LIFELONG LEARNING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
This article argues for the need and importance of acquiring the appropriate education and competences to better deal with the new skills and challenges raised for the labour market by the disruptions induced by the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The importance of increasing the participation of p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | ron |
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Institute for World Economy
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Revista de Economie Mondială |
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| Online Access: | http://iem.ro/rem/index.php/REM/article/view/648/728 |
| Summary: | This article argues for the need and importance of acquiring the appropriate education and
competences to better deal with the new skills and challenges raised for the labour market by the
disruptions induced by the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The importance of increasing the
participation of people in lifelong learning (LLL) is also recognized at the level of public policies in
the European Union, as one of the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, meant to contribute to
reducing unemployment, poverty and social exclusion and to inclusive growth, respectively.
However, in order to achieve the assumed target of 15%, the share of the population
participating in the LLL should increase on average by 11% annually over the next three years. This is
an unrealistic pace for several reasons, as demonstrated by the analysis of the current situation and
the developments in the last decade carried out in the paper. The situation in Romania is also
highlighted by discussing the determinants of the current picture, where the indicator is almost ten
times lower than the national target. |
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| ISSN: | 2066-7795 2343-9521 |