Breaking Barriers aims to tackle the need of the cohort of low-skilled literate adults between 25 and 65 years of age to ultimately help leaners build new skills and improve career prospects. Each participating country faces different difficulties in tackling low- skilled literate adults. The ubiquity of digital media makes this need more significant and opens up new opportunities for more engaging teaching and learning methods in basic literacy teaching. Through the strategic collaboration of 8 partners, the project aims to introduce cutting-edge techniques to tackle literacy challenges in adult learning across cultures.

The four key project objectives are:

1. Researching and sharing cross-border best practices to understand approaches in tackling basic literacy for adults through digital innovation;
2. Training of adult educators who specialise in the teaching of basic literacy skills;
3. Creation of an innovative tool kit for adult educators focusing on the use digital media and interactive story-telling to teach basic skills;
4. Development of customised, manual complementing the digital tool kit.

1. Published research on adult literacy and possible innovative methods of teaching to encourage and engage adult learners attending basic skills courses.
2. Improved capacity building and enhanced professional development of adult educators competent in the teaching of basic literacy skills to adult learners.
3. Increased level of digital competence and professional development of adult educators in the teaching of basic literacy through digital media and storytelling.
4. Creation of a toolkit and complementary manual on basic literacy for adults to be used by the eight participating partners.

1. Stands with leaflets including contacts for basic literacy skills
2. Newspaper articles
3. Radio clips
4. Video clips (audio/vision)
5. Television spots

1. Designing of a digital toolkit to be utilised in basic literacy courses for adult learners.
2. Creation of a digital tool kit for adult educators