Brussels, 17/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - In an effort to prepared for Turkey's participation in the Community's Socrates (education), Leonardo da Vinci (vocational training) and Youth programmes from 2004 on. The European Commission and Turkish government have signed a number of agreements accompanied by a budget of EUR 6 million, of which EUR 4.7 million is provided by the EU and the remainder by Turkey. A press statement explains that as from 2004 Turkey's young people, students, apprentices and teachers will be able to set up projects or undertake periods of study or teaching in the European Union or the other countries which make up the 30 current participants, while Turkish universities, training centres and youth organisations will host young people or work in partnership with their European counterparts. (Info: http: //europa.eu.int/comm/education/index_en.html).