In adopting a report by Helga Trüpel (Greens/EFA, DE), MEPs in the
committee stressed the importance of creating a European frame of reference for
eight key competences, offering EU citizens a tool to adapt to an evolving
labour market in a knowledge based society.
The eight proposed competences include communication in the mother
tongue, in foreign languages, maths, science and technology, but the Committee
also highlighted the importance of civic competence, based on the concepts of
democracy, justice, equality, citizenship and civil rights.
Although the concept of lifelong learning is gaining ground, too few
adults are participating so national strategies should be urgently implemented
in all Member States, says the Culture and Education Committee. Early school
leavers, the disabled, long-term unemployed people, women, older people and
those with low basic skills should have priority in the Commission's proposals
regarding key competences for lifelong learning.
The report should be adopted in September. You can follow the
legislative process and have access to the draft report : http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/file.jsp?id=5289042
You can find information on Lifelong Learning programmes by the
Commission and other institutions on: http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/lll/life/supportlll_en.html
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