KeyCoNet is the European Policy Network on Key Competences in School Education, funded under the European Commission’s Lifelong Learning Programme. This newsletter (available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish) aims to keep readers up to date with the network’s news, activities and outputs.

KeyCoNet News will be published three times a year and will cover regular updates on the network’s activities, website and events, as well as incorporate EU and national news in this area, and dedicate a special focus on a specific aspect of key competence development.

This first issue explores the assessment of key competences.

In this first issue furthermore:

• About KeyCoNet – The Key Competence Network
• EU KCD News
• National KCD News
• Special Focus on: Assessment of Key Competences
• KeyCoNet Website
• Key Competence Events
• Get Involved!
• KeyCoNet Partners
• Contact

More information about KeyCoNet and about how to subscribe to the newsletter on http://keyconet.eun.org/