The objectives of the project are the following: •Improving skills in adult education through the use of non-formal and informal methods, exchange of best practices and inclusion for 8 members of the organization (until 22.04.2022): •Expanding the offer of learning opportunities, adapted to the level of people with low opportunities in the community (with low skills or lower level qualifications) by participating in 4 specific international courses (until 22.04.2022); •Increasing the quality of adult education by applying the competences acquired by the participants in the field of inclusion, non-formal education and ICT through the development of min. 16 adult education current activities of the organization (courses, seminars, workshops, integration workshops, results distribution events etc.) (until 31.05.2022); •Attracting in the organization of at least 6 new collaborators specialists in adult education; •Internationalization of the organization in the field of adult education through the elaboration and implementation of a new project (until 31.05.2022); •Awareness of adults in the community about the importance and benefits of lifelong learning (until 31.05.2022).
In the European Adult Learning Plan based on the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Council of EU adopted a resolution whereby the aquisition of competences and lifelong learning are recognized as solutions to EU's economic and social strategy, aging population and to the economic crisis. It is thus confirmed that there is a need for adults to improve their skills periodically but unfortunately their participation in training and learning activities has a very low intensity. Adult participation in learning is even lower for the low-skilled or older age persons. The EU 2020 strategy has set a target of 15% for adults to participate in lifelong learning by 2020. In the National Plan, Romania has set a target of 10% by 2020. In this context, APDD joins EU policies and supports this with a proposal of a mobility project for adult education staff KA1–Learning Mobility of Individuals KA104-Adult education staff mobility, over a 1 year period: 1.06.2019-31.05.2022. The purpose and objectives of the „Education Continuum”(EduC) project are set as a response to the needs identified at the organization level,at the level of the participants and at the community level, expressed in weaknesses in the SWOT analysis carried out by APDD.