Navigation path  Discover EU's Role  What is the Directorate
General for Education and Culture?  The Directorate General for
Education and Culture, or DG EAC, is the branch of the European
Commission charged with Education, Training, Youth, Sport,
Languages, and Culture.  Its activities, as concerns youth, are
framed by the EU Youth Strategy for 2010-18, designed to promote
the participation of youth in society, and ensure equal
opportunities for young people in work and education.  What does
it do?  In the field of youth, DG EAC, is responsible for the
development of evidence-based policy and the management of
initiatives in support of education and training across Europe,
most notably the Erasmus+ programme .  As the executive arm of
the European Union, the European Commission is held accountable
to the European Parliament, namely, in the case of DG EAC, the
Education and Culture Committee .  What are its
responsibilities?  DG EAC has eight main areas of responsibility
in the field of youth, outlined in the