Article 1 Establishment of the programme

This Decision establishes the second phase of the action programme for the implementation of a Community vocational training policy ‘Leonardo da Vinci’, hereinafter referred to as ‘this programme’.

This programme shall be implemented over the period starting on 1 January 2000 and ending on 31 December 2006.

This programme shall contribute to the promotion of a Europe of knowledge by developing a European area of cooperation in the field of education and vocational training. It shall support Member States' policies on life-long learning and the building up of the knowledge and skills and competences likely to foster active citizenship and employability.

This programme shall support and supplement action taken by, and in, the Member States while fully respecting their responsibility for the content and organisation of vocational training, and of their cultural and linguistic diversity.