Adult Education.pdf

Objective: To enhance adult education and lifelong learning in Macedonia through sustainable programs and improved institutional capacity.

Key Objectives:

1. Establish a Framework: Create a foundation for a robust lifelong learning system in Macedonia.
2. Develop and Implement Programs:
- Adult training system with specific programs for excluded persons, school leavers, and unqualified individuals leading to vocational and social inclusion.
- Efficient literacy and personal fulfillment education system.
3. Quality Process Improvement: Conduct pilot programs to enhance skills and knowledge.

Contractor Mandated Results:

1. Strengthen CAE Capacities:
- Develop management competences for efficient lifelong learning.
- Foster effective partnerships with enterprises, economic, and public organizations.
2. Design and Launch Adult Education Programs:
- Select and design 6 programs with employability goals.
- Implement and closely supervise these programs.
3. Literacy and Elementary Education Programs:
- Implement and assess 6 programs to improve key competences for excluded individuals.

Vision of Adult Education:

- Demand-driven, competence-oriented education.
- Ensure "no one is left behind" through pre-training methods and courses.
- Tailor custom training paths.
- Employ continuous appraisal and adjustment.
- Promote transversal key competences.
- Stimulate awareness and motivation among potential learners.

Project Details:

- Funding: European Union
- Project Holder: GIP International (mandatory body from French Minister of Labor)
- Duration: 22 months (until mid-2013)
- Kick-Off Meeting: November 3rd, 10:30 AM, European Union Delegation, Skopje
- Sustainability:
- Aligned with Macedonia's political, economic, legal, and socio-cultural context.
- Enhances institutional efficiency of the Centre for Adult Education.
- Compliant with EU directives and best practices in adult education.

Key Points:

- Close cooperation with stakeholders, authorities, and enterprise representatives.
- Capacity building and professionalization for all project participants.
- Demand-driven, competence-oriented adult education system.
- Effective training design system tailored to low-qualified individuals.

Contact Information:

Jean-Luc CELLIE (RTA) - mob: +359 707 598 41
Konstantin HRISTOVSKI (Head of Policy Making) - mob: +359 76 456 684
Adult Education Centre, Republic of Macedonia
Address: Vasil Gorgov 35, Skopje
Tel/Faks: +389 2 3220 808