The Luces para Aprender programme was approved in 2011 at the 21st Ibero-American Education Conference by the ministries of education of Ibero-American countries: "The launch of the programme was endorsed on a political level, and this green light was essential. We then came up with a technical definition of what we wanted to achieve, as well as the main objective of the LPA programme." It was agreed that the main goal of the programme should be to improve the quality of education in rural areas through five approaches: