Lifelong Learning Lab 2021- National Training for Education Stakeholders

The year 2021 marks the start of a new enabling framework for Education and Training to achieve the European Education Area by 2025, as well as of the renewed Digital Education Action Plan and therefore, an opportunity for Europe and Member States to reflect and build capacities to achieve its goals. However, Europe and its Member States face difficulties with citizens’ engagement in policy-making because of a lack of trust, knowledge and/or a lack of social dialogue. This is affecting the quality and efficiency of public services such as education and training.
How can we promote EU cooperation in education, training and lifelong learning in national contexts? How can we plant the seed for the creation of a national lifelong learning platform in order to build bridges between sectors?
The Lifelong Learning Platform is delighted to present its pilot activity, the Lifelong Learning Lab – National Training for Education Stakeholders. With this format, LLLP seeks to keep the momentum of EU cooperation to assess EU citizens’ capacity to participate in policy-making, suggest solutions and break silos in the education sectors. Further to this, and following the policy recommendation in its Feasibility study, LLLP would also like to explore the possibilities for national lifelong learning platforms.
LLLP will be focusing these efforts on the Portuguese context, with the support of the Portuguese Presidency and other EU actors.
The goals will be pursued through a new two-day event during which LLLP will take participants through a wide range of topics, spacing from EU cooperation in education and training, to EU decision-making processes, and from civil society engagement to national contexts.
With this two-day event, we will aim to bring Europe to Portugal and vice-versa! Interpretation will be provided in Portuguese to English and vice versa. Click on the images below to enlarge them, or download the programme here.
Day 1 – European agenda and decision-making processes in education and training
Day 2 – From Europe to Portugal: lifelong learning goes national
After registering, please download the following resources, as they will be useful before the event:
1) LLLP Guidebook to EU decision-making in education and training
2) LLLP Feasibility study for national lifelong learning platforms