Council Declarations

Question 1

Valletta Summit and declaration

Answer 1

November 2015, Joint EU and African heads of state

Declaration on migration

Actions plan with 16 actions

EU emergency trust fund (initially 1.8bn, then 5bn pledged)

Question 2

Porto declaration

Answer 2

EUCO welcomes the 3 headline targets of the pillar of social rights action plan

Question 3

Berlin process

Answer 3

Intergovernmental high-level cooperation with the Western Balkans initiated in 2014

Question 4

Thessaloniki declaration

Answer 4

June 2003

European perspective for all Western Balkans counties

Question 5

Versailles declaration

Answer 5

10-11 March 2022, following RU’s aggression of UKR

Three main areas:

• Bolstering defence capabilities
• reducing energy dependencies
• building a robust economic base

Question 6

Osnabrück declaration

Answer 6

…on vocational education and training as an enabler of recovery and just transition to digital and green economies

November 2020 by MSs, EEA, and candidate counties

Four objectives:

1. Resilience and excellence through quality, inclusive, and flexible VET
2. Lifelong learning
3. Sustainability
4. European Education and Training Area and international dimension

Builds on the 2002 Copenhagen Declaration on VET, followed by many communiques (Maastricht 2004, Helsinki 2006, Bordeaux 2008, Bruges 2010, Riga 2015)

Question 7

Bratislava declaration

Answer 7

2016

Internal and external security, migration, economic and social development

Question 8

Granada declaration

Answer 8

6 October 2023

First steps towards 2024-29 strategic agenda