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GLAS (2021–2022)
| Project | Guidance for Low-skilled Adults towards Skills Assessment and Validation – GLAS |
| Time period | November 2020 – December 2022 |
| Programme | Erasmus+, KA2 |
| Partners | Trebnje Center for Education and Culture – CIK Trebnje (Slovenia) – coordinator Slovenian Institute for Adult Education – SIAE (Slovenia) European Association for the Education of Adults – EAEA (Belgium) Scotland’s Learning Partnership (Unitd Kindom) Universidad de Valladolid (Spain) |
| Contacts | Vera Mlinar T: +386 1 5842 588 E: vera.mlinar@acs.si |
AIM
The main aim of the project is to develop the methodology for the assessment and validation of digital skills, numeracy and language skills of adults. Guidelines for counsellors will also be prepared. They will provide concrete measures and shared principles for basic skills assessment and validation.
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The basic skills assessment and validation process is intended for low-skilled adults. After the procedure, they will receive their skills record, including the counsellor’s opinion of the achieved level of skills in coherence with EQF and recommendations for further education and training programmes (e.g. strong areas, weak areas, recommendations for the future).
OBJECTIVES
The main objects of the projects are:
- to promote access to upskilling pathways for adults through assessment and validation processes;
- to extend the competences of adult educators through the improvement of guidance methods and tools.
DESCRIPTION
Guidance services for adult learners are already present in the EU countries; however, they often do not reach those adults that need education and training the most as a foundation for their permanent employment and social inclusion.
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Due to a lack of shared procedures for assessing and validating non-formal and informal knowledge, it is difficult for adult educators and counsellors to direct adults to further education and training programmes.
Joined development of the methodology, implementation guidelines, an online repository with methods and tools and recommendations for assessment and validation of key competencies will result in reaching a broader range of adults. Also, the implementation of innovative guidance approaches in mainstream adult education and guidance will be more successful.
ACTIVITIES
The main activities of the project are:
- establishment of EU-wide online repository of different tools for assessment and validation of digital skills, numeracy and language skills;
- preparation of the methodology for assessment and validation of digital skills, numeracy and language skills of adults;
- implementation of guidelines for adult educators and;
- preparation of recommendations for implementing the methodology into the EU adult education system and guidance services.
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
The key achievements of the project are:
- Methodology for assessment and validation of digital, numeracy and literacy skills for adult education and counsellors.
- Implementation guidelines for adult education and guidance service practitioners.
- Policy recommendations for mainstreaming of Methodology into European Adult Education Systems and Guidance services.
- European platform of tools for identifying, documenting and assessing key competences.
- Defined criteria for the selection of tools for identifying, documenting and assessing key competencies.