1. EU HIGH-LEVEL GROUP OF EXPERTS ON LITERACY FINAL REPORT Literacy for all

2. Workshop 5: Adults Key questions: What measures are needed at both EU and national levels to raise awareness of literacy problems among adults? What can done to break the stigma of adult illiteracy, and provide individuals seeking help with specialized support and guidance, and programmes tailored to their needs? In respect of any good examples of adult literacy courses/training in your country, what factors contribute most to their success? What are the main outcomes of these courses/training for individuals and for the local community?

3. Workshop 5: Adults How can we raise the awareness of employers of the importance and benefits of promoting literacy courses/training for employees and encourage them to take responsibility for the literacy of their employees and give them access to high-quality literacy training? Which other main stakeholders should be mobilised? HLG-member: Greg Brooks Speakers: Marie-Thérèse Geffroy and JD Carpentieri

4. Workshop 5: Adults Social and civic participation are more literacy-dependent in the digital world The labour market requires ever higher literacy skills (it is estimated that, by 2020, 35% of all jobs will require high- level qualifications, compared to 29% today) About 73m adults in Europe have low- level qualifications

5. Preconditions for success 5 Creating a literate environment Creating a literate environment Raising the quality of teaching Raising the quality of teaching Ensuring participation and inclusion Ensuring participation and inclusion

6. Preconditions for success: A literate environment The primary objective is to increase literacy motivation and engagement: Capitalise on the motivating power of digital literacy Make it simpler for adults to access support For parents, expand and support family literacy programmes

7. Preconditions for success: Quality of Teaching Raise the professional profile of adult literacy teachers by providing tailored initial and continuing pedagogical training, good career prospects and adequate remuneration Design curricula and assessment methods sensitive to the needs of adult learners Support volunteers

8. Preconditions for success: Quality of Teaching Ensure curricula and pedagogy draw on research - And do the work to expand the inadequate research base Relate programmes for adults to their daily lives and needs for civic participation and employment Provide workplace literacy programmes at times convenient for employees Ensure programmes are intensive and/or long enough to make a real difference

9. Preconditions for success: Participation and Inclusion Closing the social and digital gaps: Access to high-quality and free adult literacy programmes Routine data-gathering to assess need, plan strategies, and measure progress Specialist initiatives for disaffected young adults and offenders with poor literacy Language training for migrants

10. Age-specific recommendations 10 Young children Young children Primary school years Primary school years Adolescents Adults 1.Ensure adult literacy programmes are accessible 2.Enhance the status of adult literacy teachers and their training 3.Involve all stakeholders: governments, employers, health services, third sector, etc. 4.Provide adequate funding 1.Ensure adult literacy programmes are accessible 2.Enhance the status of adult literacy teachers and their training 3.Involve all stakeholders: governments, employers, health services, third sector, etc. 4.Provide adequate funding

11. Workshop 5: Adults Speakers: Marie-Thérèse Geffroy Agence nationale de lutte contre l’illettrisme, Lyon, France JD Carpentieri Institute of Education, University of London, UK