The new focus at European level on education and training policy issues gives a new context for consi
dering questions of investment efficiency. The present Communication is based on economic and educational research as well as on direct contact with stakeholders in educati
on and training. It wants to offer the Commission's view, and to launch a debate on key investment issues in education and training in the current and enlarged EU, within the framework of the implementation of the Objectives process and the Lifelong learning Communic
...[+++]ation - as well as in context of the European Employment Strategy.Elle vise à donner le point de vue de la Commission et d'ouvrir un débat sur les questions d'investissement dans l'éducation et la formation dans l'UE actuelle et élargie, dans le cadre de la mise en oeuvre du Processus des objectifs et de la Communication sur l'apprentissage tout au long de la vie ainsi que dans le contexte de la Stratégie européenne de l'emploi.