Editing Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 (section)

==Introduction==
The Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 was established by ''Decision No.1720/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006''.<ref>Official Journal of the [[European Union]] No L327 of 24 November 2006 [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2006/l_327/l_32720061124en00450068.pdf]</ref> It was the single financial instrument available to the Commission for its directly managed education and training policies during the period covered by the [[European Union]]'s 2007–2013 [[financial perspective]]. The Programme continued the main actions launched under previous action programmes (in particular, it brings together the various actions financed under the [[Socrates programme]] and the [[Leonardo da Vinci programme]]). It had six sub-programmes:

*The [[Comenius programme]], supporting actions for schools (from pre-primary schools to upper secondary or equivalent)
*The [[Erasmus programme]], supporting exchanges of students in [[higher education]], as well as cooperation between universities and colleges, etc.;
*The [[Leonardo da Vinci programme]], supporting actions in initial and continuing [[professional education]] (including student and apprentice exchanges, cooperation between colleges, etc.)
*The [[Grundtvig programme]], supporting actions in the field of [[adult education]]
*The [[Transversal programme]] covering activities in four themed areas across all sectors of education and training: policy cooperation and innovation in education and training; [[Second language acquisition|foreign language teaching]]; development of ICT-based content and services, such as Euroguidance and [[Ploteus]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Lifelong Learning Program |publisher=European Union Pprograms Agency |url=http://llp.eupa.org.mt/content.php?id=27 |accessdate=15 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120530203736/http://www.llp.eupa.org.mt/content.php?id=27 |archivedate=30 May 2012 }}</ref> and dissemination of results of the programme;
*The [[Jean Monnet Programme]], supporting institutions and actions in favour of [[European integration]].