CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Larjanko, Johanni
Editorial
SECTION 1 – AGENDA SETTING
Schleicher, Andreas
Better skills, better jobs, better lives
Hanemann, Ulrike
Shaping the literacy agenda from a lifelong learning perspective
Bachmannm, Dana
Holdsworth, Paul
The new Skills Agenda for Europe
SECTION 2 – CONCEPTUAL DIVERSITY
Hinzen, Heribert
Robak, Steffi
Knowledge, competencies and skills for life and work
Tamish, Rabab
Enhancing competencies in the Arab world: issues to be considered
Osorio Vargas, Jorge
Approaches to adult education in Latin America: towards a new generation of definitions and policies
Benavot, Aaron
McWilliam, Alasdair
Monitoring competencies and skills for life and work
SECTION 3 - UTOPIA
Croso, Camilla
Technologies and education: is another digital world possible?
Lee, Sung
Lifelong learning as a path to happiness?
Surian, Alessio
The five skills it takes to build another possible world – learning from and for the World Social Forum
SECTION 4 - THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED
Ouboumerrad, Malika
Teaching 21st century skills, and how to assess them
Njiraini, Nancy
Critical thinking as a core competence for the future
Fredriksson, Jan
Pesticides, batteries and dead cows: environmental education in Bolivia
Banda, Selina
Mpolomoka, Daniel L.
If you cannot read, forget about the other skills
Sharma, Priti
Soft skills in non-formal education: building capacities of the youth
INTERVIEWS
Trucano, Michael
Distributing digital dividends
Walters, Shirley
The skills you need to change a country (and the world)
SHORT INTERVIEWS
Evans, Stephen
Stephen Evans
Hamza, Omar
Omar Hamza
Matthew, Atinyo
Atinyo Matthew
Margarida Machado, Maria
Maria Margarida Machado
COLUMNS
Popovic, Katarina
Skills and competencies for life and work – magic recipe?
Belete, Sonja
Life skills for the 21st century – do we have what it takes?
Ireland, Timothy D.
GCE, the virtual seminar and the Olympic Games
PHOTO REPORTAGE
Baba, Mohammed
From Gaza with love