Education in science key to innovation, says Verheugen

The EU Commissioner for enterprise and industry has praised a Dutch public-private partnership on education in science for young people as a 'best practice' to be picked up under the Lisbon competitiveness goals. Speaking at a side event of the European Business Summit (EBS) on 16 March, Commissioner Günter Verheugen said public-private partnerships on science education such as Jet-Net in the Netherlands was to be cited as an example of 'best practice' in recommendations to EU member states due in the second half of 2006. The recommendations are currently being prepared by the Commission on the basis of national action plans submitted by the member states last year. They will be discussed at the Spring Summit on 23-24 March and finalised in further detail later in the year by the Commission. The recommendations are non-binding and serve mainly for comparison and as an exchange of best practice among EU member states. Read more: Eurogates. Forum of education news