"Sustainable transition(s) (covering social, economic, political and educational dimensions) is a world-wide challenge. Since this transition concerns all dimension of our modern life, the answer to these challenges should be holistic and global. It’s crucial “to understand” before “acting”, that’s why we think that sustainable transition(s) is also a question of education. Education contribute to the development of a culture of change and sustainability, creating the background for effective sustainable transition actions. A human rights-based approach to adult learning and education (ALE) aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is one of our aims. Education for Sustainability and Education for Sustainable Development have been under discussion for some two decades. The UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development 2004–2014 has provided a most important focus for this issue, and for its facilitation. However, while the Decade raised awareness of the need for Education to Sustainable Development, particularly in Higher Education, discussion of how this education can be effectively delivered to trainees in adult education settings is still at an initial phase. Although sustainability has become a key focus in higher education, developing a better understanding of how sustainability competencies can be cultivated in college and university courses and programs in adult training settings is still needed. Adult trainers who are to become capable of affecting holistic sustainable change, transforming values and culture, healing the earth and human communities, and designing creative solutions, must have the opportunity to engage in learning processes that reflect and emphasise these learning outcomes/objectives. Sustainability is a main concern of the EU explicitly expressed in its communication to the European parlement, the European Council , the European economic and social committee and the Committee of 11.12.2019 - COM(2019)/640, the EU said: "" ...The European Green Deal is a response to these challenges. It is a new growth strategy that aims to transform the EU into a fair and prosperous society, with a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and where economic growth is decoupled from resource use"", The EU said also: ""It also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the EU's natural capital, and protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. At the same time, this transition must be just and inclusive."" concluding that ""The EU has the collective ability to transform its economy and society to put it on a more sustainable path.""Adult educators and teachers can play a central role in providing learners with knowledge and practical information to help them understand the challenges and act as active citizens in their local communities, individually or collectively. We believe that Transformative learning theory and ecological design principles offer promising opportunities to create meaningful learning experiences that can develop the personal, intellectual, and socio-cultural skills necessary to create resilient and regenerative systems.SUSTAINABLE partners noticed that changing our ways of producing and consuming is notoriously difficult, but believing that education is a powerful tool in empowering individual and groups, boosting voluntary action and helping people and organisations through the transition so they understand and enhance sustainability in Everyday life.The following Intellectual Outputs will be developed:1. IO1 – LET’S UNDERSTAND: a guide on sustainable topics education including climate change, theoretical background and more (addressed to trainers/teachers/counsellors…)2. IO2 – LET’S PLAN IT: guide step by step to make training green addressed to trainers/teachers/counsellors to improve awareness about green topics by trainers starting from their personal life and going to their professional life. A quick and effective guide about good/bad habits/behaviors with effects on the environment in the training settings and in work areas, and how to design effective training contents to counter them.3. IO3 – LET’S BE PRACTICAL: Curricula, tools, methods and training materials on green topics to teach/train our target groups. The materials could be adapted to each national context according to the needs.4. IO4 – E-education Hub addressed mainly to the trainers/teachers including the above IOs’ contents and more, to raise awareness and develop knowledge on different elements related with Sustainability and SDGs."

"The objective of the strategic partnership ""Family Trainer International - Network to empower families and single parents"" was tostrengthen the target group of disadvantaged families and single parents trough a qualification of social workers and volunteersworking in the social sector to facilitate an equitable participation in social, cultural and political life in a national and transnationalcontext.The “Family trainer international” works according to the motto: “spot and strengthen the strengths”The project “Family Trainer International” therefore effects different social structures on different educational levels. It takes actionon with the heterogeneous and challenging field of working with disadvantaged families and single parents, in the sector ofadvanced training and qualification for qualified employees and volunteers in the social sector and also embraces the political level.• The seven partner organizations already work with families and single parents so far mainly on a local base and succeeded to expandand intensify the approach• All partners are non-profit organizations which want to offer high-quality formats to (one parent) families that due to theeconomic difficulties of the target group can only cost little.• Furthermore, all partners operate in the field of (non-formal) education and social work.• Connections to the regional family policyThese priorities were combined to the strategic partnership and they built the base of the project work together.For three years the coordinating organization worked with so-called voluntary ""family trainers"" already. This approach had proved to besustainable in the national context and met with great interest of our partners, especially abroad.The project strategy allotted first of all the conception of the training curriculum ""Family Trainer International"". In that training coursethere were 28 multipliers from all partner organizations and 2 trainers participating. In the theoretical part featured of the targetgroup, socio-educational basics and methodological approaches were taught and steadied.In the start of the training a discussion of the term ""families"" in various characteristics was stimulated, needs of the target groupwere derived and ways of integration were defined. A sensitization took place - single parents were no so called (one parent) families and we agreed on the term, that ""family is the base of society in every country"". Other contents were:• The legal system to work with the target group on a country comparison level;• Communication and crisis management especially in the area of family work;• Planning template for family work in theory and methodically application• Concrete methods of non-formal learning that apply for the work with parents and kids together• Portfolio of appropriate methods• Intercultural training flanked the entire training, (tools for bridging the language barriers)The theoretical part was followed by two practical modules in which the multipliers applied to the theoretical basics. Families and single parents were actively involved in the two modules.All the results of the training mobilities led to the publishing of a training manual, translated in every language of the participant countries to perpetuate and disseminate the knowledge. This also enabled a transnational adaptation of the training curriculum.Political lobbying also was essential for a sustainable improvement of the situation of the target group. The political level was involved from the beginning of the project. The project partners established contacts to multipliers in the regional family policy. The variety of local activities led to a strategic multipliers event and to the agreement on common guidelines of the subject “inclusion of disadvantaged families and single parents”. Thus, the political discourse was stimulated and the perpetuation of lobbying the target group was supported. A meeting in Brussels in 2019 to present the common political claims is foreseen."