Directorate-General for Education and Culture

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The Directorate-General for Education and Culture ("DG EAC") is a Directorate-General of the European Commission.

The Education and Culture Directorate-General is responsible of policies in the field of education, youth, culture, languages and sport.

Structure

DG EAC is divided into 5 "directorates":

• Directorate A : Modernisation of Education I: Europe 2020, country analysis, Erasmus+ coordination
• Directorate B : Modernisation of Education II: Education policy and programme, Innovation, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and Marie Curie Actions (MSCA)
• Directorate C : Youth, Sport
• Directorate D : Culture and Creativity
• Directorate R : Resources and Planning

It oversees the European Union's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), which handles most operational programmes on DG EAC's behalf.

See also

• European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth
• Education in the European Union
• European Higher Education Area
• Bologna process
• Erasmus programme
• Cultural policies of the European Union
• European Capital of Culture
• Culture of Europe
• Town twinning

External links

• Directorate-General for Education and Culture
• The Official European Higher Education Area website 2010-2020