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European Union
PROMETEUS: The objectives of the Promoting Multimedia
Access to Education and Training in European Society effort (PROMETEUS)
are:
- to improve the effectiveness of the co-operation between education
and training authorities and establishments, users of learning
technologies, service and content providers and producers within
the European Community including the Commission of the European
Communities (the Commission);
- to foster the development of common European and international
standards for digital multimedia learning content and services;
- to give a global dimension to their co-operation, and to having
open and effective dialogues on issues relating to learning technologies
policy with policy makers in other regions of the world, while
upholding Europe's cultural interests and specificities;
- to consider that the way to achieve these goals is by following
certain common guidelines organizing their future co-operation;
- to consider that these guidelines should be based upon an analysis
of the needs expressed by users of the information and communication
technologies (ICT) in the education and training sector."
For a comprehensive description, see http://www.prometeus.org/index.cfm
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