 Gordon Clark has been, since early 2005, the Head of unit responsible for the coordination of lifelong learning policies and their contribution to the Lisbon process in the EuropeanCommission, DG Education and Culture. This includes responsibility for policy development and cooperation at EU level and between Member States based on the “Education and Training 2010 work programme”. It includes management of the biennial reporting process of the Member States, Council and Commission on progress towards meeting the agreed objectives in relation to education and training under the “Lisbon Agenda” and also includes the development of the European Qualifications Framework. Between September 2008 and March 2009, Mr Clark was Acting Director for the Directorate responsible for "Lifelong Learning: horizontal Lisbon policy issues and international affairs" From 1999 to 2004, Gordon Clark was firstly responsible for the Commission’s Europe-wide lifelong learning consultation process leading to its 2001 Communication “Making a European Area of lifelong learning a reality”. Subsequently, he was in charge of the development of the Copenhagen process to enhance cooperation in the field of Vocational Education and Training (VET) policy - the Copenhagen declaration of 2002 - and its subsequent implementation, including the establishment of European tools and instruments related to quality assurance, transparency/Europass, non-formal learning, guidance and credit transfer. He was also responsible for the preparation and adoption, in December 2004, of the Maastricht Communiqué reviewing and updating the Copenhagen process and setting out, for the first time, agreed national priorities for VET.
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