Throughout 2023, EPALE wanted to highlight the potential in adult learning and training through the themes engage, empower and include. On this page, you can find the Danish contribution to the thematic focuses, which also have been a part of the Nordic Perspective series. 

You can revisit the articles concerning the thematic focuses on EPALE in 2023 here.  

Engage: Danes to take the lead in digital literacy with ten-year research and development project

The adult learning industry is broadly represented by ambitious project, Algorithms, Data and Democracy.  The primary purpose of the ADD project is to uncover, elucidate, upskill and find solutions to the fundamental democratic challenge that is naturally posed when more and more decisions affecting our lives and societal development are taken automatically on the basis of data and algorithms which are opaque and unfamiliar to the majority of us.

Read the blog here. 
 

Empower: Microcredentials – the path to an upskilled workforce

In a world where both society and working life are changing at lightning speed due to technological development as well as the green transition, it is imperative that the workforce can quickly adapt to the right skills. The EU Council of Ministers believe that microcredentials can help Europe both upskill and reskill its workforce to meet future skills requirements. Therefore, microcredentials have great learning potential, but the challenge is to ensure quality, validity and shared understanding.

Read the blog here. 
 

Include: Education as a way out of crime

Education is a way out of crime, a way to self-sufficiency og a way to become a citizen in a democratic society like all other citizens based on a commen frame of reference. "Our goal with prison education is the same as with all out other employment-oriented offers - that the inmates get out and live a crime-free life."

Read the blog here.