Adult Education and Regional Development

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Investing in the future

Building Learning Cities and Learning Regions in Europe

Dr. Maike Koops, European Commission, DG EAC, B3

Adult Education and Regional

Development


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Education in Europe

What are the issues?

Demographic change ageing societies Increasedglobal competition Slow growth and structural unemployment


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LLL in Europe 2020:

Europe 2020 strategy forsmart, sustainable andinclusive growth

acknowledges the role of lifelong learning and skills development askey elements in response to:

the current economic crisis the wider economic and social strategy of the EU


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Policy: Europe 2020 Youth on the Move,

Agenda for New Skills and Jobs, Povertyplatform

Updated strategic framework for

European co-operation in Education

and Training

(ET2020)

Lifelonglearning +

mobility

Quality andefficiency

Equity +social

cohesion

Creativity+innovation


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5Europe2020headlinetargets

(translatedintonaonaltargets)

75%employmentrate 3%GDPinvestmentinR&D Climate/energytargets Lessthan10%earlyschoolleavers&

atleast40%ter>arya?ainment(orequivalent)

20millionlesspeopleatriskofpoverty


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Europe2020:7flagshipiniaves

SmartGrowth SustainableGrowth InclusiveGrowth

Innovaon

Innova(onUnion

Climate,energyand

mobilityResource

efficientEurope

Employmentandskills

Anagendafornew

skillsandjobs

Educaon

Youthonthemove

Compeveness

Anindustrialpolicyfor

theglobalisa(onera

Fighngpoverty

EuropeanplaCorm

againstpoverty

Digitalsociety

Adigitalagendafor

Europe2flagshipiniavesintheareaofeducaonandtraining


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Implementa>onoftheAgendaforNewSkillsandJobs Implementa>onoftheStrategicFrameworkforEuropeanCooperaonin

EducaonandTraining(ET2020):

oAc>onatEUandna>onallevel(includingregionalandlocal)

o 10IntegratedGuidelines(8and9addressLLLandeduca>on&training)o OpenMethodofCoopera/on(commonobjec>ves,learningfromeachother,

developmentofEuropeaninstruments)

o Involvingallrelevantstakeholders

Contribuonofeducaonandtraining

toEurope2020


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LLLinEurope2020:

integratedguidelinesforreforminMS

8. Developingaskilledworkforcerespondingtolabour

marketneeds,promo>nglifelonglearning

9. Improvingtheperformanceofeducaonandtraining

systemsatalllevelsandincreasingpar>cipa>onin

ter>aryeduca>on.


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Challengesrequiringurgent

implementaonofLLLapproach

Mee>ngfutureskillsneedsre-skillingabout76millionlow-skilledadults

Providingtheknowledgebaseforgrowth-by202035%ofalljobswillrequirehigh-levelqualifica>ons Preparingforalongerworkinglife-from2013theEU's

workingpopula>onwillstarttoshrink

Tacklinggrowingdispari>esintegra>onofsociallydisadvantagedgroupsandmigrants


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Lifelonglearning:

persisngchallenges

Competencesdevelopmentacrosslife>melowpar>cipa>onofadultsandequitygap

Suppor>nglearninginalllifecontexts(workplaceandcivilsociety)

Segmenta>onoflearningsectors(inpar>cularbetweenVETandHE;formalandnon-formalsector)

Effec>vefinancingarrangements(sharedresponsibility) Stakeholdercoordina>on,andpartnerships


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LLL in Europe 2020: concrete actions

AgendafornewskillsandJobs:

Be?erfunc>oningofEUlabourmarkets&flexicurity:strengtheningitsLLLpillar

Rightskillsfortodaysandtomorrowsjobs Improvingthequalityofworkandworkingcondi>ons Crea>ngjobs


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Why do we need more HE for Adults?

Increasingly rapid technological change, globalisation, decreasing job tenure periods and demographic trends

need to provide adults with possibilities

to take their skills one step up high in the political agenda.

By 2020 the share of highly-qualified jobs in Europe will increase to about35% from only 29% in 2010.

The share of jobs requiring low qualifications will decrease from 20% to lessthan 15% in the same period.

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Source:Cedefop,2010


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Higher Education Adult Learning

1991: Memorandum on Higher Education

1997: Preamble of the Amsterdam Treaty

2001: Communication / Memorandum: Making a European area of lifelonglearning a reality

2004: Lisbon Agenda Group

2006 / 2007: Bologna process since 1999


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Why do we need regionalcooperation in Lifelong Learning?

What works at regional level?

Awareness raising: improvement of exchange processesbetween providers and users, advertising for Lifelong Learning,

development of trademarks

Transparency / guidance-systems Sustainable structures and organisations for Lifelong

Learning in cooperation with other policy sectors (social, health,

employment, culture, justice).

Regional solutions for supporting transitions betweeneducational phases, recognition of informal learning,improvement of the permeability between educational sectors


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What needs to be done at regional levelfor LLL?

Integrated governance for LLL (overcoming sectoral approaches) Improving regional monitoring of education and training Implementation of lifelong guidance Improving the interlocking and permeability of education and training

systems at regional level

Regions as "transmission belts" for Quality developments at nationaland European level

Financing Lifelong Learning in regional partnerships Ensuring full SME participation within regional learning partnerships


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Lifelong learning: the EU concept

Features of a coherent and comprehensive LLL approach

Equipping all citizens with competences from early age and enablelifelong updating (from cradle to grave)

Linking sectors and all forms of learning (flexible pathways,outcomes-based approach, no dead-ends) Coherent set of priorities, evidence-based, equal access Implementation at national/regional/local level in partnership with

stakeholders

Economic AND social dimension!

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