STRASBOURG STRASBOURG, Dec 2 (Hina) - The Council of Europe Secretary General Walter Schwimmer on Thursday opened a two-day-long meeting of education ministers from 11 south-eastern European countries held in Strasbourg. Croatian
Education Minister Nansi Ivanisevic is also present at the meeting. The Council of Europe Secretary General stressed that education had the key role in the construction of a peace and stabile democratic society. Economic or social development is impossible without education, he stressed. The two day-long meeting is of an informal character and aims at defining the Council of Europe's role in education in South-East Europe. The meeting is attended by Education ministers from Albania, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey. Also present were officials of the European Union, the UNESCO, the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe S
STRASBOURG, Dec 2 (Hina) - The Council of Europe Secretary General
Walter Schwimmer on Thursday opened a two-day-long meeting of
education ministers from 11 south-eastern European countries held
in Strasbourg.
Croatian Education Minister Nansi Ivanisevic is also present at the
meeting.
The Council of Europe Secretary General stressed that education had
the key role in the construction of a peace and stabile democratic
society.
Economic or social development is impossible without education, he
stressed. The two day-long meeting is of an informal character and
aims at defining the Council of Europe's role in education in South-
East Europe.
The meeting is attended by Education ministers from Albania,
Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary,
Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey. Also present were
officials of the European Union, the UNESCO, the Stability Pact for
Southeast Europe Secretariat, and other European organisations.
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