The meeting of EC Education Ministers of 6 October 1989 referred to by the Deputy adopted conclusions on co-operation and Community policy in the field of education in the run-up to 1993 which stated that "Five objectives shared by the Community member states can be identified as a basis for future co-operation activities. They will contribute to drawing the states closer together in the field of education and training and thus to bringing about a Europe of knowledge and cultures".
The five objectives are: 1. A multicultural Europe based on: strengthening young people's sense of belonging to a European community by developing the European dimension in teaching and teacher training; the progressive achievements of genuine multilingualism by promoting foreign-language teaching in school, university and vocational-training section; taking the variety of cultural approaches into account in education and training systems; drawing educational and training establishments closer together in the interest of mutual enrichment and the enhanced integration of children and citizens of the Community member states, in particular within the school environment, with due regard for their linguistic and cultural identity.
2. A mobile Europe ensured by: the free movement of persons and ideas, encouraged in particular by the systems for recognition of diplomas and for the equivalence of professional qualifications; support for the organisation of youth exchanges and for the training periods abroad for teachers, instructors, pupils, students and education administrators; the introduction of procedures providing teachers with the opportunity to teach temporarily in educational establishments of the Community member states.
3. A Europe of training for all based on: the offer of high-quality education and training to all young people in the Community, which should, in the long term, contribute to reducing regional disparities; the development of appropriate teaching and training for disadvantaged children and of measures to combat failure at school; equality of access of high-quality education.