"The ET 2020 strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training is the main instrument to develop exchanges of information and experience on issues common to the education and training systems of the Member States (TFEU, art. 165 and 166). As part of the ET 2020 strategic framework, cooperation inter alia takes the form of Working Groups. Working Groups - first established by the Commission under the Education and Training 2010 work programme in order to implement the Open Method of Coordination in education and training - offer a forum for the exchange of best practices in these fields. They bring together - on a voluntary basis - experts from the Member States The WGs are fora for exchange on key education and training topics. In this perspective, they will identify and analyse pertinent examples of policies within the EU to be able to draw common principles and factors for challenges or success transferable to other Member States. The 2015 Joint Report. stipulates that the "mandates [of the Working Groups] will be proposed by the Commission and adjusted in the light of comments expressed by the Member States, in particular through the Education Committee"."

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