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This note serves as an introduction to the concept of "media literacy", exploring its various meanings and why its political profile has become increasingly high in recent years. It summarises some general trends in media literacy in the EU over recent decades, as well as recent EU policy initiatives, including the Communication on "A European approach to media literacy" published by the European Commission in December 2007.

In view of a delegation to the Inter-parliamentary conference ASEP-IV (Asia-Europe Parliamentary Partnership), which took place on 4-5 May 2005 in Helsinki, the Directorate General of External Policies asked for a briefing note on the subject of “Education and Mobility”. This note provides essential information on the main EU policies and outputs in the fields of education and training. A special focus will be on mobility. The note concludes with an overview over EU-Asia co-operation in higher education ...