Challenges:

• The economic crisis and a high unemployment rate.
• Increase of older population.
• Maximized inclusion rate of adult population in lifelong learning.
• Transfer of knowledge and experiences between different generations.
• Tailoring education programmes to meet the market's demands.
• Reinforcing the connections between education organizations and the economy.
  

Opportunities:

• Expansion of various programmes of lifelong learning.
• Strengthening the intergenerational cooperation and the transfer of knowledge between generations.
• Encouragement of inclusion of vulnerable groups into various forms of formal and non-formal education programmes.