# Council Decision of 18 December 2006 on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada establishing a framework for cooperation in higher education, training and youth (2006/964/EC), Attachment

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Agreement
between the European Community and the Government of Canada establishing a framework for cooperation in higher education, training and youth
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,
on the one part, and
THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA,
on the other part,
hereinafter collectively referred to as ‘"the Parties’",
NOTING that the Declaration on European Community-Canada Relations adopted by the European Community and its Member States and the Government of Canada on 22 November 1990 makes specific reference to strengthening mutual cooperation in various fields which directly affect the present and future well-being of their citizens, such as exchanges and joint projects in education and culture, including academic and youth exchanges;
NOTING that the Canada-EU Joint Political Declaration and Action Plan adopted on 17 December 1996 states that in order to renew their ties based on shared cultures and values, the Parties will encourage contacts between their citizens at every level, especially among their youth; and that the Joint Action Plan attached to the Declaration encourages the Parties to further strengthen their cooperation through the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada Establishing a Cooperation Programme in Higher Education and Training ratified in 1996;
NOTING that the EU-Canada Partnership Agenda adopted on 18 March 2004 at the EU-Canada Summit refers to the need to seek new ways to foster links between our respective peoples, notably by broadening the scope of Canadian and European Community exchange programmes for young people and by exploring avenues to reinforce and broaden the scope of EC-Canada cooperation when renewing the Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada Renewing a Cooperation Programme in Higher Education and Training ratified in March 2001;
NOTING that the Joint Declaration adopted at the EU-Canada Summit on 19 June 2005 further refers to the EU and Canadian leaders' intention to renew, reinforce and broaden the scope of the Agreement Renewing a Cooperation Programme in Higher Education and Training, ratified in 2001, notably through the addition of cooperation on youth, to strengthen academic cooperation and transatlantic exchange between our citizens;
CONSIDERING the full respect for the responsibilities of the Member States of the European Community and for the legislative powers of the provinces and territories of Canada in the fields of education and training, and the autonomy of the higher education and training institutions;
CONSIDERING that the adoption and the implementation of the 1996 and 2001 Agreements on Higher Education and Training realise the commitments of the EU-Canada Declarations, and that the cooperation has been highly positive for both Parties;
ACKNOWLEDGING the crucial contribution of higher education and training to the development of human resources capable of participating in the global knowledge-based economy;
RECOGNISING that cooperation in higher education, training and youth should complement other relevant cooperation initiatives between the European Community and Canada;
ACKNOWLEDGING the importance of taking into account the work done in the field of higher education and training by international organisations active in these fields such as the OECD, UNESCO and the Council of Europe;
RECOGNISING that the Parties have a common interest in cooperation in higher education, training and youth, as part of the wider cooperation that exists between the European Community and Canada;
EXPECTING to obtain mutual benefit from cooperation in higher education, training and youth;
RECOGNISING the need to widen access to the activities supported under this Agreement, in particular those activities in the training and youth sectors;
DESIRING to renew the basis for continuing cooperation in higher education and training,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned have signed this Agreement.
Done at Helsinki this 5 December 2006, in two original texts in the English, French, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, all texts being equally authentic.
Por la Comunidad Europea
Za Evropské společenství
For Det Europæiske Fællesskab
Für die Europäische Gemeinschaft
Euroopa Ühenduse nimel
Για την Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα
For the European Community
Pour la Communauté européenne
Per la Comunità europea
Eiropas Kopienas vārdā
Europos bendrijos vardu
Az Európai Közösség részéről
Għall-Komunità Ewropea
Voor de Europese Gemeenschap
W imieniu Wspólnoty Europejskiej
Pela Comunidade Europeia
Za Európske spoločenstvo
Za Evropsko skupnost
Euroopan yhteisön puolesta
För Europeiska gemenskapens vägnar
Por el Gobierno de Canadá
Za vládu Kanady
For Canadas regering
Für die Regierung Kanadas
Kanada valitsuse nimel
Για την Κυβέρνηση του Καναδά
For the Government of Canada
Pour le gouvernement du Canada
Per il governo del Canada
Kanādas valdības vārdā
Kanados Vyriausybės vardu
Kanada Kormánya részéről
Għall-Gvern tal-Kanada
Voor de Regering van Canada
W imieniu Rządu Kanady
Pelo Governo do Canadá
Za vládu Kanady
Za vlado Kanade
Kanadan hallituksen puolesta
För Kanadas regering

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/964/attachment/1 (the official version)
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