Innovations in lifelong learning : capitalising on ADAPT / Jos Janssens

At the end of the ADAPT Community Initiative on workforce adaptation and industrial change, Cedefop commissioned this report to analyse projects which illustrate good practice in lifelong learning. The projects demonstrate that learning at the workplace is not restricted to the act of learning itself, but that it also supports innovation and change processes in the company, and helps to solve current problems in the production process or work organisation. They focus on the demand side, placing the customers at the forefront. In a company, learning is no longer a stand-alone activity for trainers and teachers, but a common task for the workforce, management and human resource practitioners. Partnership is emphasised throughout. Many projects resulted in successful transnational partnerships, or developed effective learning regions. The report is structured around six key messages of the European Commission's Memorandum on lifelong learning. The projects provide many practice-oriented asnwers to questions posed in the memorandum. (Πηγή: Υπηρεσία Εκδόσεων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης)