key competences

Knowledge, skills and attitudes all individuals need for personal fulfilment and development, employability, social inclusion, sustainable lifestyle, successful life in peaceful societies, health-conscious life management and active citizenship.

Comment

In its Recommendation on key competences for lifelong learning (2018), the Council of the European Union sets out eight key competences:

  • literacy competence;
  • multilingual competence;
  • mathematical competence and competence in science, technology and engineering;
  • digital competence;
  • personal, social and learning to learn competence;
  • citizenship competence;
  • entrepreneurship competence;
  • cultural awareness and expression competence.
Source

Based on Cedefop; Council of the European Union, 2018a.

Related term(s)
citizenship competence
competence
core skills and competences
cultural awareness and expression competence / cultural awareness and expression skills
digital competence / digital skills
entrepreneurship competence
job-specific skills and competences
knowledge
life skills and competences
literacy competence / literacy skills
mathematical competence / mathematical skills
multilingual competence / multilingual skills / multilingualism
personal, social and learning to learn competence / personal, social and learning to learn skills
physical and manual skills and competences
self-management skills and competences
skill
social and communication skills and competences
thinking skills and competences
transferable skills and competences
transversal skills and competences