Lifelong Learning is a concept introduced and widely spread since the mid of 90s and is nowadays associated with the recognition of training and learning as a growth for individuals and society as a whole.
In the Knowledge Society an important role is played by HEIs, training agencies and the individual dimension of the conscious person who learns, using a variety of opportunities and strategies, taking advantage of a wide range of educational institutions during lifelong.
In this situation, HEIs and training agencies need to address complex challenges, in particular:
a) offer the appropriate training opportunities, responding to the needs of current society, especially in terms of demands of the Labour Market, involving stakeholders in the curricular design and development (SME, national and local governments, public and private organizations, etc.)
b) use tools and strategies in the training pathways that allow for the recognition and certification of informal non-formal learning
This project, participated by a consortium of 20 institutions of HEI (15 for Latin America and 5 for Europe), intends to realize and experiment different curricular experiences in Lifelong Learning, involving different local stakeholders and fostering a process able to reflect institutional and societal needs, in order to be effective actors in lifelong learning.
Objectives
Overall objective: Contribute to support the Latin American HEIs in establishing a lifelong learning policy, improving the awareness of the role of the HEIs as training actors and contribute to meet the needs of the society.
Specific objective: Contribute to provide the Latin American HEIs to strategically design, evaluate, organize, implement and promote lifelong learning curricula in the private and public domain.
Expected results
Short-mid term result (during the project lifespan): setting up a fruitful dialogue between HEIs, SMEs and Social and Educational Institutions, on shared analysis and best practice examples from the EU and the LA contexts, giving impetus to LLL curricula design, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and promotion through piloting curricula.
Long term expected results: enhancing the relation between HEIs and local and regional contexts, developing constructive and collaborative dialogues and providing the professionals required and at the same time attracting more sources of funding from the entrepreneurial context. Policy makers, governments, in particular the Ministries of Education, are expected to enhance strong connections and gain a prominent role in the LLL education at HEI level.
Work oganization
TRALL is organized in several Work Packages:
- WP1: Management
- WP2: State of the Art
- WP3: Methodological Framework
- WP4: Design and implementation of prototype model of LLL curricula
- WP5: ICT, e-learning and blended learning models
- WP6: Evaluation
- WP7: Credits and competences
- WP8: Quality Assurance in LLL
- WP9: Dissemination of the results
- WP10: Exploitation of the results
Project data
Duration: 36 months (Jan. 2011 – Jan. 2014)
Budget: € 3.091.494,18
Alfa funding: € 2.473.195,34
