Briefing Note: European Education Area – Can the European Commission deliver on its vision?
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Briefing Note: European Education Area – Can the European Commission deliver on its vision?

On 30 September 2020, the European Commission updated its vision of the European Education Area (EEA) setting out the roadmap on achieving this by 2025. SOLIDAR Foundation welcomes the coherent and comprehensive vision put forward by the European Commission but it expresses its worries at the unclear means through which the goals would be met….

European Education Area and the Digital Education Action Plan – First hesitant steps towards inclusive education
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European Education Area and the Digital Education Action Plan – First hesitant steps towards inclusive education

On 30 September 2020, the European Commission updated its vision of the European Education Area (EEA) setting out the roadmap on achieving this by 2025 and presented the Updated Digital Education Action Plan (DEAP).  The Digital Education Action Plan update The DEAP acknowledges the comments of SOLIDAR Foundation in the public consultation related to the…

Briefing Note: Updated Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) – A question of education and participation or competitiveness?
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Briefing Note: Updated Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027) – A question of education and participation or competitiveness?

On 30 September 2020, the European Commission has revealed its updated Digital Education Action Plan, which is set to ensure the coordination of the digital transition between 2021 and 2027. The update comes after the previous Action Plan finished its cycle (2018-2020) and after a public consultation in which SOLIDAR Foundation took part. SOLIDAR Foundation…

Digital Education Action Plan: SOLIDAR´s contribution to make it a reality for all
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Digital Education Action Plan: SOLIDAR´s contribution to make it a reality for all

On 25 August, SOLIDAR Foundation provided its views on the European Commission public consultation on the Digital Education Action Plan (DEAP). This consultation feeds into the upcoming update of the DEAP in September 2020, to ensure that it promotes high quality and inclusive education and training in the digital age. This becomes increasingly relevant as the COVID-19-related lockdown has illuminated deficiencies in…

Ups and Downs in the Updated Skills Agenda
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Ups and Downs in the Updated Skills Agenda

The European Commission presented on 1 July the awaited Updated Skills Agenda, which aims at identifying the skills that Europeans’ should be equipped with, to meet the requirements of changing societal and working environments over the next five years. At times when nothing less than defining a new normality is needed, the Skills Agenda is a piece of policy-making that can facilitate equal access to the attainment…

SOLIDAR Foundation Position Paper on AI Implications for Education and Lifelong Learning
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SOLIDAR Foundation Position Paper on AI Implications for Education and Lifelong Learning

SOLIDAR Foundation Position Paper on Artificial Intelligence espouses the view of CSOs across Europe that engage in education and training, formally, informally and non-formally. To better understand SOLIDAR Foundation and its members’ understanding of what AI is, the Position Paper provides a clarification on the importance of conceptualizing AI from the perspective of human rights, given how…

The future of EU’s Artificial Strategy: CSOs voice on digitalisation
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The future of EU’s Artificial Strategy: CSOs voice on digitalisation

On 12 June 2020, SOLIDAR Foundation has provided its views on the European Commission public consultation on the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI) – A European Approach. The White Paper represents the initial strategy of the new European Commission on the future of AI in Europe. It presents a vision solely informed by an…

Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Country Monitors 2019
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Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Country Monitors 2019

SOLIDAR Foundation publishes 8 country reports (featuring Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Serbia, Spain, and the UK) as special in-depth editions of the Citizenship and Lifelong Learning Monitor 2019, a research report jointly released by SOLIDAR Foundation and FEPS. They deal with policy developments in the field of attainment of skills, through lifelong learning, for active participation in society. The skills on which the…