“Better and easier access to lifelong learning in Europe” Erasmus Project

Project Title

“Better and easier access to lifelong learning in Europe”

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development)

Project Summary

According to New skills Agenda for Europe (2016) “70 million Europeans lack adequate reading and writing skills, and even more have poor numeracy and digital skills, putting them at risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion”. The EU Agenda for Adult Education informs that there is a strong need to increase participation in adult learning of all kinds, since it is a key for personal development, active citizenship and social inclusion. Adult learning is also needed to meet the necessity for new skills, answer the demand for human capital on the labour market. In this context, European Adult Education Providers search to respond to a diverse range of needs of their learners since the need of educational opportunities seems arising, and it is a way of providing solutions to social problems and at the same time is stimulating economic growth and new employment perspective.

The project “Better and easier access to lifelong learning in Europe” has been developed in order to respond to the stated issues identified in prior, with the aim to facilitate the access to lifelong learning opportunities for adults. It proposes the elaboration of educational materials and tools that will stimulate participation of individuals in training activities and quality learning processes. The project will also strive to strengthen the profiles of professionals operating in this sector, by increasing the quality of the educational offer which they propose, bringing high quality learning opportunities tailored to the needs of individuals.

The principal core project objectives include:

– To assess the needs of individual learners in each country regarding the provision of high quality tailored training courses and modules
– To develop a joint definition of tailor-made adult centered quality criteria for education and training
– To foster the cooperation among entities operating in the field, establishing cross sectorial partnership aimed at further sustainable development of the adult educational sector in Europe
– To raise awareness of LLL among various target groups on local and international level
– To create an online learning platform containing a high quality training offer for adults in terms of standardized course modules programs, translated in 7 EU languages with the aim to ease the access to lifelong learning and stimulating better the involvement of learners from more countries in such processes
– To create a community of practice among AE professionals with the aim to exchange best practices, tools and information and in this way enhance the cooperation among the education, training and youth fields

Therefore, the implementation of the current project will allow to:
– Implement and test innovating learning materials, educational and training practices in the field of adult education among diverse specific target groups
– Better prepare and enhance the competences of professionals for dealing with challenges in learning environments
– Encourage the use of online educational tools and provide better access to educational and training opportunities for target groups
– Strengthen the cooperation between the AEPs and other associated stakeholders on transnational level
– Promote the integration of adult learners from disadvantaged backgrounds and vulnerable groups and raise awareness about lifelong learning in Europe

The consortium of partners has been composed of 6 institutions operating in the education, training and youth field from 6 EU countries, each of them possessing a different field of expertise in the educational sector. Through the creation of such consortium, the project establishes a transnational cross-sectorial cooperation which is more than relevant for the above stated community needs and has high potential to bring quality results at local/national and international level.

The creation of intellectual outputs, such as online learning platform or Community of Practice for stakeholders interested to work further on in the process of strengthening lifelong learning engagement, represents a positive outcome which will be achieved through the project. Its major long-term effects are expressed through the fostered opportunities for lifelong learning and the better applicability of the skills and qualifications to be acquired by the target groups during the project and after its end. The involvement of diverse stakeholders and associated partners that will cooperate together is of significant importance for the future of policy-making procedures regarding adult learning, employability, integration of job market and inclusion on national and EU level. The project is a step towards a cooperation, which on a long term basis will impact the EU society on a larger scale and will be a way to deal efficiently with the unemployment problems, the migration crisis, the educational difficulties, as well as with problems of social exclusion or school dropout.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 103871,25 Eur

Project Coordinator

ASOCIACION MUNDUS – UN MUNDO A TUS PIES & Country: ES

Project Partners

• Veseligas attistibas skola
• MINE VAGANTI NGO
• VISOKA POSLOVNA SKOLA PAR
• FM Consulting s.r.o.
• “Horizont ProConsult” EOOD