Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Beyond the limits of Lisbon strategy: overcoming the mismatch among commitments and concrete actions Prof.univ.dr. Paolo Federighi, University of Florence

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! The evaluation of Lisbon Strategy With the conclusions of the Lisbon Strategy evaluation documents published by the Commission on 2 nd February 2010, the Commission recognises that the Lisbon Strategy did not have the necessary tools for dealing with some of the causes of the crisis.

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! The gap Between commitments and concrete actions there is an implementation gap and it points out how the involvement of regional, local and social partners was less significant than what was due.

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Some positive outcomes produced by EU Trough ESF (and some other Funds) promotion of a public policy in the field of workers education (employed and unemployed): inclusive labor market and social cohesion, flexicurity and adaptation/employability and welfare based on labor Mobility to learn and work abroad

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Methodological tools Some kind of convergence through the Open Method of Coordination and Benchmarking exercise among states and Regions (SMOC) Producing policy learning but also policy transfer?

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Soft methodological tools EQF etc. Which strategy meaning is to produce a process of dialogue and convergence among national systems of qualification (facilitating the internal workers mobility) Which characteristic is to be placed far away from measurable results and zero cost

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Looking to some facts 2008 joint progress report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the ‘Education and Training 2010’ work programme — ‘Delivering lifelong learning for knowledge, creativity and innovation’ (2008/C 86/01)

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! The report to the Council: public expenditure decrease Positive trends in public spending on education between 2000 and 2003 seem to have come to a halt in Total public expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP increased in the EU between 2000 (4,7 %) and 2003 (5,2 %), but then decreased to 5,1 % in 2004.

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Differences are increasing Levels of expenditure continue to show huge variations between countries (between 3,3 % of GDP in Romania and 8,5 % in Denmark). Private expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP has increased slightly since 2000 but progress slowed down in 2004

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Basic skills for all Early school leavers: every sixth young person (15,3 %) aged 18 to 24 in EU-27 still leaves school with no more than lower secondary education and does not participate in any kind of education or training after this. Progress must be faster to attain the EU benchmark of 10 % by 2010.

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Low performances of systems In the case of upper secondary attainment, there has been slow but steady progress. It has picked up slightly, but is not sufficient to achieve the 2010 objective (at least 85 % of 22-year-olds to complete at least upper secondary education). While the EU benchmark is to reduce by 20 % the percentage of low-achieving 15-years olds in reading literacy in the EU by 2010 when compared to 2000, this share has actually increased between 2000 and 2006

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Adult participation in lifelong learning Progress towards the EU benchmark (12,5 %) was broadly on track until In 2006, however, an average of 9,6 % of Europeans aged were participating in education and training activities, which is slightly less than in The overall figure hides an important imbalance: adults with a high level of education are more than six times as likely to participate in lifelong learning as the low skilled.

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Social cohesion and adult education 77 million low-skilled workers and by 2020 more than one fifth of the population aged between 25 and 35 will be illiterate

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Towards European cohesion or learning competition? The differences among regions are heavier than among States

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Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Lifelong learning: Major distances among Regions Countri es Region with higher performanceRegion with lower performance ATWien15,1Burgenland10,8 BE Région de Bruxelles- Capitale 10,4Hainaut3,7 CZPraha9,7Moravskoslezsko4,3 DEBerlin10,7Chemnitz5,7 DKHovedstaden33,2Nordjylland26,4 ESComunidad Foral de Navarra13,3Cantabria7,6 FIEtelä-Suomi24,9Åland20 FRBretagne9,2Poitou-Charentes5,9 GRAttiki and Kentriki Makedonia2,7Peloponnisos1 HRSjeverozapadna Hrvatska3Jadranska Hrvatska1,8 HUKözép-Magyarország5,4Nyugat-Dunántúl2,5 UKInner London26,2Northern Ireland10,4

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Distances among Regions IESouthern and Eastern8,1Border, Midland and Western6,2 ITProvincia Autonoma Trento9,6Sicilia4,9 NLGroningen18,7Zeeland14,6 PLMazowieckie8,3Łódzkie3,5 PTCentro5,6Alentejo3,5 ROBucureşti – Ilfov1,7 Sud-Est/Sud – Muntenia/Sud- Vest Oltenia 1,1 SESmåland med öarna34Sydsverige29,8 SLZahodna Slovenija16,2Vzhodna Slovenija13,3 SKBratislavský kraj12,7Východné Slovensko1,8 TRAntalya2,6Manisa0,7

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! European cohesion regarding the targets for 2020 depends on the policies adopted on the regional level Lifelong learning participation expectancy in E Regions (nuts) A.Once each 3 months B.Once each year C.Once each 2 years D.Once each 10 years

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Who act ? Who finances adult education State Firms Individuals Weight

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Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Main Trends in public policies

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Key policy fields Political/institutional framework Integrative strategic approach Structuraland organisational components Didactical design Evaluation and monitoring

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! The small reform wave New relation with Labor Employees and unemployed as priority Direct Commitment of employers New curricola labor oriented (not just professionalisation) New Organisation Decentralization Autonomy of learning centers (public and private) Centralization of standardization and quality control

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Teacher/Trainers education and training “current systems of teacher education and training often fail to give teachers the training they need. This is particularly so for continuing teacher training and professional development. In-service training for teachers is compulsory in eleven Member States”.

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Educators as Brueghel dentists?

Enjoy Grundtvig 10 times! Attitudes in Europe threatening the Competence Supply Källa: ERT How to handle Competence Questions in a Labour Market crisis?, VCC Human Resources, Geoff Glover, gglover1