The Impact of Grundtvig Learning Partnerships on Educating and Training the European Workforce

Abstract

It is a well-known fact, nowadays, that Europe is undergoing major transformations since knowledge-based employment and the innovation it initiates constitute its most invaluable attributes in contemporary world economy. The quality of European education can be depicted in the efficiency of its training systems which include both educational and training schemes pertaining to European Commission key activities. Within this framework, Lifelong Learning and its accessibility play a determining role in the optimistic goal of altering Europe into an active, knowledge-based economy. For this reason, it becomes evident that Lifelong Learning entails familiarity on the part of the active labor force with fundamental skills such as the ability to pursue and continue learning as well as the shaping of the learning process over a given lifespan. Consequently, the renowned key competences such as literacy, numeracy, Communication and Technology (ICT), foreign languages and digital literacy obtained through systematic European policy that is delivered through the parameters of the Lifelong Learning Program are required in order for new knowledge to be processed.