Building quality learning ecosystems

Learning takes place across all ages and in diverse settings, whether in formal education and training institutions, at work or at home. Lifelong learning involves a broad set of knowledge, skills, competences and attitudes through which a learner’s agency is both recognized and fostered. In the age of digital technology and AI, the learning ecosystem is interconnected, employing both online and offline resources to enable learning to take place anywhere, anytime, via individualized pathways.  

Fostering skills for life, work, and learning

Learning for and at work is an integral part of adult education and a major component of lifelong learning. Learning is a lifelong endeavour that takes place in formal, non-formal and informal settings with the ultimate goal of ensuring that adults can participate fully in society and the world of work. Alongside basic and citizenships skills, vocational skills and further twenty-first century skills are key.

Ensuring that no one is left behind

Quality learning opportunities must be accessible to all. Reducing inequalities is a prerequisite to guaranteeing the right to a quality education for all, as reflected in SDG 4. Nevertheless, on the whole, access to education favours those who have already benefited from educational opportunity. Those with a deficit in knowledge, skills and competences are the most likely to be excluded.

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