The Community Action Programme for Education and Training for Technology (COMETT) played a key role in paving the way for increased cooperation between the member states of the European Community (EC) in the field of education and in the promotion of intra-Europe mobility. In this article, COMETT is considered as a non-traditional education and training programme for solving economic challenges in the context of technological change that was focused on the training of a highly skilled workforce. The process of setting the agenda for COMETT is studied through an analysis of official EC policy documents and archival material from the EU’s historical archives in Florence. Our analysis suggests that the challenge posed by new information technologies acted as a catalyst for a new approach to education governance that was based on closer cooperation between European universities and industry. Promoting intra-Europe mobility among highly skilled workers and students was a key part of the programme, which defined an economic and social strategy for Europe in response to technological change. Educational and social goals were secondary in the design and implementation of the COMETT programme, which, first and foremost, was motivated by the EC agenda to boost the competitiveness of European industry.

技术教育和培训共同体行动计划 (COMETT) 在为欧洲共同体 (EC) 成员国在教育领域加强合作和促进欧洲内部流动性铺平道路方面发挥了关键作用。在本文中，COMETT 被视为一种非传统的教育和培训计划，旨在解决技术变革背景下的经济挑战，重点是培训高技能劳动力。通过对欧盟在佛罗伦萨的历史档案中的官方 EC 政策文件和档案材料的分析，研究了为 COMETT 制定议程的过程。我们的分析表明，新信息技术带来的挑战是一种基于欧洲大学和工业界更密切合作的教育治理新方法的催化剂。促进高技能工人和学生在欧洲内部的流动是该计划的关键部分，该计划为欧洲制定了应对技术变革的经济和社会战略。在 COMETT 计划的设计和实施中，教育和社会目标是次要的，这首先是受 EC 议程的推动，以提高欧洲工业的竞争力。它为欧洲制定了应对技术变革的经济和社会战略。在 COMETT 计划的设计和实施中，教育和社会目标是次要的，这首先是受 EC 议程的推动，以提高欧洲工业的竞争力。它为欧洲制定了应对技术变革的经济和社会战略。在 COMETT 计划的设计和实施中，教育和社会目标是次要的，这首先是受 EC 议程的推动，以提高欧洲工业的竞争力。