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On December 2016, the Council of the European Uniom adopted the Recommendation of Upskilling Pathways, an ambitious policy addressing the learning needs of many people in Europe to acquire a minimum level of literacy, numeracy and digital skills and acquire a broader set of skills towards an upper secondary qualification or equivalent.
People with low basic skills have fewer job chances and face a higher risk for poverty, worse health, they participate less in society, and have little sense of self-efficacy. This makes it absolutely necessary to increase participation in adult learning.
Partner UP aims at improving the implementation of Upskilling Pathways for the benefit of adult learners and increasing their participation in lifelong learning opportunities. The project not only targets a key feature of the Recommendation of Upskilling Pathways but also provides a crucial basis for the European Skills Agenda as it overlaps with other sectors but also will build on cooperations that are important for other areas of the Skills Agenda. It is also the basis for the Renewed Agenda for adult learning. The Agenda is the European policy for a comprehensive adult learning concept and strategy for Europe, which needs the basic skills approach of Upskilling Pathways, so close cooperation and alignment with the outcomes of the Partner UP project will make the most of the results.
Results
Research and analysis will take place to identify gaps and opportunities in adult learning, as well as best practices to reach out and support adults with low qualifications.
Consultations will take place in partner countries with major stakeholders of adult learning to enhance cooperation, enable trust building and initiate a discussion on how to improve the implementation of Upskilling Pathways.
Online and face-to-face study visits with peer learning activities will take place during the project, aiming to the exchange of knowledge and best practices, get to know of different structures in partner countries and ways of engagement of the partners, stakeholders and the adult learners.
The project will develop Implementation, with road maps towards new cooperation mechanisms for the successful implementation of Upskilling Pathways, based on the previous results and actions of the project.
The project design and implementation will be based on EAEA’s principles of project work: