The European initiative RESCALE lays the foundation for a groundbreaking approach to upskilling and reskilling adults with low basic skills through specialised Reskilling Labs, designed to facilitate learning in the context of the green and digital transitions.
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Reskilling Labs: Advancing EU Policies toward Sustainability
Reskilling vulnerable adults for the green and digital transition—discover how the RESCALE project brings EU policies to life via innovative Reskilling Labs.
Adult skills and competences: a human-centred approach
Forming adult learning is influenced greatly by what definitions we use for skills and competences. Read our blog that takes a human-centred view.
RESCALE Project Enters Pilot Phase with Successful Meeting in Italy
The RESCALE project has entered its pilot phase: the Reskilling Labs are testing new, personalized upskilling and reskilling models to support the green and digital transitions, with a special focus on adult learners with low basic skills.
PIAAC 2024: Do adults have the basic skills to thrive in a changing world?
PIAAC 2024: Declining Skills, Growing Challenges?
The latest OECD PIAAC survey reveals that adult literacy, numeracy, and problem-solving skills are declining worldwide, including in Hungary. While Finland, Norway, and Denmark have improved their results, Hungary has seen a dramatic rise in the proportion of adults with low literacy and numeracy skills. How can we reverse this trend? Read our full analysis and Dr. Éva Farkas’s latest report!
MOOCs and micro-credentials for training adult learners
The MOOCs (open online courses) of the EBSN Professional Development Series are designed to prepare and innovatively develop the competences of professionals who teach adults or develop adult basic skills.
New perspectives on continuous training in the context of the twin (digital and green) transition
The Upskilling Pathways Recommendation (2016) highlights that around 58 million adults with low basic skills in the EU need support.
Professionalising adult basic skills teachers
An article written by the Secretary General of the EBSN (European Basic Skills Network) addresses the challenges and implications of training competent basic skills teachers in the post-Covid era.







