The heads of European Union Agencies met on 17 February with European Commission President José Manuel Barroso to discuss ways to strengthen their partnership with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council and to share their views on the EU’s future approach to the governance of the Agencies.
The 28 EU agencies were established to help implement EU policies more efficiently and to respond to particular needs identified by the EU institutions. A recent example is the integration of Cedefop’s work on skills in the Expert Group report on the European Commission’s New Skills for New Jobs initiative.
The agencies work alongside the EU institutions, helping to implement policy and share information and expertise in areas as diverse as vocational education and training, food safety, fundamental rights and gender equality, transport safety, training, medicines, the environment and public health – all areas that have a direct impact on the lives of Europe’s citizens.
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