Cooperation in culture, information, communication, audiovisual and media
1. The Parties agree to promote cooperation in order to increase mutual understanding and the knowledge of their respective cultures.
2. The Parties shall endeavour to take appropriate measures to promote cultural exchanges as well as to carry out joint initiatives in this area.
3. The Parties agree to cooperate closely in relevant international fora, such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), and the ASEM, in order to pursue common objectives and promote cultural diversity, respecting the provisions of the Unesco Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions.
4. The Parties will consider means of encouraging exchanges, cooperation and dialogue between relevant institutions in the areas of audiovisual and media.
Education
1. The Parties acknowledge the crucial contribution of education and training to the development of human resources capable of participating in the global knowledge-based economy; and recognise that they have a common interest in cooperation in education and training.
2. In accordance with their mutual interests and the aims of their policies on education, the Parties undertake to support jointly appropriate cooperative activities in the field of education, training and youth, with particular emphasis on higher education. This cooperation may take the form of, in particular:
(a)
support to joint cooperation projects between education and training institutions in the European Union and the Republic of Korea, with a view to promoting curriculum development, joint study programmes and student mobility;
(b)
dialogue, studies, and exchange of information and know-how in the field of education policy;
(c)
promotion of exchange of students, academic and administrative staff of higher education institutions, and youth workers, including through the implementation of the Erasmus Mundus programme;
(d)
cooperation in education sectors of common interest.
