"Kurzeme Planning Region (KPR) has implemented the KA 1 project ""Innovation in Learning"" for the learning mobility of adult education staff. This project was started on 1.08.2019. and ended on 31.07.2019 with a duration of 12 months.The Development Strategy ""Smart Development"" of the Kurzeme Planning Region (KPR) intends to develop human resources, emphasizing creativity, innovation and flexibility in education. In order to ensure this quality, regional adult educators must become more open to international experience and learn and implement innovative approaches in the development of educational content and training organization in their professional activities. KPR implemented this project in order to facilitate the implementation of the ""Smart development"" Strategy and, with the help of a mobility of the specialist, encourage the development of innovative human resources in the region and promote openness to international experience. The goal of the project was - to support the learning mobility of the adult education specialist. The most relevant topics addressed by the project was: 1) ICT - new technologies - digital competences; 2) New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses. One KPR specialist, an education expert, went on the learning mobility. The selection of the specialist was based on the fact that it is the employee who is responsible for the area of education in the region. She works with adult education institutions and practitioners in the region, organizes seminars and outlines educational developments. The host partner for the mobility was EUROPASS TEACHER ACADEMIE, which organized a 6-days training course ""The Finnish Approach: Student-Centered and Cross-Curricular Learning"" in Florence (Italy). The course selection was very successful. The quality of education in Finland is rated as very high, and Finlands experience for Latvia is innovative. The course program provided a broad insight into the organization of the study process in Finland with a student-centered approach. At the same time, there were many hands-on activities using various digital tools that contribute to an effective learning process. Participants from 7 EU countries provided an opportunity to assess the benefits and barriers of a student-centered approach from different perspectives and to understand its importance in a global context. As a result of the mobility, the participant improved her pedagogical competences by gaining an understanding of the Finnish concept of student-centered education and developing skills in working with a number of digital tools that contribute to higher teaching efficiency. The participant noted in her self-assessment as a benefit: - I have gained practical skills relevant for my current job and professional development. The result of the mobility is fully in line with expectations.The impact of the project is in the sense that the competences acquired by the mobility participant enable herr to carry out her professional activity better. Following the learning mobility, she organized and conducted 8-hour training course “Student-centered approach to adult education” for adult educators in the Kurzeme region. The course program was licensed. This will enable it to be implemented over the next 3 years. Adult education teachers in the region have begun to adopt and apply innovative learning organization principles to their students. The project participant has established international contacts, which will be useful for the organization's future projects. Involvement in the project has increased the organisation's innovation capacity and competitiveness and made it more internationally recognizable."

"One of the main priorities of Kurzeme Planning Region (KPR) development strategy ""Cooperation Kurzeme"" envisages the development of a cooperation network to promote the competitiveness of the region. To ensure this, it is necessary to improve the communication skills of adult educators of regional administration. The goal of the project is to support the mobility of a group of professionals abroad by improving their communication skills. The type of mobility is training courses.KPR wants to implement this project to promote the achievment of strategic goals and to develop international cooperation with the assistance of mobility participants and provide quality services to various adult target groups. The project would include mobility of 5 adults educators."

"The strategic partnership has been set to develop good practice in the domain of entrepreneurial competency-based adult learning. The idea of the project is to organize training sessions for adult educators of partner institutions during which they will share the experience of the country’s approaches to fostering entrepreneurship for families. The aim of the project is to develop collection of good practices and ideas ""How to improve the spirit of entrepreneurial activity for families"""

The strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET 2020) set an objective to involve 15% of adult population aged 25-64 in education in 2020.One of the target groups that have difficulties becoming involved in education is adults from disadvantaged backgrounds. The aim of the project “Openness to diversity through community education” (ODEon) was to develop recommendations for involvingadults from disadvantaged backgrounds in education. The project also targeted to improve competence of adult educators and involve them in the exchange of experience.The project was developed in cooperation with three partners: the lead partner Kurzeme Planning Region (Latvia), and two other partners, namely, social theatre NUCLEO (Teatro NUCLEO) and a non-governmental organisation OPEI, Organization forPromotion of European Issues (Cyprus). The project comprised two activities, “Project Management and Implementation” and “Learning, teaching, training”. Three learning sessions were organised in the framework of these activities. Each partnerorganised one session which altogether involved 63 participants.The result of the project is the developed recommendations on involving adults from disadvantaged backgrounds in education, as well as some proposals for adult educators’ professional training. The developed results can be consulted on the EPALEplatform.The project participants have improved their pedagogical, linguistic and intercultural competences, as a result improving the capacity of organisations involved in the project development. The recommendations and proposals were submitted to the Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia for their further use in policy-making.

The project COOLSKILLS- cultural heritage as a fountain of modern youth skills collects 4 partners in strategic partnership: FRDL MISTiA Kraków (Poland)- leader of the project, EDUCentrum Zu (Czech Republic)-project partner, Vidzemes Planosanas Regions (Latvia), Powiatowa i Miejska Biblioteka Publiczna im. Marii Fihel w Miechowie (Register of cultural institutions number: RIK Nr 1/00)The main aim of the project is to identified new, more effective youth education tools and best practices which connect culture and heritage education with soft skills development needful for new type of creativity in Entrepreneurial learning - entrepreneurship education and social entrepreneurship / social innovations. The project is based on innovation and exchange practices among 4 partners during 24 months. The main target group: youth staff- project coordinators, coaches ,trainers, members of boards responsible for youth work, key youth local policy makers.