The EU's new Lifelong Learning and Youth in Action Programmes were launched on 1 January 2007. These will make about 50m available each year to learners and young people in the UK. I am incredibly enthusiastic about these programmes, which offer people of all ages exciting opportunities to gain new skills and international experience (YPN, 17-23 January, p5).
I know for a fact that the programmes change lives: I have spoken with participants and I have seen the formal evaluations. We live in a global world and by enabling participants to study, volunteer or work in another European country, the programmes can help people to be more ambitious about their futures and to find their place in the world.
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