Increasing the participation of adults in lifelong learning activities by up to 15% has been set by the European Union as a target of its Education and Training Strategy. However, discrepancies remain between EU Member States and regions. European lifelong learning and non-vocational adult education strategies are not sufficiently integrated, especially at the regional level, which limits the policy potential to respond to current structural challenges such as rising unemployment, socio-economic instability, social exclusion and the effects of COVID-19.
The COMORELP project (“Collaborative Monitoring of REgional Lifelong learning Policies”) builds on the existing collaboration framework among key regional actors in Europe, with a view to expanding the partnership and developing a transnational interregional Policy Lab (the COMORELP Policy Lab Platform). The Policy Lab will comprise educational and training organisations and networks and will aim to assist and encourage transnational exchange of know-how in the design development and evaluation of lifelong learning initiatives/approaches integrated within Lifelong Guidance (LLG). It focuses on the role of Lifelong Learning (LLL) to support regional innovation policies that are aimed at socially inclusive economic development with a particular attention to disadvantaged adult groups. The project will capitalise on the results of previous initiatives and EU Projects, developing a coherent conceptual and operational framework
Partners
Coordinator: Jagiellon University (Poland)
LLLP (Belgium)
FREREF – Foundation of European Regions for Research in Education and Training (France)
WUP – Labour office in Krakow, Region of Malopolskie (Poland)
CIS – CIS School for business management (Italy)
Arcola Research (UK)
Boğaziçi University (Turkey).
Funded by the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union, KA2 Strategic partnerships, 2020-1-PL01-KA204-082010