The Europe and whole world suffer from unemployment problem and it is met mostly by low skilled adults having a problem of integration into labour market. Education is a key to stop this crisis. Now, when our world is improving very fast, basic skills such as writing, reading, use of computer and calculations are priority. However, a lot of adults have big gaps of these competencies and cannot move on, integrate in society and labor markets. To solve this problem adults need to face up skilling pathways and to have high quality learning opportunities by innovative study program to be developed. MENNET will encourage up skilling pathways for low skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities in Europe. The are no special programs for low skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities to get skills on reading, writing, making simple calculations and using a computer. Education at all levels is a key part of the integration process for low skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities. EU reports shows that these problems are closely related with deficiency of low skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities tailored programs suitable for low skilled adults competences development, namely: sense of writing, reading, calculations on assessment and validation of informal and non-formal learning. According to the European and partner countries national context, the following needs are addressed within the project to develop assessment model (O1) and to develop the program (IO2) on up skilling pathways of low skilled adults and adults with fewer importunities for totally 90 participants. To organize mentoring facilities to adults (totally 90) in the mentoring network (IO3) and to inform low skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities about the project and the programs in the events E1-E5. The objectives are: 1. To evaluate the level of low skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities competencies for writing, reading, calculations and use of computer; 2. To encourage the continuing development of low skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities by using the innovative education models; by creating training program with sub-modules for their reading, writing, calculations and use of computer competencies. 3. To create mentoring platform for the reading, writing, calculations and use of computer competencies improvement. To meet the above mentioned needs and implement the objectives, the partnership will prepare 3 intellectual outputs: assessment model (O1), training program(O2), mentoring network (O3) Having newly gained skills adults educators will design mentoring network for low skilled adults and will integrate it to the European E- Repository with open access. Target groups: low skilled adults; adults with fewer opportunities. Totally 410 participants will benefit from the project. This project should be carried out trans-nationally because the challenges low skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities are common across the EU. Thus solving the problems of unemployment and adult participation in education, must be based on the best practices of the whole international partnership and innovative results IO (O1,O2, O3) - a complex and systematic means for improving the low skilled adults competencies will be built by integrating partners innovative, attractive, modern achievements and methods in the respective thematic areas. Totally 410 participants will benefit from the project results and will gain new possibilities to be more active in the labour market with newly gained skills.
Europe and the whole world suffer from unemployment problems and it is met mostly by low-skilled adults having a problem of integration into the labor market. Now, when our world is improving very fast, basic skills such as writing, reading, use of computer and calculations are the priority. However, a lot of adults have big gaps in these competencies and cannot move on, integrate into society and labor markets. In general, MENNET increased the participation of low-skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities in lifelong learning and improved their skills which help to integrate into society better and easier. Also, the created results helped people to easily gain knowledge and fill in the gaps they had by evaluating their knowledge and learning things they do not know with mentor support which prevented dropouts from the courses. The main objectives of the project, which were completely achieved were these: 1. evaluate the level of low skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities competencies for writing, reading, calculations, and use of computer; 2. encourage the continuing development of low-skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities by using the innovative education models; by creating training programs with sub-modules 3. create a mentoring platform for competencies improvement The consortium of the project, in order to achieve these objectives, was selected very carefully and in full understatement about their capability to be involved: 1. CPIP is a Romanian s committed to mainstreaming the principle of equal opportunities for all citizens in the public policies and associated practices, as an integral part of democratization and the creation of an open society, to re-define the status of community co-production in all areas related to lifelong learning. 2. LSMCVA represents 23 formal adult education institutions leaders of Lithuania. The Association brings together Lithuanian adult education centers where formal and non – formal adult education takes place. 3. OnProjects is a project managing consulting enterprise. They are focusing on advising enterprises, associations, public bodies, and other entities in managing, monitoring, and evaluating public-funded projects, planning activities, and implementing IO for the mentioned target groups. OnProjects are very experienced in project evaluation and lead all the activities related to QA. 4. FuN holds specific expertise in the distance, flexible and online education for adults, including digital learning resources. We focus on developing new pedagogies and learning methods, also focusing on collaboration in online technologies. FuN gives high priority to quality assurance in online education. 5. ZIPc was established by an active team of professionals, who have been working in the field of the labor market, adults, and vocational education quality research in Lithuania. They seek to combine labor market demand and VET sector supply, by working with VET schools and private companies in the Kaunas region, as well as are seeking to implement innovative training methods and learning technologies in the VET sector and work with adult education. Target groups: low-skilled adults and adults with fewer opportunities. It was people who are not employed and not at any educational level and those, who have just compulsory education and have a big gap. Totally 513 participants benefitted from the project. Impact on the participants: 277 people directly increased their competence in the foreign language and developed digital, numeracy, literacy, and calculation competencies by participating in O1, O2, and O3 activities. They have gained new knowledge on new learning approaches dealing with their personal and professional development. All partners worked with different groups of learners like disadvantaged groups, they have shared best practices and gained new knowledge and experience. The impact on participants has been measured by asking them to do pre-testing and do the post-testing after the training program. Results revealed that the participants increased their knowledge up to 80% after the training program. This project complemented to reducing social exclusion and disparities in learning outcomes of disadvantaged learners, enrolling them into active lifelong learning activities.