Socrates programme: including Turkey as a beneficiary country

The ESC, on the basis of its Information Report on EU-Turkey relations (1992), and in keeping with the spirit of the ensuing own-initiative opinion (1993), and the work carried out by the EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee (established 1995), believes that education and training are areas in which the benefits to be derived from exchanges with third-country cultures and peoples clearly outweigh any economic or political considerations. In numerous opinions on EU external relations, the ESC has stated that EU socio-occupational organizations consider third country cooperation on culture and training as a priority. The ESC endorses the proposal. �