| What is the Cohesion & Regional Policy? | A policy to strengthen the internal bonds of the European marketplace by supplementing national efforts to reduce economic and regional disparities through the use of structural funds. |
| What is Social Policy? | a policy made by the EU to promote equal pay, equal working conditions, gender equality and workers rights. |
| What is the Structural and Investment Funds? | Funds managed by the EU and designed to invest in economic development and job creation in poorer parts of the EU. |
| Why did the Economic gap widen in the European Community? | Because of the enlargement of the UK, Ireland, Portugal and Spain and the Single European Act. |
| What is the Education Policy? | A policy focused on ecouraging cross-border mobility of students and staff and educational cooperation among member states. |
| What is the Bologna Process? | An agreement among the European States under which requirements for higher education qualifications have been standardized. Which lead to generate a European Higher Education Area |
| What is the Aim of the Bologna Process? | To have the transferability of educational qualifications across borders. |
| What are 3 Ideological Challenges & Stances regarding Social Policy? | A liberal take, more social and familiy and community oriented stance. |
| What is the liberal Stance regarding Social Policy? | A liberal take is that everybody should get the freedom to develop, self-reliance and work hard. |
| What is the more Social Stance regarding Social Policy? | The government should help the poor by investing in sustainable economic growth and improving living and working conditions. |
| What is the more Family orientated Stance regarding Social Policy? | The communities should help and take responsibilities regarding social policy. |
| Where lays the focus with Cohesion and Regional Policies? | At the regions of the member states of the EU. |
| What are 3 Critisisms regarding Cohesion Policy? | There are too many funds, creating duplications, more funds do not always mean more growth and funds generate greater inequalities within poorer states. |
| What were some difficulties with the Bologna Process? | Agreement on standards for certain professions and to agree on requirements for higher eduction such as ECTS. |
