Educational inequalities remain a significant challenge across Europe, impacting learning outcomes from an early age. STRIDE provides school stakeholders with evidence and tools to promote equity and inclusion in education. emphasise the need for systemic reforms and early intervention, highlighting an increase in equity-oriented initiatives. However, a lack of systematic public evaluation hinders the assessment of the long-term effectiveness of these reforms.

The Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) addresses forward-looking issues in the field of education and training on an annual basis. This year’s theme will be explored during different events and meetings at the crossroads between the Cypriot and Irish Presidencies of the Council of the EU, while ensuring that the 2026 Annual Theme provides a new vision for one of the salient issues in education and training, which has been slightly overlooked in recent years: Reimagining valida

Europe is facing many societal changes, family structures and relationships are evolving, society’s demography is greying, and there are multiple divides between generations - in terms of digital skills, employability or green awareness - that are issues that need to be addressed. In that context, intergenerational fairness has become a new priority of the European Union , as stated in the European Commission Political Guidelines for 2024-2029 . After nominating a Commissione