The KeyActs project brought together a cross-sector, strategic partnership of 5 organisations from 4 Member States to support the exchange of best practices in the adult education (AE) sector by creating, piloting and disseminating a training methodology, using the sport for development of key competences of disadvantaged adult learners in Bulgaria, Germany, Portugal & Spain, and across Europe. The project used the Education through Sport (ETS) non-formal educational approach to apply sport and physical activities for developing the key competences of individuals and groups in order to contribute to the personal development and sustainable social transformation, combating discrimination, social exclusion, poverty and marginalisation. The KeyActs project addressed the gap in the acquirement of key competences by adults in disadvantaged situation in 4 EU countries, reflecting on the importance of extra-curricular aspects of the ETS in view of the emergence of the contemporary multicultural Europe. The project aimed to: • Support disadvantaged learners by providing non-formal education through sport training and guidance, as a way of preventing social exclusion; • Empower and strengthen the role of adult education providers/trainers/mentors/coaches, exchanging best practices on sport pedagogical approaches, making them able to deal with diversity in non-formal learning environment; • Build close cooperation between civil society, youth and sport organisations, local authorities and the private sector to ensure the active participation of all members of the learning community in acquiring key competences; • Involve the wider community in the promotion of EU strategies for LLL (life-long learning) and social inclusion of disadvantaged adult learners. KeyActs was directly linked to the Erasmus+ Programme objectives to contribute to the achievement of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the strategic framework for EU cooperation in education and training (ET 2020). KeyActs responded to the needs of AEP to offer tailor-made methods to socially excluded learners and also met the needs of vulnerable adults, enabling them to develop new competences and qualifications, which are essential for achieving economic competitiveness. Joint Staff Training gathered AEP from the 4 countries to exchange best practices and acquire knowledge on the ETS approach, which further was applied in pilot tests with activities. Total of 268 direct participants were involved in the project, being 62% of them people with fewer opportunities (15 adult educators in JST; 80 vulnerable adults in pilot tests of the Toolbox; 134 stakeholders in Multiplier Events celebrated in the 4 partner countries; 39 staff members in transnational meetings and implementation tasks). Approximately 10500 people were indirectly reached through the used dissemination channels. The partnership was continuously monitoring and evaluating the project results, to ensure their broad exploitation by running co-development and exchange activities with institutions, communities and networks. The main output delivered was an online Training Toolbox for Adult Education Providers (AEP), jointly edited by the partners and translated in 5 EU languages. It offers training sessions, which after piloting tests, proved to meet the needs and realities of disadvantaged adults, enhancing their skills and boosting their employability and integration in the European societies. Additionally, KeyActs website, social media (Facebook & Instagram), YouTube channel, press releases and assessment report on the key competences of the adult learners involved were developed to widely promote the project results. As long-term benefits are expected the empowering, up-skilling and re-skilling of disadvantaged adult learners in the 4 partners' regions and other EU countries, thanks to the transferability of the developed outputs; equipping of adult education providers with contemporary resources, using ETS approach; supporting the social inclusion of vulnerable groups, providing quality tailored education with equal access to all; networking at European level between public and private sectors, education, youth and sport organisations for development of key competences and improvement of the basic and transversal skills of the European citizens.
The KeyActs project addressed the gap in the acquirement of key competences by adults in disadvantaged situation in 4 EU countries, reflecting on the importance of extra-curricular aspects of the ETS in view of the emergence of the contemporary multicultural Europe. The project aimed to: • Support disadvantaged learners by providing non-formal education through sport training and guidance, as a way of preventing social exclusion; • Empower and strengthen the role of adult education providers/trainers/mentors/coaches, exchanging best practices on sport pedagogical approaches, making them able to deal with diversity in non-formal learning environment; • Build close cooperation between civil society, youth and sport organisations, local authorities and the private sector to ensure the active participation of all members of the learning community in acquiring key competences; • Involve the wider community in the promotion of EU strategies for LLL (life-long learning) and social inclusion of disadvantaged adult learners. KeyActs was directly linked to the Erasmus+ Programme objectives to contribute to the achievement of the Europe 2020 Strategy and the strategic framework for EU cooperation in education and training (ET 2020).
Despite of all European initiatives introduced (the Council's Recommendation on Key Competences for LLL, the New Skills Agenda for Europe, the Skills Panorama monitoring the skills acquisition at national & European level), many adult learners in EU are missing basic and key competences. The demand for relevant knowledge, skills and attitudes changes over time. To deal with these changes, people need to be equipped with a set of key competences to build sustainable careers and become active citizens. The KeyActs project brought together a cross-sector, strategic partnership of 5 organisations from 4 Member States to support the exchange of best practices in the adult education (AE) sector by creating, piloting and disseminating a training methodology, using the sport for development of key competences of disadvantaged adult learners in Bulgaria, Germany, Portugal & Spain, and across Europe. The project used the Education through Sport (ETS) non-formal educational approach to apply sport and physical activities for developing the key competences of individuals and groups in order to contribute to the personal development and sustainable social transformation, combating discrimination, social exclusion, poverty and marginalisation.