Presenting the European Reference Framework for Lifelong Learning in Greece
Over the last two years, Rinova has participated as a partner in
the Leonardo da Vinci project CERF, connected to the European Reference Framework of Key Competences
for Lifelong Learning.
Known as the ERF, this Framework defines eight 'key competences'
that European citizens require for their personal fulfilment,
social inclusion, active citizenship and employability in a
changing, knowledge-based society.
This topic was explored in detail at the CERF European Conference,
which took place at the Municpal Art Gallery in Larissa, Greece, on
the 19th September.
Hosted by the project co-ordinator, Dimitra ITD, the event was
attended by more than 200 delegates, at which experts from across
Greece were joined by speakers representing the CERF partners
from the UK, Spain, Sweden and Cyprus.
Pictured Right: Delegates at the CERF Conference in
Larissa, Greece, hear Vaso Anastopolou of Dimitra speaking
about the CERF programme. Pictured Below: Rinova's
Director, Richard Parkes, speaks to the Conference about the
importance of cultural awareness and expression in the modern
labour market.
As well as its participation in all of the project's core
activities, Rinova's specific role has been to develop a trainer
guide and learning curriculum for the ERF Key Competence 'Cultural
Awareness and Expression'.
This work, along with the wider CERF agenda, was presented to a
group of stakeholders in London at a seminar on the 26th June, held
at Hampstead Town Hall (see picture below). The
seminar also explored the ways in which the work undertaken on CERF
would be relevant to the forthcoming 'Erasmus +' programme, which
will replace the Lifelong Learning Programme from 2014.
The CERF partnership has also published its final newsletter,
which can be downloaded here.
Although the CERF project itself is now coming to an end,
the CERF partners are committed to continuing to work together
in a range of ways to build upon and sustain the experience
gained through the project, and to promote more widely its
deliverables and results.
As part of this commitment, the CERF partnership has established
a Virtual European Community of Stakeholders, which is open to all
those who are involved in lifelong learning. You
can register to join the CERF Virtual Community
by clicking here.
This
project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the
Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made
of the information contained therein.
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