Regional Adult Learning Multipliers and the Europe 2020 Flagship Initiatives

WHAT?

Every region is responsible for rolling out the Europe2020 strategy. This project will therefore focus on one sector, adult learning, and address the relevance of each of the seven designated Flagship Initiatives to this target group through special workshops and further best practice exchange initiatives. 

WHY?

The REALM project idea was born out of a recognised need to better connect adult learning in the regions of the European Union with EU policy development. This will both enhance the adult learning agenda, where EU policies are often unintentionally excluded, and support a better formulation and delivery of EU policies to this target group.

HOW?

Other major milestones will include:

• Setting up a REALM website;
• Inviting regions to contribute good-practice case studies to the website;
• Designing and delivering a programme of 4 events
• Developing materials on the Flagships for dissemination across Europe
• Establishing a network of regional practitioners by end of project

WHO?

The project is targetting regional adult learning officials. There are a limited number of places for regions to join the project's seminars in Brussels on a travel paid basis. 

WHICH OUTCOME?

We hope that lessons learnt in this project can input to future reviews of the strategy from an adult learning perspective and thus have far-reaching impact. By focusing on one sector, adult learning, and addressing the relevance of each of the seven designated Flagship Initiatives to this target group, we hope to bring EU policy closer to EU citizens.

The European Union has identified in its Europe2020 strategy the major areas of challenges for the EU in the coming next years and designed several policies in order face them. These areas are addressed by 7 flagship initiatives: 

Smart growth

* Digital agenda for Europe
* Innovation Union
* Youth on the move

Sustainable growth

* Resource efficient Europe
* An industrial policy for the globalisation era

Inclusive growth

* An agenda for new skills and jobs
* European platform against poverty