LEONARDO DA VINCI PROGRAMME:

The Memorandum of Understanding establishing Turkey 's participation in the Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci and Youth programmes has been signed by the Commission and the Turkish authorities on 15 April 2004 and has been published in the Turkish Official Gazette on 8 May. This MoU has now entered into force. It takes effect retrospectively as from 1 April 2004.

What is Leonardo da Vinci Programme?

Leonardo da Vinci is the European Community's vocational education and training programme. While fully respecting the responsibility of the Member States for the content and organisation of their vocational training systems, the programme supports and supplies the vocational training policies of the Member States to increase access to training, improve its quality and encourage lifelong learning.

Leonardo da Vinci is the action programme for implementing the European Community's vocational training policy, supporting and supplementing action taken by the Member States.
Its aim is to use transnational cooperation to enhance quality, promote innovation and support the European dimension of vocational training systems and practices.
In specific terms, Leonardo da Vinci pursues three central aims: to facilitate occupational integration, improve the quality of training and access to this training, and to boost the contribution of training to innovation.