Understanding

The general ideas behind Competendo are based on shaping and strengthening individuals’ key competencies. Thanks to key competencies, people can integrate what they’ve learned into their lives as active citizens and agents for social change. In this way, the result of a learning process is not only knowledge, but also practical skills and attitudes. All these together are helping people to thrive in complex social situations.

Why Civic Competencies are Important

As a part of Education for Democratic Citzenship competency-based learning aims to foster initiative, an active role of an individual in public life, a systematic understanding of how ones individual engagement is connected to the society and the political system, or help to develop a democratic attitude toward other people and groups. All of these abilities are requirements for successful co-creation and public engagement. Competency-centered learning is the methodology. Empowerment is the process. Social change is the impact.