Lifelong learning is increasingly taking a prominent role in the education and training policies in EU. Making lifelong learning a reality for all and reach 2020 with at least 15% of adults participating in lifelong learning activities are two of the main objectives of the European strategy Education and Training 2020. However, the fact that low-skilled adults have the lowest level of engagement in educational activities remains a concern in the EU education policies. These disparities are also very much felt in the labour market: Cedefop's most recent projections for employment by 2025 reinforce the trend that the future of work will be knowledge intensive. So, jobs that traditionally require a low level of qualification will imply increasingly complex tasks, requiring the domain of several literacies, including digital and a wide range of basic skills. Furthermore, the current economic scenario is forcing low-skilled or unemployed workers to reconsider their career project. This is where career management skills and lifelong learning are interrelated: from a strategic point of view, they emerge as two extremely useful fields for understanding what is expected of citizens in a learning society - that is, a society in which people, throughout their lives and from a quality basic training, are continually involved in educational actions in which they seek to deepen, update or renew the structures acquired during initial education, with a view to their application, both within and outside the work contexts. Based on the assumption that career development is a lifelong experience, (RE)BUILD project intends to provide innovative learning experiences that promote practical intelligence for adults with fewer opportunities to deal with their personal expectations, and to acquire personal flexibility for decision-making and exploration of career opportunities, while also helping VET professionals and adult educators to better intervene in career guidance and management programmes with low-skilled and marginalised adults. The main target-groups are: (1)Marginalised adults and/or low-skilled adults; (2)VET professionals, tutors, adult educators, social workers and other professionals in the field of adult education. They key actions to achieve the aims of the project are: - Develop a tailor-made Career Management Toolkit of Resources (IO1) for low-skilled and marginalised adults, which aims to promote knowledge, skills and practices that enable marginalised adults to strategically address the labour market needs and trends, while developing flexibility, self-knowledge, decision making and the exploration of career self-management strategies; - Develop a tailor-made In-Service Training Programme on Career Guidance (IO2) that will: present the educational resources developed in the project; provide a better understanding on the process of adult learning (e.g. principles of andragogy; characteristics of adults as learners; barriers of adult learning; barriers for low-skilled adults to engage learning; how to engage low-skilled adults in learning); provide a better understanding of the mutations in the labour market and latest trends on career guidance; present innovative educational strategies to work in career counselling with marginalised adults; - Develop an E-learning platform (IO3) to enable the access to all educational materials of (RE)BUILD in modular, bite-sized units, according to the users’ specific learning needs. The e-learning platform will ensure full compatibility in all electronic devices; and facilitate peer-to-peer learning through a collaborative platform. - Develop a Policy Paper (IO4) that will: present the operational and policy recommendations based on the analysis of the results of the transnational project; explain the potential of socio-educational approaches in career management with marginalised adults in Europe; present the benefits of implementing multidisciplinary approaches in career management. By the end of the project: - 120 marginalised adults will fully use the Career Management Toolkit of Resources (IO1); - 60 VET professionals and/or adult educators will complete the In-Service Training on Career Guidance (IO2); - 12 VET professionals and/or adult educators will complete the short-term joint staff training event in Portugal; - 12 marginalised adults will be involved in the Local Working Groups; - 24 VET professionals and/or adult educators will be involved in the Local Working Groups; - A minimum of 240 representatives from the main target-groups will be signed in the (RE)BUILD E-learning Portal; - 240 representatives for the main target-groups will attend and participate in the (RE)BUILD Career Management Workshops; - 50 representatives of the target-groups, stakeholders, policy-makers and other interested parties will attend the (RE)BUILD Final Conference.
The objectives of the (RE)BUILD project are to assist marginalized adults in their vocational reconversion and/or career readjustment, by providing them with tailored resources to facilitate their understanding of the labor market. The goal was to develop career management skills so that adults with limited opportunities could explore and plan their own career strategies. Since this project is based on the understanding that career development is a lifelong learning experience, the outputs intend to provide an innovative learning experience to promote this knowledge for adults with limited opportunities. The goal is to enable them to match their careers with their personal expectations and to gain personal flexibility in making decisions and exploring career opportunities. This project is primarily directed at adults who are marginalized, have few opportunities, or are less qualified. It also targets VET professionals, tutors and adult educators, social workers and other professionals working in the field of adult education.
EU education and training policies are increasingly taking lifelong learning into account. Specifically, the EU aimed to have at least 15% of adults participating in lifelong learning activities by 2020. Lifelong learning is important for both employees and companies. It is even more important for marginalized adults with fewer opportunities to have a chance to reintegrate into the labor market. Unfortunately, adults with fewer opportunities have the lowest level of engagement in educational activities. Jobs that traditionally require low skill levels will increasingly involve more complex tasks. The current economic context implies the need to reconsider career options. This is why career management and lifelong learning are linked: people must be trained to manage their own careers. The (RE)BUILD project aims to provide high quality e-learning solutions for career management, within the framework of EU education and training policies.