Council of Europe Committee of Ministers

Meeting on 11 May 2007, in Strasbourg, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers reviewed the implementation of the decisions taken at the Warsaw Summit in May 2005. The Ministers welcomed the signature by the Council of Europe of the Memorandum of Understanding (signed on 23 May 2007) which constitutes the new framework for enhanced co-operation with the European Union. At the end of the session, Serbia took over the presidency of the Committee of Ministers from San Marino, for a period of six months.

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Lifelong Learning projects Website

A new website has been launched in order to facilitate projects under the EU Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013, and to provide information about the projects (existing ones or proposals) and potential partners. This website is intended for education and training experts.

http://www.lifelonglearning.info/cgi-bin/master.pl?accion=inicio

New EU financial rules

The European Union has adopted a new set of financial rules to better use the EU funds in the 2007-2013 financial framework. These rules are aiming to simplify the access to funding and to reduce administrative procedures to the minimum. Willing to be transparent, the names of the beneficiaries of all EU funds will be made public, for the first time. Therefore, these new rules will provide better, simpler and more practical solutions for all those working with EU funds, while ensuring effective control over public spending.

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