Developing Strategies for Adult Education Providers and Adult Educators Erasmus Project

Project Title

Developing Strategies for Adult Education Providers and Adult Educators

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Civic engagement / responsible citizenship; ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Inclusion – equity

Project Summary

The high number of adults with low basic skills is a major challenge for Europe. European countries are still experiencing problems in harmonizing and coordinating different sectors of Education and Training. Participation in adult education varies significantly across Member States and regions in Europe. The Commission notes that there is a wide disparity among member states in policy making, programming, synergies among public bodies and adult education providers. These disparities reflect wider socio-economic national differences within Europe in terms of factors including employment, social inclusion, economic stability and growth. The ET2020 working group on Adult Education (2016) clearly identifies the importance for boosting adult education across Europe. Too few adults have access to adult learning and there is a strong need for “better outreach and collaboration” among all stakeholders (including public and private adult education providers) to achieve the 15% benchmark by 2020.

DIMA 2.0 – Developing Strategies for Adult Education Providers’, is a project that serves 2 important NEEDS:
(1) to Improve the quality of adult education provided across Europe and raise the participation rates
(2) to better monitor effectiveness of adult learning policies and strategies

The DIMA 2.0 builds on the existing knowledge developed by partners and aims at supporting the professional development of Adult education providers to improve and extend the supply of high quality learning opportunities tailored to the needs of low-skilled/ low qualified individuals. The primary target groups for this project include: Adult education providers, adult educators working with low-skilled/ low qualified adult learners, and adult learners.

The project objectives are fully aligned with the EU priorities and are the following:
1. Support adult education providers to design, implement, and monitor effective strategies for reaching out to low skilled adults and facilitate their access to upskilling pathways
2. Building the competences of adult education providers and adult educators to design more effective programs for low-skilled or low-qualified adults
3. Improve the supply of high quality learning opportunities tailored to the needs of low-skilled or low-qualified adults.
4. Improve the digital competencies of Adult educators to better serve adult learners.
5. Enhance synergies and complementarities among adult education providers, public authorities and the labour market.

Outputs
IO1. Toolkit for developing and monitoring strategies for adult education providers
IO2. Curriculum and training material
IO3. Elearning space and OERs

The DIMA 2.0 consortium includes 6 partner organization from 4 countries who are experts in the field of adult education. By cooperating in a transnational adult education oriented participatory context, project partners will be able to develop innovative outputs and exchange practices and ideas to expand adult education providers’ knowledge and practice and to improve and extend the supply of high quality learning opportunities tailored to the needs of individual low-skilled or low-qualified.

The DIMA 2.0 project it is expected to reach directly and indirectly at least 2000 adult educators through the project’s outputs, implementation and dissemination activities (news on social media pages, e-learning space, websites). Additionally, at least 2,000 low-qualified and low skilled-adults will be reached directly/indirectly through the project’s activities and implementation, and via online means, while 1,000 relevant stakeholders (public authorities, educational institutes, ministries) in all partner countries through communication via media, cooperation in the development of project’s resources, and contact in relevant activities.

Project Website

http://www.dima-project.eu

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 173949,6 Eur

Project Coordinator

CENTRE FOR ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LTD-CARDET & Country: CY

Project Partners

• INNOVADE LI LTD
• FUTURE IN PERSPECTIVE LIMITED
• MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE, SPORT AND YOUTH, CYPRUS
• EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF ADULTS
• Fundación Coremsa