Granting the Necessary Competencies for the Present Person Erasmus Project

Project Title

Granting the Necessary Competencies for the Present Person

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Key Competences (incl. mathematics and literacy) – basic skills

Project Summary

Study and take responsibility for own learning today can not everyone. The project “Granting the Necessary Competencies for the Present Person“ learners has enabled primarily engaged in learning, then improve them self. The project purpose is to promote disadvantaged people and the leavers from education system for lifelong learning focusing on the present person‘s the necessary competencies and skills as well, which helps a person feel like a full-fledged, self-confident citizen of a democratic society and to facilitate their integration into the labour market.

Double partnership in each country, Lithuania, Slovenia and Turkey, including adult education organizations and kindergartens, together has developed a cooperative partnership and at the same time developed an international inter-institutional cooperation and partnership. During the project created a partnership between adult education centers and kindergartens is a new phenomenon, which enables organizations to work together to achieve one goal: to ensure high-quality, open and accessible educational process.

In the first stage of the project in each partner country founded „Family school“ has developed lifelong learning attitudes and abilities. The European Union experience shows that the community plays an important role in the implementation of lifelong learning. Parents help of educators encouraged to get involved in children’s education process through informal activities and in relation to a child and his/her education organization.

During the project, the project gave participants the opportunity to improve literacy skills and remain their native country the historical and cultural heritage. In each country has established a “Family school” to develop social skills, where both adults and parents with children have the opportunity to discover themselves in informal activities.

One in four adults in Europe have completed lower secondary education at most. Around one in five adults have low literacy and numeracy skills, and nearly one in three have very low or no ICT skills. Project has allowed learners to participate in courses of development the basic skills competencies such as Mother tongue literacy courses, English language courses, Digital writing skills courses and Cultural and Civic literacy. It has enhanced the possibilities for adults, regardless of gender and their personal and family circumstances, to access high-quality learning opportunities at any time in their lives, in order to promote personal and professional development, empowerment, adaptability, employ-ability and active participation in society.

The main focus during the project was built on partnership of teachers and learners. This partnership focuses on activities designed to improve adult education provision across the participating countries. Results and impact attained:
1. Improved and extended the offer of high quality learning opportunities tailored to individual adult learners;
2. It was designed and implemented effective strategies for enhancing adult basic skills, such as literacy, language, numeracy and the digital competences necessary for greater workforce participation and social inclusion.
3. It was evaluated the effectiveness of adult education policies at national, regional and local levels;
4. It was developed adult educators’ competences to deal with diversified groups of learners, making use of new technologies and teaching outcomes.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 75070,48 Eur

Project Coordinator

Rokiskio suaugusiuju ir jaunimo mokymo centras & Country: LT

Project Partners

• Rokiskio lopselis-darzelis Varpelis
• Osnovna sola Kozje
• LJUDSKA UNIVERZA, ZAVOD ZA IZOBRAZEVANJE IN KULTURO, ROGASKA SLATINA
• Iskenderun Genclik ve Egitim Dernegi
• Mithat Pasa ilkokulu