Launched in 2009 as a joint policy initiative, the Eastern Partnership (EaP) aims to deepen and strengthen relations between the European Union (EU), its Member States, and Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
Investment in people is one of the priorities of the future partnership and it will cover following areas:
(i) governance and capacity building
(ii) modernisation and innovation at all levels of education and training
(iii) aligning of legislation and policies with the European developments, including the European Higher Education area (Bologna process) or Torino process for vocational education and training
(iv) strengthening teacher training, exchanging best practice and support the introduction of modern curricula and teaching and learning practices.