Areas and issues addressed by the key factors selected

Investing in a second chance education, and upgrading the skills of those people who have not achieved a qualification to enter the labour market (level 2 of the european Qualification Framework) has become vital, due to the shortness in labour force for high qualified and the reductions for low qualified jobs. to give those people the opportunity to progress and raise their qualification levels is an european challenge and the in- ventory looked at existing practices aimed to that. this is in relation to the Adult Learning Action Plan (2007) whose objective is – amongst the others – to increase the possibilities for adults to go one step up in their learning pathway in order to achieve at least one level higher qualification during their life. the inventory focuses on existing good practices and projects – many of them at institutional level, that reach the identified target groups, enable their progress and success, with a focus on identification of key factors for reintegrating people in the labour market, in education and training, and in society (voluntary work). results of european projects have been taken into account as well. the inventory allowed to investigate on factors of success of the 65 practices that have been included and surveyed along with the related analysis and description. Low qualified adults have been analysed in rela- tion to the labour market and the education/training supplies. Moreover a set of recommendations is included, on the level of policy makers, pro- viders and the learners themselves, in order to further develop the “one step up approach” in learning in every country at eU level.