The Slovenian Presidency of the EU presents its policy priorities in CULT committee
Slovenian ministers Ms Simona Kustec, Minister for education, youth and sport and Mr Vasko Simoniti, Minister for culture, came to the CULT Committee for a presentation and an exchange of views over the policy priorities of the incoming Presidency. Slovenia, which took the rotating Presidency on 1 July and comes at a very challenging moment as the EU slowly starts the post-pandemic recovery process.
The Presidency has expressed interest to work towards cultural rights and heritage as a central starting point for designing sustainable solutions for the EU's development. It is also expected that the Presidency will work towards blended learning solutions and propose an European agenda for adult learning as immediate response of Member States and the Commission to lessons learned from the Covid-19 crisis, but also putting education and skills at the centre of political action in the context of the Porto declaration.
The Slovenian Presidency will also address the need to develop youth civic spaces as an answer to the shrinking space for civil society for young persons, but also mobility of young people and cross-border solidarity also in the context of the lessons learned from the Covid-19 crisis.