1. TIPS FOR A SHARED LLL STRATEGY

2. Framework  LLL definition: “All learning activity undertaken throughout life, with the aim of improving knowledge, skills and competences within a personal, civic, social and/or employment-related perspective” (COM “Making a European Area of LLL a Reality”)

3. Starting points  Baseline analysis: Understanding the “needs for learning amongst citizens, communities, wider society and the labour market”  Approach:  Learner centred  Equal opportunities  Social inclusion

4. Conditions for success  Concertation and stakeholders’ participation  Adequate resources  Creating a learning culture :  Valuing and rewarding learning, especially non-formal and informal learning  Promoting positive perceptions of learning and raising awareness of the benefits

5. Conditions for success (2):  Facilitating access to learning opportunities:  Removing social, geographical, psychological and other barriers  Recognising non-formal and informal learning  Tailored measures for different target people (at risk of social exclusion, self-employed, women, the elderly, etc.)  Look for unmet demand

6. Conditions for success (3):  Information and guidance  Tailoring services – fields (ex. market dynamics differences between visual and performing arts – and also within them)  Role of local services in bringing learners and trainers together  Coordination with other policies (ex. employment, social inclusion)