Validation and recognition of 21st century skills

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Validation and recognition of 21st century skills for adult education programmesThe project 21st skills for adult in Cities of Learning has introduced the Cities of Learning platform into several new communities: Ghent and Hoogstraten (Belgium), West Brabant, Region Rijnland, Island Curacao (Kingdom of The Netherlands), and Lisbon (Portugal).
Cities of Learning promotes open, accessible and inclusive learning to all.
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This project idea takes place in the context of digitalisation of societies, which is now additionally accelerated by the lockdowns due to the pandemic crisis. Common challenge is the lack of adult education programmes oriented towards competences and skills needed to thrive today and in the future. That’s where the 21st century skills idea originates.
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We refer in this project to 21st century skills, which we see as a broad set of knowledge, skills, work habits and character qualities for people in ensuring well-being, civic engagement and employment. This set of skills also include digital skills and literacies necessary to harness the digital transformation. Through the work in Cities of Learning context and also the international adult education context, we are combining frameworks for 21st century skills that are recognised on world wide and on national levels: E.g. DigComp 2.0, nationally used working skills (can be different per partner country), and the World Economic Forum Top 10 skills in demand for 2022.
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During the project 21st skills for adult in Cities of Learning project partners will map best practices in validation and recognition of the 21st century skills in participating countries, in other countries in Europe and the world. The 21st century skills are skills such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, information literacy, media literacy, technology literacy, flexibility, leadership, initiative, productivity, social and cross-cultural skills, learning to learn, digital literacy, problem solving, and creativity.
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Partners of this project will create unique skills assessment, validation and recognition pathways for adult education programmes focused on 21st century skills development, which will be developed respecting different perspectives of organisational roles and countries.
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During this project we want to extend the possibilities of digital technology to improve transparency and recognition of skills, in our case 21st century skills. We want to develop the skills assessment and competency frameworks functionalities and integrate them in the platform for Cities of Learning. The assessment functionality will enable learning providers and learners to use a 360° assessment system which will combine self-assessment, external feedback from other learners, mentors and supervisors. The 360° assessment system will be based around a specific competence model chosen by the learning provider. The competence model can be aligned to a specific qualification framework or occupational standard.
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Results of this project will be:
Webinar recordings and a comprehensive report with good practices of validating and recognising 21st century skills developed through adult education programmes.
Guidelines for validation and recognition of 21st century skills in adult education programmes.
Validation and recognition pathways designed, tested and created for selected adult education programmes implemented by the project partners.
Technical solutions to implement assessment and recognition of 21st century skills using the platform of Cities of Learning.
Impact on learning and recognition of adult learners to improve their opportunities for 21st century skills validation and recognition.
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This playlist has been developed to support project partners and local organisations 
To exchange best practices of 21st century skills validation and recognition in participating countries.
To identify specific needs and opportunities to validate and recognise 21st century skills in adult education programmes implemented by partners.
To learn how to design validation and recognition pathways using Cities of Learning platform.
To  build working relations between members of the partner organisations.
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21st Century skills for adult education

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STUDY VISITArrival day Monday 9 January 2023 
Study visit days: 10, 11, 12 and 13 January 2023 
Departure day 14 January 2023
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We are glad to be hosting this Study Visit Good practices of validation and recognition of 21st century skills for adult education programmes in The Netherlands and Belgium. 
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This Study Visit is part of the project 21st century skills recognition for adults in Cities of Learning.
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We refer in this project to 21st century skills, which we see as a broad set of knowledge, skills, work habits and character qualities for people in ensuring well-being, civic engagement and employment. This set of skills also include digital skills and literacies necessary to harness the digital transformation.
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Programme
This Study Visit will have a 4 day (+ 2 travel days) programme. The topic of the visit will be exchange of best practices on validation and recognition of 21st century skills in adult education programmes.
You will have the chance to meet a number organisations from Belgium, The Netherlands, Portugal, Curacao, and Lithuania. We will use the Cities of Learning platform and use open badges to recognise 21st century skills.
The first half of the visit will take place in Rotterdam and Breda in the Netherlands, the second part in Ghent and Hoogstraten in Belgium. The hosting partners will take care of organisational and logistic aspects of the study visit.
You can find the programme of the study visit here. This programme can have changes.
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What we want to achieve
To exchange best practices of 21st century skills validation and recognition in participating countries.
To identify specific needs and opportunities to validate and recognise 21st century skills in adult education programmes implemented by partners.
To learn how to design validation and recognition pathways using Cities of Learning platform.
To  build working relations between members of the partner organisations.
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Participants
staff from partner organisations who will support locally to assure a qualitative implementation of the project.
Local organisations cooperating or having the wish to start cooperating with partner organisation(s) and Cities of Learning.
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Potential participants need to complete this online registration form which will include a description of motivation, needs and expectations relating to the project and study visit.
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Accommodation venue
We will stay from 9 till 11 January 2023 in a hotel in Rotterdam. From 11 till 14 January our home base will be in Antwerp. The Erasmusplus budget is based on having two people sharing a room, with single beds. It is possible to have a single room but when you choose this there will be additional costs of about €125 per night.
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Travel budget
This Study Visit is co-financed by ErasmusPlus and therefore hosting and travel is co-financed by ErasmusPlus. We will reimburse travel costs based on real expenses and Erasmus+ distance band. Travel costs based on the real costs, not exceeding the following limits per person taking into account distance band values:
Lithuania - € 275,-
Netherlands - € 20,- for distance band 10-99 km and € 180 for distance band 100-499 km 
Belgium - € 20,- for distance band 10-99 km and € 180,- for distance band 100-499 km 
Portugal - € 275,-
Curacao - € 820,-
Travel reimbursement will be done only when participants provide all (ticket, invoice, boarding passes, etc.) travel documents.
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Useful resources on Cities of Learning
Explore the following online resources on Cities of Learning:
Cities of Learning Newsletter﻿
Cities of Learning Youtube channel﻿
﻿Blogs posts about Cities of Learning
﻿Facebook communication of Cities of Learning
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Organisers’ team:
Study Visit facilitator: Sandra Zoomers
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Event logistics: Natasha Roelofs
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Organisers and partners:
CODEC vzw - Belgium
Badgecraft Ireland Limited - Ireland
Ministry of Education, Science, Culture & Sport - Curacao
Lisbon City Council - Portugal
Samen Leven vzw - Belgium
LAC vzw (Loopbaanadvies- en arbeidsmarkt centrum) - Belgium
Breakthrough - The Netherlands
Skills-Connect - The Netherlands
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The holder of this badge took part in the study visit on 21st Century Skills for Adult Education Programmes in The Netherlands and Belgium from 10 till 14 January 2023 (excluding travel days). 
This study visit is a short 4 days stay in Rotterdam, Breda, Ghent and Antwerp and includes presentations and local visits to an NGO, an educational/training institution, social entrepreneurs, library and programs from municipalities. 
The study visit has been a forum for discussions, exchanges and learning about endorsements in entrepreneurial skills development in adult education.
This study visit has been an excellent opportunity to support and engross the mind about adult education and to enhance validation and recognition, and to extend European cooperations. Working together and reflecting on various job-related issues, sharing different point of views and local realities, discovering and accepting other ways of seeing things and many other positive aspects made both organisers and participants feel more like members of a common European space. 
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This study visit is co-funded by Erasmusplus Adult Education

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Time to complete: 12 hours 45 minutes

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