Start of project DECENT

The project:

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and EU institutions indicate that functional illiteracy has considerable negative effects not only on personal development, but also in economic and social terms. Although functional illiteracy has been highly publicized in media in the recent years, there is limited scientific knowledge about functional illiterate people.

 

The project DECENT - Digital strategies of Enhancement of the basic skills among adults as a ChancE to fight agaiNst functional illiteracy aims to increase the effectiveness of the fight against the functional illiteracy among low qualified adults who are at risk of social exclusion in Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Spain and Italy.

The project will create tools for institutions which support and take care for people with functional illiteracy, such as: adult education centers, schools for adults, third age universities, associations as well as adult educators. The project will contribute to the development of a systematic approach to the problem through preparing a course and specific tools for institutions which support and take care for people with functional illiteracy.

Objectives:

  • To increase the effectiveness of the fight against the functional illiteracy among low qualified adults who are at risk of social exclusion
  • To create tools for institutions which support and care for people with functional illiteracy
  • To provide skills, knowledge & tools for adult educators against functional illiteracy
  • To increase cooperation between educational institutions and enterprises

Results:

* “Decent life without illiteracy” course: a course that will be used by adult educators as a standalone textbook for classes aimed at eliminating functional illiteracy.

* eTool for fighting with functional illiteracy: an online tool, with an easy to use knowledge-sharing base, with possibility to interlink pages and topics, to include external resources, to allow comments, ratings and content contribution.

Partners:

* Coordinator: Asociatia de Dezvoltare Economico-Sociala/ Romania www.adescda.ro 

* Stowarzyszenie Centrum Wspierania Edukacji I Przedsiebiorczosci/ Poland www.cwep.eu

* Znam i Moga LTD / Bulgaria www.knowandcan.com

* Centro per lo sviloppo creativo "Danilo Dolci"/ Italy www.danilodolci.org

* Centre for Advancement of Research and Development in Educational Technology Ltd-Cardet/ Cyprus www.cardet.org

* Instalofi Levante SL/Spain www.fygconsultores.com