3.1. The purpose of a LLL implementation strategy

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Implementation strategies are integral to improvements in both the availability and quality of LLL opportunities for all. As we have seen in the previous chapters, LLL initiatives can take many forms to respond to very different contexts, public problems and expected outcomes. Effective implementation therefore depends upon a well-devised strategy targeting the appropriate area(s) of LLL. There are several areas of LLL implementation featured in detail in this chapter: formal education, non-formal and informal learning, flexible learning pathways, and ICT. A national LLL implementation strategy is likely to focus on several or all of these areas of LLL. Some of the information provided in the strategy may be specific to a particular type of institution or a certain mode of delivery.

3.1.1 General considerations for LLL implementation strategies

As a national LLL implementation strategy should be tailored to a specific national context, its characteristics vary by country. In any given strategy, certain areas of LLL implementation may be emphasized more than others. As a result, LLL implementation strategies do not all look the same, yet there are some common features that are typical to this type of approach. Table 3.1 describes some general considerations that exemplify the types of information, topics and analyses required to anticipate conditions that affect LLL implementation. We advise integrating these considerations into your strategy design. It is, however, not an exhaustive list.

Table 3.1. General considerations for LLL implementation strategies

Policy landscape
  • Take stock of existing policies, legislative frameworks, plans and reforms relevant to LLL at the national level.
  • If relevant, include similar documents developed at the local or institutional level.
  • Documents relevant to the LLL policy landscape include national LLL policies, education policies, education sector plans, overall development policies, and policies detailing commitments to the SDGs.
  • Consider whether the policies compete with or complement the ambitions of the LLL implementation strategy to be developed.
  • Through an evaluation of the LLL policy landscape, establish parameters and opportunities for the LLL implementation strategy.

Priority issues and target groups
  • Outline the context-specific priority issues for LLL.
  • Consider angle(s) or area(s) of action related to LLL priority issues, i.e. participation, inclusion and equity, quality, relevance, financing or other.
  • Identify and define target groups, current conditions, obstacles and benefits.
  • Highlight those target groups comprised of vulnerable populations or underserved communities.

Objectives and targets
  • Develop the previously identified priority issues into a list of objectives.
  • Refine the list to ensure that selected objectives are clear and differentiated.
  • Draft targets for each objective. Consider the surrounding policy landscape and resource availability to ensure feasibility.
  • Set a timeframe to achieve selected objectives and targets.
  • Outline monitoring and measurement processes for objectives and targets throughout the period of implementation.
  • Plan to evaluate the impact of the LLL implementation plan.

Planned interventions
  • Outline the LLL programmes, initiatives or other interventions necessary to achieve the objectives and targets.
  • Consider how and where the planned interventions will take place and the logistical arrangements required, including delivery methods.
  • Anticipate the expected effects of interventions and their relationship to the objectives and targets of the LLL implementation strategy.
  • Pay particular attention to the expected effects of interventions on vulnerable populations or underserved communities.
  • Envisage the wider effects the planned interventions may have, e.g. influencing the redesign of existing policies or prompting the creation of new policies.
  • Formulate ways to enhance the wider credibility of planned interventions and acceptability of outcomes, i.e. consider whether outcomes will be accepted by governments/agencies/institutions.

Stakeholder involvement
  • Consider the objectives, targets and planned interventions of the implementation strategy, identifying which (groups of) stakeholders will need to be involved.
  • Map out the networks crucial to the success of LLL implementation, i.e. relationships between (groups of) stakeholders.
  • Clarify the level(s) at which stakeholders operate to plan for multi-level collaboration as required.
  • Devise ways of securing stakeholders’ involvement in the LLL implementation strategy – try to involve them in the design of the implementation strategy as early as possible (even at this stage).

 

Throughout this chapter, similar tables of key considerations for LLL implementation strategies can be found at the end of each section, though the categories differ depending on the area of implementation.