European Education Area opens potential EU-UAE multi-level cooperation on education to strengthen people-to-people ties: EU official

European Education Area opens potential EU-UAE multi-level cooperation on education to strengthen people-to-people ties: EU official

By Binsal Abdulkader

ABU DHABI, 28th November 2022 -- The European Education Area, an initiative of the European Union Member States to build more resilient and inclusive national education and training systems, offers a potential multi-level cooperation between the European Union (EU) and the UAE, a top EU official told the Emirates News Agency (WAM).

It will open opportunities for Emirati youth to study in European Union, further strengthening the existing people-to-people ties, said Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission for “Promoting Our European Way of Life”, who was on an official trip to the UAE.

Central discussions

“This was one of the central elements of my discussions here. Because the European Union is gradually building a European Education area, a common area of mobility, supported by very substantial financing of mobility scholarships,” he explained.

In an exclusive interview with WAM in Abu Dhabi, he emphasised that the objective is to open the European Education Area to the world as well. “It is not only for us, but it is a beacon of what Europe stands for that can be shared with our partners across the world.”

As 2023 will be the European year of skills, this opens great opportunities for the Emirati youth to