The Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture (DG EAC; formerly the Directorate-General for Education and Culture) is a

Directorate-General Within the European Union (EU), Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility. Within the European Commission specifically, Directorates-General are the equivalent of national-level Ministry (government department), m ...

of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

. The Education, Youth, Sport and Culture Directorate-General is responsible of policies in the field of education, youth, culture, languages, and sport.

Structure

DG EAC is divided into 5 "directorates": * Directorate A : Policy Strategy and Evaluation * Directorate B : Youth, Education and Erasmus+ * Directorate C : Innovation, International Cooperation and Sport * Directorate D : Culture and Creativity * Directorate R : Performance Management, Supervision and Resources It oversees the European Union's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), which handles most operational programmes on DG EAC's behalf.

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* Erasmus programme *

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* Culture of Europe *

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Directorate-General for Education and Culture

The Official European Higher Education Area website 2010-2020
Cultural organizations based in Europe Education and Culture European Union youth policy {{EU-stub

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