The European Commission published a Recommendation on the recognition of qualifications of third- country nationals on 15 November 2023, with the purpose to streamline and speed up recognition processes. These measures would aim to bring the EU’s recognition system closer to the one in place for EU mobile citizens. As acknowledged in various EU instruments,…
It’s that time of year again! From 27 November until 1 December the Lifelong Learning Week organised by the Lifelong Learning Platform took place in Brussels. The LLLWeek aims to raise awareness on lifelong learning’s capacity to answer many challenges of modern societies and has become a milestone in the European education agenda, thanks to the support of…
During the LLLWeek, SOLIDAR Foundation and Diesis co-organised a joint event on the Validation of competences acquired in the civil sector. The event showcased the IMAGES and baSE Projects, presenting the results respectively preliminary findings, and brought together experts and policymakers to discuss the importance of the recognition of transversal skills. As Welcoming and Concluding Remarks, S&D MEP Alicia Homs Ginel highlighted…
A year ago, at the State of the European Union address (SOTEU), the European Commission proposed to make 2023 the European Year of Skills (EYS). When it was launched, on 9 May 2023, SOLIDAR published its statement, strongly advocating for a shift towards a lifelong and life-wide learning perspective, focusing on key competences and transversal competences…
The European Year of Skills (EYS) was officially launched by the European Commission on May 9th of this year. Aimed at addressing labour shortages and mismatches in skills, the EYS is intended to showcase existing initiatives in skills development across Europe. The Commission wants the EYS to bring together national and European authorities, trade unions, chambers of…
LLLP’s Lifelong Learning Lab 2023 took place in Girona on the 26th and 27th of June, where education stakeholders, policy makers and civil society representatives gathered to discuss existing educational practices and ideas for the Future of Europe. The first day focused on the European agenda and decision-making processes in education and training, with insights…
Upskilling & Empowering Civil Society: Results from the IMAGES project The IMAGES (I Manage and Empower My Skills) project was concluded with a final conference “Upskilling & Empowering Civil Society” in Brussels on the 8th of June 2023. Member organisations representatives and various stakeholders took part to discuss the results of the project in the framework…
First training session of the Global Educators Development Forum (GEDF) programme On October 27, SOLIDAR Foundation hosted the very first training session of the Global Educators Development Forum (GEDF) programme in cooperation with IFWEA in the framework of the Y-GAP programme. The GEDF involved 29 participants and elaborated on the root meaning of advocacy, understanding how to…
SOLIDAR Foundation is excited to announce that in November the project AKA Active Citizens will be launched and implemented together with 8 other organisations! AKA (Awareness, Knowledge, Action) Active Citizens is a project co-funded by the CERV Programme. It will aim at promoting the democratic participation and engagement at EU level of young citizens with vulnerable…
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