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CitizensXelerator - Citizens Xelerator for democratic and civic participation

1010875262022Forward-Looking Projectsfinalized
Countries: PT|ES|HR|RO|IT|IE|DE|EL · Grant: €931,226

Project summary

Citizens Xelerator project aims at strengthening the democratic and civic literacy and social empathy of low qualified adults and contributing to a systemic change on the regional/national/European approach and strategies fostering adults’ participation in democratic life, embracing the common values and civic engagement. The project has 4 specific objectives: -SO1 To upscale and test the potential of the European tool LifeComp: The European framework for the personal, social and learning to learn key competence as a resource to promote the literacy and key-competences of low skilled adults -SO2 To develop, test and mainstream a model and resources for the assessment and development of personal, social and learning competences of low skilled adults -SO3 To create, provide and apply microlearning sessions fostering the financial, entrepreneurial, digital and sustainable literacy of low skilled adults, through the upscaling of complementary European tools and projects; -SO4 To launch a model and kit pilot action for democratic and civic participation, fostering its multiplication and mainstreaming at regional, national, and European levels. The consortium will ensure the concretization of these objectives by creating and implementing 3 main products: D2.1 LifeComp cards collection with cards to support the life skills assessment and activities for competences’ reinforcement D2.2 Citizens Xelerator Model and Kit with guidelines for the establishment and promotion of the Citizens Xelerator Action Lab in partners’ countries and supports for the implementation of the think tank, civic and democratic initiatives, celebration days and microlearning sessions. The target groups are adult education professionals and providers, low skilled adults and civil society organizations and during 24-months, the consortium expects to involve 50 professionals from the partnership/associated partners and mobilize around 2500 low skilled adults in the events and pilot action to be promoted.

Final report summary

Citizens Xelerator project aims at strengthening the democratic and civic literacy and social empathy of low qualified adults and contributing to a systemic change on the regional/national/European approach and strategies fostering adults’ participation in democratic life, embracing the common values and civic engagement. The project has 4 specific objectives: -SO1 To upscale and test the potential of the European tool LifeComp: The European framework for the personal, social and learning to learn key competence as a resource to promote the literacy and key-competences of low skilled adults -SO2 To develop, test and mainstream a model and resources for the assessment and development of personal, social and learning competences of low skilled adults -SO3 To create, provide and apply microlearning sessions fostering the financial, entrepreneurial, digital and sustainable literacy of low skilled adults, through the upscaling of complementary European tools and projects; -SO4 To launch a model and kit pilot action for democratic and civic participation, fostering its multiplication and mainstreaming at regional, national, and European levels. The consortium will ensure the concretization of these objectives by creating and implementing 3 main products: D2.1 LifeComp cards collection with cards to support the life skills assessment and activities for competences’ reinforcement D2.2 Citizens Xelerator Model and Kit with guidelines for the establishment and promotion of the Citizens Xelerator Action Lab in partners’ countries and supports for the implementation of the think tank, civic and democratic initiatives, celebration days and microlearning sessions. The target groups are adult education professionals and providers, low skilled adults and civil society organizations and during 24-months, the consortium expects to involve 50 professionals from the partnership/associated partners and mobilize around 2500 low skilled adults in the events and pilot action to be promoted.

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