultural understanding and to promote a two-way flow of information; highlights the success of the Executive Training Programme - People to People Exchange - that exists with Japan and Korea and urges the Commission to extend the programme to India, with the appropriate funding;

33. Notes that Indians have concerns about the EU and wish to study and understand it better; welcomes the Erasmus Mundus EUR 33 million scholarship scheme, with specific emphasis to be placed on collaboration in science and technology, where lessons from India's success could boost EU performance in the pyramid underlying the information society, namely: education, research and development and innovation; welcomes the creation of a Jean Monnet Chair in European Studies at the University of Delhi as a vital initiative to strengthen EU-Indian relations; considers that Europe's higher education institutions should duplicate this initiat ...[+++]ive by increasing their focus on Indian studies and marketing those courses effectively; suggests that Europe's relevant higher education institutions consider opening research offices in India, as the Harvard Business School has recently done in Mumbai; calls on the Commission's Delegation and Member State Embassies to work with the Indian authorities to promote the proper role of the EU in fostering educational, cultural and scientific exchanges, and suggests that cultural exchanges would help create broad public support for constructive collaboration and that professional and business exchanges could also be beneficial, both for cross-cultural understanding and to promote a two-way flow of information; highlights the success of the Executive Training Programme - People to People Exchange - that exists with Japan and Korea and urges the Commission to extend the programme to India, with the appropriate funding;

32. Notes that Indians have concerns about the EU and wish to study and understand it better; welcomes the Erasmus Mundus EUR 33 million scholarship scheme, with specific emphasis to be placed on collaboration in science and technology, where lessons from India's success could boost EU performance in the pyramid underlying the information society, namely: education, research and development and innovation; welcomes the creation of a Jean Monnet Chair in European Studies at the University of Delhi as a vital initiative to strengthen EU-Indian relations; calls on the Co ...[+++]mmission's Delegation and Member State Embassies to work with the Indian authorities to promote the proper role of the EU in fostering educational, cultural and scientific exchanges, and suggests that cultural exchanges would help create broad public support for constructive collaboration and that professional and business exchanges, could also be beneficial, both for cross-cultural understanding and to promote a two-way flow of information; highlights the success of the Executive Training Programme - People to People Exchange - that exists with Japan and Korea and urges the Commission to extend the programme to India, with the appropriate funding;

Use all available instruments, such as those forming part of the open method of coordination, the Lifelong Learning Programme, the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development and the European Social Fund, to promote — using an integrated approach — evidence-based knowledge relevant to teacher education policies, further initiatives on mutual learning, innovative teacher education projects and the mobility of teachers, teacher educators and student teachers.