Rinascimento

A European Network for Key Competences

 Justification:

According to the Lisbon Agenda set out by the European Council in Lisbon on March 2000 Europe has to become the most dynamic and competitive knowledge based economy in the world. In this policy framework education and training are essential tools in order to achieve this ambitious aim,

One of the main components of this approach is the promotion of new basic skills: more concretely, the Lisbon European Council called upon the Member States, the Council and the Commission to establish a European framework defining ‘the new basic skills’ to be provided through lifelong learning.

Afterward the terms ‘competence’ and ‘key competence’ were preferred to ‘basic skills’, which was considered too restrictive as it was generally taken to refer to basic literacy and numeracy and to what are known variously as ‘survival’ or ‘life’ skills. ‘Competence’ is considered to refer to a combination of skills, knowledge, aptitudes and attitudes, and to include the disposition to learn in addition to know-how.

An overall definition of key competences:

Key competences represent a transferable, multifunctional package of knowledge, skills and attitudes that all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, inclusion and employment. These should have been developed by the end of compulsory schooling or training, and should act as a foundation for further learning as part of lifelong learning.

 For this reason we think that is fundamental to create a network of experts in this field in order improve, by means of European projects, the quality of training.

The 8 Key Competences:

1.  Communication in the mother tongue

2.  Communication in a foreign language

3.   Mathematical literacy and competences in science and technology

4.  Digital competence

5.  Learning to learn

6.  Interpersonal and civic competence

7.  Entrepreneurship

8.  Cultural expression

 Objectives:

-       To map the key competences European situation by means of questionnaires, six preliminary seminars (one in each area) and a final one to analyze and share good practices on key competences;

-       To create a network of key competences experts

-       To develop high quality European projects based on Key Competences in the Lifelong Learning Framework.

Network Structure

Spain:

Granaforma S.L.

ASAJA-Granada

ETEA

IAG

EGMASA

France:     

CNAM-Pays de la Loire

Loire Atlantique

GRETA

Atlantique Competence

Sweden: 

Alfombra Roja

SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)

Nordic Learning

Affärskraft

Tibble Gymnasium

Bulgaria:

Bulgaria training

Alex-ea

National Association of Small and Medium Business

Institute for a Postgraduate Studies (ips)

Romania:

Asociatia Sin Fronteras

UCECOM (National union of handicraft and production cooperatives of Romania)

CYROM & Associates Law Firm

FINE-University of Wales

Romanian Banking Institute

Project Phases:

-       Definition of the partner search criteria;

-       Exchange of partners’ contacts database;

-       First partner selection;

-       Editing of partnership contracts and association statute;

-       Final partner selection;

-       National Studies on Key competences (Questionnaires and interviews);

-       Area Seminars: presentation of national researches results;

-       Final European Seminar;

-       Conclusion Editing.