Because so many people are expected to be needing new and/or updated skills, a reform has been launched with the following goal: higher skills levels, increased employment and greater equality. These targets should be achieved by 2030.
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There are currently a range of projects for lifelong learning in Finland, financed by EFS+, the EU fund for financing more and better jobs.
The Finnish education directorate has been tasked with gathering everyone in one joint system, explains an article published by the Nordic Network for Lifelong Learning.
Marjo Äikäs heads JOPPI, the national EFS+ coordination project, which aims to strengthen lifelong learning.
She can already point to the first concrete result of their work so far: A “cookbook” that brings together efficient models, methods and ways of working from ESF+ projects.
The cookbook is digital and so far only in Finnish, while a Swedish edition is being created.
This will make it easier to share and apply good practice across different contexts, says Äikäs.
