{"id":3163,"date":"2026-04-23T07:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damet-edu.eu\/micro-credentials-for-adult-educators-in-lithuania-key-findings-from-the-damet-national-research\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:08:37","slug":"micro-credentials-for-adult-educators-in-lithuania-key-findings-from-the-damet-national-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/damet-edu.eu\/lt\/micro-credentials-for-adult-educators-in-lithuania-key-findings-from-the-damet-national-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Micro-Credentials for Adult Educators in Lithuania: Key Findings from the DAMET National Research"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of the DAMET project’s Microcredentials Mapping Report, partners across Europe conducted national desk research, stakeholder interviews, and case study analyses to understand how micro-credentials are currently recognised and used in adult education. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lithuania has built a structured framework for adult learning. Since 2011, formal and non-formal adult education has been regulated by national law, with municipalities coordinating delivery across all 60 administrative units. The 2023 launch of Kursuok.lt \u2014 a centralised platform listing over 5,000 courses from more than 300 providers \u2014 marked a significant step forward, offering learners annual vouchers of \u20ac500 (up to \u20ac1,000 for vulnerable groups) to access priority areas such as digital skills, STEM, and green competencies.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet adult participation remains at 24.7% in 2024, far short of the national 53.7% target for 2030. Fragmented local offerings, uneven municipal budgets, and limited awareness continue to hold back growth.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lithuania has no dedicated national legislation for micro-credentials as of 2026. Recognition remains case-by-case, largely confined to higher education pilots. Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), through the ECIU University alliance, has issued e-sealed, tamper-proof micro-credentials storing competency data in Europass wallets. Vytautas Magnus University participated in the MicroHE and Digital Micro-Credentials projects, using the Credentify platform for digital issuance.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Interviews with adult educators revealed a pragmatic but limited view of credentialing. Most rely on paper-based certificates tied to specific workplace requirements \u2014 fulfilling qualification mandates or unlocking salary increments \u2014 with little portability across employers. Micro-credentials are not yet seen as tools for building new qualifications.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learners, meanwhile, expressed clear frustration: every institution maintains its own procedures for recognising competencies, making it difficult to present evidence of learning to new employers or institutions. What they want is a unified digital profile \u2014 one place to store all credentials, including non-formal and work-based learning.<\/span><\/p>\n

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