The European Union Action Programme in the Area of Education: A Comparative Analysis

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to make a comparative analysis between the United Kingdom as a member and Turkey and Lithuania as candidate countries for the European Union Action Programme in the Area of Education. In the study, a descriptive method has been used on the documents. Therefore, the data related to the countries is presented and a comparison has been made. The results indicate that the United Kingdom is more successful in practice than Turkey and Lithuania. Moreover, Lithuania is more successful in practice than Turkey. Moreover, Turkey has no projects regarding the European Union Action Programme in the Area of Education. It is suggested that, if the candidate countries -Turkey and Lithuania- want to accomplish the action programme to the same degree of success as the members -as the United Kingdomthey will firstly have to reorganise their educational goals. It is also argued that Turkey and Lithuania should give serious importance to the Socrates Programme Programme in the Area of Education”.