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Start date: October 2023
Duration: 24 months
A "just transition" means that all members of our society can be well equipped to participate in and adapt to a world shaped by technology and climate change.
As countries and Governments react to these changing times by updating approaches to renewable energy and other areas related to climate change and sustainability, we need to make sure that groups often left behind are prioritised and benefit fairly from these large-scale changes.
Adult education is important in this shift.
It equips individuals with an understanding of what is happening in the world around them, and what changes are being made.
It fosters adaptability and resilience. It encourages people to advocate for themselves and their communities.
By addressing diverse community needs, adult education contributes significantly to inclusive and sustainable transitions, ensuring no one is left behind in the pursuit of renewable energy and broader sustainability objectives.
We are listening to our members about their courses and programmes on climate change and just transitions, and what is working well and what needs to change.
We've been doing research with our members and gathering data through a recent large-scale survey
We are making easy-to-use materials for adult educators to try out in their classes. We want to ensure there is tailored learning for more vulnerable or underrepresented groups, so they know what is happening in relation to climate change.
This project operates in four European countries: France, Ireland, Cyprus, and Sweden.
All organisations involved have expertise in adult education for vulnerable groups. This is a 7-member consortium led by SOLIDAR, including the European Association for Adult Education (EAEA), the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), Arbetarnas bildningsförbund (ABF), Ireland’s National Adult Learning Organisation (AONTAS), the Center for the Advancement of Research & Development in Educational Technology (CARDET), and Ligue de l’Enseignement.
This project coordinates efforts across Europe to promote socially innovative practices in adult education.
There will be new tools, including a Massive Open Open Online Course (MOOC), to promote a "just transition" through inclusive teaching. The will be a policy roadmap and toolkits.
The results will be shared with policymakers so that we can have stronger education policies related to a just transition.
Collectively, the partners will develop four national background papers on just transition policies in Lifelong Learning and Adult Education in Ireland, France, Sweden and Cyprus.
We have begun this work, with a special focus on the role of lifelong learning and adult education in enabling a just transition towards low carbon economies in the four countries and beyond.
The project will also facilitate the exchange of information and expertise among practitioners.
Through policy roundtables and evidence-based recommendations, JUST4ALL strives to benefit at least 400 individuals directly, with a focus on women, and over 10,000 people indirectly.
This term's topic for the NEAAL project is 'Building Stable Roots in a Sustainable Learning Ecosystem'.
It is relevant to this project because it focuses on promoting innovative learning ecosystems that support digital and green transitions, but also on the European Skills Agenda.
The focus is on helping the adult education sector to promote "green mentalities and attitudes" and "soft skills" that will lead to a participatory green and digital transition.
This includes "long-time" or "generational" thinking, where we see ourselves as descendants of a long lineage of ancestors and as ancestors for future generations. The idea is to introduce this concept though our Project Advisory Group (PAG) for the NEAAL, and through the various projects and resources we'll be creating as part of NEEAL.
For more on this, check out Ella Saltmarshe who pioneered this concept: The Long Time Project.
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