1. Policy: what policies have been adopted for the acquisition and improvement of key competencies and with what results?
2. Economic innovation and employability: the challenge of raising the level of key competencies in order to contribute to individual employability, organisational development and regional and national prosperity?
3. Social and cultural: the role of key competencies in active citizenship
4. Developing key competencies – practice: challenges and successes in the development of key skills in education, the world of work and the community
5. Recognition and validation of key competencies: ensuring authentic and appropriate formal, non-formal and informal recognition and assessment
6. ICT Skill for Life:  the role of Media Literacy Skills in citizenship

Policy

• Specific policies on key competencies and guidelines for implementation at international, national, regional, sectoral level and local level
• Role of key competencies in social inclusion and lifelong and lifewide learning systems policies
• Role of key competencies in economic development policies
• Quality assurance for key competencies initiatives

Economic innovation and employability

• Matching competencies demand with provision – visibility of competencies in a territory
• Competency and talent management– identification, development, anticipation of change and emerging competencies
• Public/private partnerships at local, regional and inter-regional levels
• Raising the level of key competencies in SMEs (small and medium enterprises)
• Personal and continuing professional development, personal assets management and career planning.
• Targeting key groups for social and economic inclusion: migrants, older workers, unemployed, people with disabilities.

Social and cultural

• Role of key competencies in community learning: collaboration and informal learning by community groups
• Preservation of cultural identity and heritage
• Encouragement of active citizenship
• Accessibility and gender issues related to lifelong competence development – equality of opportunity for under-represented or marginalised groups

Developing Key Competencies - Practice

• Providing the right competencies for the job market
• Providing support for formal, non-formal and informal development - encouraging autonomous, self-directed and self-managed development
• Applying new methodologies and practices related to learning, competence development and knowledge management
• Learners’ rights and responsibilities in developing key competencies
• The role of on the job learning and work experience in education
• Professional competencies – what competencies are required by learning professionals?

Recognition and validation of key skills

• Competency frameworks
• Qualifications and qualification frameworks
• Innovative practice in assessment
• Role of technology in assessment
• Ensuring equality of access to assessment
• Learners’ rights and responsibilities in assessment
• Competencies and recognition for learning support professionals

ICT Skills for life

• Media literacy skills
  
• The role of technology in developing key competencies
• ePortfolio and lifelong portfolio
• Digital learning resources