With this project, we aimed to improve the quality of numerate behaviour among adults, enhancing their opportunities in the labour market, reducing social exclusion, and enabling full participation in society. Our primary objective was to reach more adults through numeracy courses, helping them navigate finances, health, digital tools, and other math-related aspects of daily life. To achieve this, we set the following specific goals: 1. Raising Awareness – Highlighting the impact of low numeracy on employability and daily life. 2. Expanding Numeracy Education – Increasing adult numeracy courses and learning materials. 3. Strengthening Educators – Providing professional development for adult education staff. A key challenge is that many adults do not seek numeracy support, and policymakers often overlook the issue. Our approach embedded numeracy within lifelong learning policies, using the Common European Numeracy Framework (CENF) to ensure scalability and international alignment. Through dissemination efforts, including multiplier events and implementation activities, we aimed to institutionalise numeracy education, ensuring a lasting and sustainable impact beyond the project’s duration.
We applied for this project because there is an urgent and growing need to improve the quality of numerate behaviour among adults from multiple perspectives. Strong numeracy skills not only enhance individuals' employability but also enable them to fully participate in democratic societies. However, despite the clear need for improved numeracy—recognised in policy documents, reports, and by adult education providers—numeracy remains significantly underdeveloped compared to literacy education. Many adults struggle with numeracy-related daily tasks, such as managing finances, understanding prescriptions, and navigating digital environments, often without realising the origin of these challenges. Meanwhile, policy makers and educational institutions lack sufficient frameworks to tackle low numeracy effectively. This project bridged these gaps through an integrated, evidence-based, European-wide approach that: - Raises awareness about numeracy’s importance. - Provides practical, real-world numeracy education. - Supports the institutionalisation of numeracy in lifelong learning. By developing and expanding numeracy provisions across Europe, this project addressed both policy-driven and learner-driven needs, ensuring a lasting impact