Editing Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 (section)

==Objectives==
The Programme's objectives<ref>cf article 1.3 of the decision</ref> are first, to support the development of quality [[lifelong learning]] (a reference to the first paragraphs of Articles 149 and 150 of the [[Treaty of Rome]], which establish the European Union's duties in education and training in those terms); and thereafter to help [[member states of the European Union]] develop their own [[Education|education and training systems]]. Although the objectives are expressed in somewhat abstract terms, they are underpinned by actions which concentrate on the creation of links between people, institutions and countries in education and training – what the programme describes as the "European Dimension" of education and training.