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this documents are very useful, thanks for this!

We can cooperating on this basic !

Ērodeja, I fully agree with you in that motivation is a key to success in AL and in adult basic skills provision especially. The Council Resolution says: 

Adult learning should become more tailor-made. It should be encouraged and supported through effective lifelong guidance systems with outreach activities, as well as through integrated systems for the validation of prior learning.

One of the important questions is how do we make sure that outreach, and guidance systems are linked to better serve the individuals' needs? 

Precīzi teikts, ka pieaugušajam jāredz kur un kā jaunās vai uzlabotās prasmes pielietot. Uzreiz. Un tomēr ir vismaz viena motivācija, kura iepriecina visus( īpaši vīriešus). Vienkārši īsi un uzskatāmi izskaidrojot, cik pozitīvi mācīšanās ietekmē mūsu smadzenes. Jā, un atceramies par gaumīgu, piemērotu humoru saprātīgās devās. 

Zhuliyan, thank you for your comment. Indeed we also think that literacy, numeracy and basic digital (along with social, linguistic, health and finance related) skills are of high importance when it comes to policy reforms! We do need an eye on basic skills!

Excellent comment, Zhuliyan. Thank you! It is indeed very important that any provision of technical skills learning has a strong basic skills support! Very happy that the new Agenda states this so clearly. 

Thank you, Linda!

It is so important to address innovation (technical, social etc) and to go to new frontiers of development, but it is also keep in mind that innovation that creates division, gap in societies can potentially lead to disruptions and not unity on the short run. I agree with your question's focus: involving vulnerable groups in ICT development is a central question!

... is indeed a must. We need to consider, though, that they need to be accmpanied and supported by literacy and language skills. Otherwise we will not be able to breach the digital divide. And increasing the level of ICT skills for the whole population does imply increasing the skills of all adult learning teachers. A very important task ahead!

When it comes to ICT skills for vulnerable groups we need a holistic approach imo. It is not sufficient to train application knowledge and job based digital skills. The pandemic has shown us that selecting, processing and judging information has become crucial – especially for vulnerable groups.
And we need to support these groups by introducing them into the different aspects of digital culture rather than focusing on mere “practical” digital competences.
So it’s necessary to create a training program that combines  (just a few examples):
- access to digital learning facilities and how to use them
-  key aspects of digital culture
- different aspects of literacy in the digital age
- political implications of information processing in the digital sphere
- the digital sphere an its social implicarions
- (…)

Good Morning
2 years ago, at a meeting with entrepreneurs, it was understood that technical skills were essential to enter the job market. But then, in order to keep a job, soft skills were valued above all, such as knowing how to work in a team, knowing how to solve problems, being creative, having critical thinking or the ability to adapt to a new situation or context. 

Being able to indicate and prove the return of investment has been a key factor in winning employers, governments to invest in adult basic skills. I do agree that improving social, and so called life skills are allowing for a better self-management, efficiency but also for a more conscious decision-making on the individual level. I think all skills that lead to better awareness on one's own potential, and that allow for self-reflection can lead to high rate of return (not only monetary but social too). 

"The LifeComp framework regards “Personal, Social and Learning to Learn” as a set of competences applying to all spheres of life that can be acquired through formal informal and non-formal education, and can help citizens to thrive in the 21st Century" - as it states in the abstract of the publication of the LifeComp. 

Also in educational institutions.

We try to "clutter" as much content as possible in children (URL: https://www.skola2030.lv/lv/jaunumi/blogs/skola-ir-saturs-nevis-maja)

But where does the basic skill of eradicating 21st century illiteracy remain - the ability to learn?

Can adults learn?

Many studies are beginning to recall "catching a black cat in a dark room" rather than precise strategies and tactics in adult education. We get great data, turn it into information. Sometimes information can be transformed into knowledge (Knowledge base). This is where it all ends, because no one knows what to do with that knowledge, because one more step is missing ... The last one to succeed.

Participants in the discussion have the opportunity to answer the question - what is the last step? What should be done to avoid tripping? What to do?

Nākamais un svarīgākais solis ir iegūto zināšanu izmantošana, kas nozīmē - prasmes. Šobrīd pieaugušo izglītībā patiešām galvenais akcents uz informācijas nodošanu, ar cerību, ka tiek vairotas personas zināšanas, taču - prasmes ir noteicošās visās dzīves jomās - gan personīgajās aktivitātēs, gan profesionālajā darbībā. Manuprāt, virzienam jābūt no informācijas sniegšanas uz prakstisku darbošanos, kā rezultātā persona iegūst kādu prasme.