Press Release: Commissioner Figel’ visits Canada to strengthen bilateral relations in higher education, training, culture and youth

Preview of a visit of Ján Figel’, European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture, and Multilingualism, to Canada, 4-6 June 2006. He was planning to meet Canadian authorities to reinforce and renew Europe-Canada co-operation in higher education and vocational training, which, since it had been launched in 1995, had involved over 200 institutions and 2000 students.

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