"If Europe is to be a dominant economic and social force on the global stage it must act as a cohesive unit wherever possible. eLearning is an opportunity for Europe to utilise the power of technology for real social and educational change, bringing benefits to academia and to business. We aim to put in place realistic goals and have called upon the expertise of the world’s best eLearning companies to ensure these are set. It is mainly through successful Public Private Partnerships such as this that the true vision and power of eLearning will be realised in Europe."
Mrs Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Education and Culture
A group of 25 leading companies in the IT, telecommunications, audio-visual, training, broadcasting and publishing industries worked together with the European Commission to deliver the first European eLearning Summit in Brussels on 10 & 11 May 2001. The eLearning Summit was a working session for the public and private sectors to address the challenge of delivering eLearning as a strategic development across Europe, and to produce a set of goals for delivering eLearning which combine the expertise and resources of the sectors in new Public Private Partnerships. It brought together 250 invited leaders from EU governments, the education and training sector, and a broad representation of companies delivering eLearning services in Europe.
Following the Summit, the eLearning Industry Group was set up to take forward the Summit proposal to accelerate eLearning in Europe.
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