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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-253/annex/division-II/division-5/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2000/253",
  "legislation_title": "Decision No 253/2000/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 January 2000 establishing the second phase of the Community action programme in the field of education ‘Socrates’",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2000-253",
  "path": "annex/division/II/division/5/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "The aim of this action is to support transversal measures relating to open and distance learning (ODL) and the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), including multimedia, in the field of education. In so doing, it complements and enriches the corresponding measures provided for within the other actions of this programme.",
  "text": "These measures serve a triple purpose:\nto promote improved understanding among teachers, learners, educational decision-makers and the public at large of the implications of ODL and, in particular ICT for education, and the critical, responsible use of tools and methods which utilise such technologies for educational purposes,\nto support awareness of the need to ensure that pedagogical considerations are given proper weight in the development of ICT-based educational products, notably multimedia, and\nto promote access to improved methods and educational resources and to results achieved, in particular through transnational exchange of information, experience and good practice.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2000/253/annex/division/II/division/5/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:50.698698+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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