PPMI and ICF have completed a study developing a conceptual framework to monitor learning for sustainability (LfS) across the EU Member States (MS) and guidance on how it could be measured using existing or new data sources. Directorate-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission requested the study in the policy contexts of the 2023 Council Conclusions on skills and competences for the green transition and the 2023 Council Resolution on the European Education Area.
The study focused on system-level policy interventions and monitoring of national and EU-level policy interventions (e.g. curricular reforms, funding, etc.) that allow the comparison of developments across the MS.
The study comprised of:
- developing a conceptual framework for the implementation of LfS focusing on policy levers and measures to enhance LfS and acquisition of sustainability competences;
- mapping existing data sources;
- suggesting potential new data that needs to be collected in the future to measure those parts of the framework that existing data cannot capture and
- using the combined lessons learned from the research to provide recommendations for policymakers at EU and MS levels on how to proceed with monitoring achieving the goals and EU-added value.
The study provided the European Commission with invaluable support on continuing to monitor LfS in the future and making the most of collaborative processes with experts, units and international organisations (Eurydice, Education and Training Monitor, ICCS and others). PPMI and ICF are grateful to everyone who participated and shared their insights on how LfS can best be monitored during the study. We look forward to seeing how the monitoring framework will be implemented in the coming years.
