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LLLPLATFORM - ACTIVITY REPORT 2016 POLICY FOCUS THE LLLPLATFORM AND THE NEW SKILLS AGENDA FOR EUROPE The New Skills Agenda for Europe will certainly have been one of the hot topics in Education and Training in 2016, and the LLLPlatform was active on this major policy document to advocate the interests of its members and partner educational stakeholders. MAY TION Position Paper EU Skills Agenda: PO A SI P E R Political will, synergies and P impact! “The LLLPlatform calls for a strong European Skills Agenda coming up with national and regional action plans and the active involvement of all relevant stakeholders. It should place a right emphasis on making education relevant to the needs of our societies by increasing synergies between employment, social and educational policies. This means overcoming resistance in public administrations in order to break down silos between actors, policies and instruments and to engage stakeholders.” OCTOBER Debate on the L L EE L K Validation of W 16 Skills acquired 20 through Volunteering Education, Training & Youth Forum precede by Civil Society Day co- organised with DG EAC NOVEMBER Objectives & Priorities InnoVal Project (Innovative Assessment Methods for Validation) aims to address the urgent need to offer valid & reliable assessment methods that allow all learners to have a chance at validation with a special focus on disadvantaged groups such as migrants, long-term unemployed, and those who have had an adverse experience with formal education including with school-based assessments. Project Phases The first stage of InnoVal will review the state of play regarding the use of non-traditional assessment methods across Europe, while focusing on the needs of the specific target groups. The research phase will lead to the collection of 60 case studies which will set the basis for the development and piloting of a Training Programme on the implementation of innovative assessment methods, organised around Open Educational Materials and targeted at validation practitioners. The N e Agen w Skills da wa s adopt e EU Co d by the mmis s June 2016 ion in LLL Interest Group Meeting in the New Skills Agenda for Europe DECEMBER Validation Task Force with Martina Ní Cheallaigh WG (DG Employment, VET and Adult Education Unit) and Ernesto Villalba Garcia (Cedefop) 14 InnoVal (Innovative Assessment Methods for Validation), an Erasmus+ Project, was launched in November 2016. It has become an element of the LLLPlatform’s work regarding the recognition of competences, complementing the activities of the Validation Task Force. Statement and Online Campaign “From words to action: Investments and cooperation to make VET great again!” Project Partners DAFNI KEK (Greece); EIESP (France); ANESPO (Portugal); UCLL (Belgium); EUCEN (Belgium); Bertelsmann Stiftung (Germany) Information The InnoVal Project is an Erasmus+ KA2 “Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training” which will run for 2 years (Oct 2016 – Sept 2018). Contact LLLPlatform Project Manager www.inno-val.eu / [email protected] 15