The exploration of core capacities emerged years ago, from the work of Linda O’Toole, senior fellow and researcher from The Learning for Well-being Foundation, with processing patterns and individual differences. The capacities were instruments to explore subtle differences in how people learn and communicate. Still, they also revealed something about people’s unique ways of processing, […]
In 2016, the then Director General of Education in the European Commission invited select civil society organisations to provide policymakers with inspiring stories that would illustrate that educational systems in Europe can change for the better. The Learning for Well-being Foundation partnered with two like-minded organisations, the European Council of Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE) […]
Since 2019, The Learning for Well-Being Foundation, the European Council of Steiner Waldorf Education (ECSWE) and the Hungarian Waldorf Federation took the challenge to work on the project “Personalised and Formative Assessment Practices Supporting School and Learner Development” as part of the Erasmus + Programme. The project aims to collect at least 15-20 practices on […]
On Thursday the 9th of December on a virtual Policy Panel Discussion at the WISE Summit, UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti and The Fetzer institute and The Learning for Well-being Fundation, released What Makes Me, a report built on Core Capacities for Living and Learning. This report, reveals nine core capacities and underscores the […]
On September the 30th, we held a meeting with the Learning for Well-Being Foundation family to talk about something that touches our hearts and drives us to work for a better society: CORE CAPACITIES. The meeting took about two hours, including more than 40 people committed to reconnecting despite digital times. The discussion of […]
We are delighted to be able to share our Interactive Annual Report for 2020. There is no doubt that 2020 will be a year to remember, exceptional in almost every way, and even with all its challenges we have been able to be of service in so many ways. Please have a look at […]
Representing the L4WB Foundation, our Director of Development and ACT2gether Latin America, Maria Paz was elected to the Child Rights Connect Executive Committee In its call for nomination of new candidates to stand for election to the ExCo, the following priorities were identified with a view to achieving a more balanced regional representation within […]
[Project Summary] The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) establishes economic, social, cultural, civil, political, and participation rights of persons under 18 years. Since its adoption in 1989, it has been ratified by 196 countries. As an early leader in child rights advocacy, Canada helped draft the CRC and was an early […]
The “new normal” is for all ages — Luis Manuel Pinto &Daniel Kropf The pandemic revealed the colours of the embedded ageism in our societies. Children and older adults— two edges of the age spectrum—have been the most impacted by social isolation and access to education and healthcare. Still, children are rarely directly present in […]
How can the path towards gender equality take in consideration the role of children? How can children’s rights, and in particular, child participation, be a vehicle for creating gender equality? These were some of the questions explored in a joint meeting of the Gender Equality and the Children and Youth Network, both interest groups within […]
