The Network Society - University of Massachusetts Amherst

418 The Network Society
the contributions and benefits regarding social protection
should be balanced across generations.
Let us now focus two concrete areas of reform with many implications
for the renewal of the European social model: lifelong learning
and innovation.
Sharing responsibilities to develop lifelong learning
The commitment to prepare national strategies for lifelong learning
is already made in the framework of the national programmes for
growth and jobs. The recent overview at European level led to the
identification of some possible common objectives which are summed
up in the guideline 23 of the integrated guidelines for growth and
jobs. More specifically, this strategy should aim at:
• defining the goals for lifelong learning in terms of not only
educational levels but also new jobs profiles and competences;
• developing a new infrastructure for lifelong learning;
• creating a diversified supply of learning opportunities able to
provide more customised solutions:
• to develop the new instruments of e-learning and to
explore the potential of the digital TV
• to turn schools and training centres into open learning centres
• to encourage companies to adopt learning organisations
• to shape the appropriate learning modes for each target
group
• to spread new learning solutions for the low skilled workers
• fostering the various demands for learning and to create a
demand-led system:
• to improve the framework conditions for lifelong learning
• to develop a dynamic guidance system over the life course