DEVELOPMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFELONG LEARNING 10 March 2006 - Thessaloniki

1. DEVELOPMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFELONG LEARNING10 March 2006 - Thessaloniki Latest Lifelong LearningInitiatives in Europe and CEDEFOP’s Contribution Franz GramlingerCedefop

2. The next couple of minutes • Introduction • Cedefop • LLL milestones in the EU • EU-KSLLL • Outlook

3. CEDEFOP  Centre Européen pour le Développement de la Formation Professionnelle • Since 1975, moved 1995 from Berlin to Thessaloniki • European agency (close co-operation with the EC) • promote and develop vocational education and training (VET) in the EU • EU‘s reference centre for VET www.cedefop.eu.int & www.trainingvillage.gr

4. CEDEFOP‘s tasks • Promote a European area of LLL throughout an enlarged EU • Providing information on and analysis of VET systems, policies, research and practice • Our tasks are to: • compile selected documentation and analysis of data • contribute to developing and coordinating research • exploit and disseminate information • encourage joint approaches to VET problems • provide a forum for debate and exchange of ideas

5. CEDEFOP‘s mission As the European Union’s reference centre for vocational education and training, Cedefop provides policymakers, researchers and practitioners with information to promote a clearer understanding of developments and so enable them to take informed decisions on future action. Cedefop assists the European Commission in encouraging, at Community level, the promotion and development of vocational education and training.

6. LLL milestones 1996: The European Year of Lifelong Learning (Create awareness and public debate on how education and training systems in Europe needed to adapt to meet the challenges of the 21st Century) 2000: Lisbon European Council  Lisbon goal: (Strategic goal for 2010: to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and better jobs and greater social cohesion) 2000: A Memorandum on Lifelong Learning (This Communication from the Commission formed the basis for a European-wide consultation process on LLL)  LLL is the guiding principle for Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci and Youth (2000 – 2006)

7. LLL milestones /2 2001: Making a European Area of Lifelong Learning a Reality (Identifying coherent strategies and practical measures with a view to fostering lifelong learning for all) 2002: Council Resolution on Lifelong Learning 2002/2003: 5 Benchmarks for Education and Training (“By 2010, the EU-average level of participation in lifelong learning should be at least 15% of the adult working age population (25-64 age group) and in no country should it be lower than 10%.”) 2004: The new Integrated Action Programme in the fieldof LLL 2007-2013 (sectoral programmes on school education (Comenius), higher education (Erasmus), vocational training (Leonardo da Vinci) and adult education (Grundtvig)  proposed budget is € 13.62 billion)

8. http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/policies/lll/lll_en.html

9. http://kslll.trainingvillage.gr/help/milestones.html

10. http://europass.cedefop.eu.int/europass/home/hornav/Glossary/navigate.actionhttp://europass.cedefop.eu.int/europass/home/hornav/Glossary/navigate.action LLL - what does it mean? lifelong learning Definition:  All learning activity undertaken throughout life, with the aim of improving knowledge, skills/competences and/or qualifications for personal, social and/or professional reasons. Source:  Cedefop, 2003http://europass.cedefop.eu.int/europass/home/hornav/Glossary/navigate.action

11. http://kslll.trainingvillage.gr The EU Knowledge System for Lifelong Learning

12. EU-KSLLL Milestones (2004) • Cedefop started working on the concept of an LLL database (Research and a needs analysis ) Summer 2004 • A plan for the development of EU-KSLLL proposed and agreed with DG EAC October 2004 • Mock-up for EU-KSLLL developed and presented to the Member States’ LLL Coordinators November 2004 • EU-KSLLL introduced at Maastricht ConferenceDecember 2004

13. EU-KSLLL Milestones (2005) • Knowledge base and template “mock-up” developed and tested, discussed with Commission, ETF, Member States representatives (first half of 2005) • Virtual community established (March 2005) • Teachers and Trainers Cluster: EU-KSLLL structure + peer learning functionality (October 2005) • KSLLL prototype developed and presented at the Education & Training 2010 Coordination Group (ETCG)(December 2005)

14. EU-KSLLL Purpose of the EU-KSLLL … is to serve as a one-stop-shop on policy developments for lifelong learning within the European Union. It is designed, inter alia, to: • make accessible information on policy initiativescontributing to the development of lifelong learning; • provide access to research and documentation on lifelong learning; • support dialogue and analysis; • facilitate peer learning and review; • disseminate examples of policy and practice that work; • draw attention to emerging policy issues; • serve as the showcase for the evolution of lifelong learning in the EU.

15. EU-KSLLL Status quo early 2006 • AimA tool to support peer learning in the field of lifelong learning policy development • Primary target groups Policy-makers and other key actors who work with them, including those at the interface between policy and practice • FunctionTo complement the Education and Training 2010 process

16. EU-KSLLL The components • A knowledge base • Peer learning facilities • Policy and research-access facilities • Links to key actors Let me take you on a quick tour:

17. EU-KSLLL The core of the system: the knowledge base  contains data on policy initiatives that form part of the national strategies for the development of lifelong learning Policy initiatives are defined as the measures implemented to make policy decisions work. Policy initiatives are characterized by a coherent set of goals, strategies and activities with a long-term perspective and supported by a steady and constant allocation of resources.

21. EU-KSLLL Peer learning facillities  to support communication, analysis and exchange; The prototype KSLLL foresees facilities for: • Storing and accessing information • Meeting virtually • Meeting face-to-face • Taking action • Informing policy-making

24. EU-KSLLL virtual community http://communities.trainingvillage.gr/ks-lll

26. EU-KSLLL Policy and research component Links to: • relevant bibliographical databases • web pages of national ministries and research institutes

29. EU-KSLLL Help & supporting information

30. Next steps – outlook for 2006 • Close cooperation with the 8 Cluster groups of Education & Training 2010: • support the implementation of the Education & Training 2010 agenda; • capture the results of the Commission’s peer learning activities through its clusters and peer learning facilities. • From the prototype version to a fully fledged system • At the end of 2006, the system will be assessed and corrective actions implemented accordingly.

31. Contact information • EU-KSLLL websitehttp://kslll.trainingvillage.gr/ • email to the teamlifelonglearning@cedefop.eu.int • Project managerFranz Gramlinger  fgr@cedefop.eu.int

32. Thank you for your attention! We will go on with our work – not as can be seen here: