Adults with a low level of soft skills is an issue nowadays and it has great importance at a time when relevant international bodies and the scientific community stress the importance of enhancing and developing human capital, identifying in the personal skills significant predictors of economics and social outcomes. The problem of low skilled citizens is dramatically present in all the countries that participated in the first PIAAC survey. In three partners’ countries (Italy, Spain and France), the percentage of low skilled is very high, while it is lower in the other two partners’ countries (Ireland and Finland). To tackle the problem, the objective of the OECD Skill Strategy is "mutually reinforcing the skills system" through four pillars: 1. develop relevant skills, 2. activate the supply of skills, 3. use skills effectively, 4. strengthen the skills system so that appropriate skills can lead to better jobs and better living conditions, both at a personal and at a social level. The general objectives of the project, therefore, are to identify the best practices for the process of certification and validation of key competences, in particular "Personal, social and learning to learn competence" and to promote the adoption of best practices in the network of partners and stakeholders concerned. The specific objectives consist in the elaboration of a White Paper on the best practices for the implementation of a process of certification and validation of non-formal competences, with particular reference to "Personal, social and learning to learn competence". It will guide the operators in the identification, collection and evaluation of the competences possessed by low skilled people and therefore support them in the choices of training offers consistent with their expectations and competences possessed. Moreover, the specific objectives are also to identify a shared path as a "first step" towards the validation of competence in the non-formal field, and to disseminate the project results on the Internet and in adult education centres. The project is addressed to trainers and teachers of education and training institutions, as direct users, and to low skilled people, but also to social partners and enterprises involved in adult education, as indirect users. In order to achieve the planned objectives, the project activities will develop as follows: -research phase of methodologies for the collection of non-formal learning outcomes in relation to the key competence "Personal, social and learning to learn competence" -comparison and evaluation of the methodology to be applied on the research carried out -1st training activity for trainers aimed at the acquisition of the methodology for the collection of learning outcomes -evaluation of the training activity and research on the certification and validation process of competences -2nd training activity for trainers aimed at the acquisition of the methodology for the evaluation of the key competence and the certification process -evaluation of the second training activity -experimentation of the process -realization of a white paper. The expected results for training and education centres are: -Promote innovation in adult education by using methodologies for the development of a competence validation process. The expected results for the low skilled are: - Possibility of rediscovering and developing skills they possess, but they do not know they have - Improvement in the rate of socio-work integration and/or integration into qualification pathways in relation to the validation process of "Personal, social and learning to learn competence" The project will have an impact on direct participants, partner organisations, end-users and stakeholders in terms of: -improving and updating methodologies, -raising general service standards, increasing effectiveness in the management of pathways to accompany the process of validation and validation of "Personal, social and learning to learn competence" acquired in non-formal contexts, -contributing to the improvement of awareness of their competences by low skilled people.
The process of certification and validation of "Personal, social and learning to learn" competence leads low-skilled people to acquire an awareness of their competences and thus has important repercussions from a social point of view, for the effects of inclusion (or exclusion) in a world of work where requirements are increasingly high and competitive. The L2L project was developed with the following objectives: -Identify best practices for the certification and validation process of key competences, especially of "Personal, social and learning to learn skills" -Promote the adoption of best practices in the network of interested partners and stakeholders -Elaborate a white paper on best practices for the implementation of a certification and validation process for non-formal competences, with particular reference to "Personal, social and learning to learn skills" to guide practitioners in identifying, collecting and assessing the skills possessed by low-skilled low-skilled people and thus support them in choosing training offers consistent with their expectations and skills possessed; -Identify a shared pathway as a "first step" towards the validation of competence in the non-formal field
The issue of low-skilled adults assumes great relevance at a time when relevant international bodies and the scientific community stress the importance of enhancing and developing human capital, identifying in the skills of individuals significant predictors of economic and social outcomes. The problem of the low skilled is a dramatically present reality in all the countries that participated in the first PIAAC survey. In relation to the partnership countries, in Italy and Spain the phenomenon exceeds 25% of the population 16-65 years old and precisely the Italian low-skilled population is 27.9% of the total, which is the highest percentage of the participating countries. This is the highest percentage of the participating countries, Spain's is 27.7%, France's 21.7%, while Finland and Ireland have a percentage of low skilled below 20%. In order to stem the problem, the aim of the OECD Skill Strategy is to "mutually reinforce the skills system" through four pillars which include: 1. Developing relevant skills, 2. activating the supply of skills, 3. using skills effectively, 4. strengthening the skills system so that from skills 4. strengthening the skills system so that better jobs and better living conditions.