EU development cooperation to enhance access to education and training in developing countries

Reference A9-0338/2023Committee DEVEForeign affairs

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The Left37

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S&D141

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Greens/EFA71

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The European Parliament adopted by 495 votes to 27, with 115 abstentions, a resolution on EU development cooperation to enhance access to education and training in developing countries.Members reaffirmed that everyone has the right to education and that education, notably basic education, must be free, inclusive, accessible without any form of discrimination and compulsory in order to meet the SDGs by 2030, while technical and professional education, as well as higher education, must be equally accessible.Parliament stressed the key role of education as a vehicle for sharing values, raising awareness and reducing the risk of conflict.It called on the EU to support cooperation programmes that contribute to educating and raising awareness…