The cooperation project addresses the role of global citizenship in different areas of the education system. This concept is examined from the perspectives of two national education systems (Germany and Portugal). We develop dimensions of comparison that will be useful for other European systems and systems all over the world. On the one hand, we focus on the theoretical and conceptual aspects of global citizenship in the context of education. On the other hand, the project elaborates on methodological problems and challenges in empirical research on inter-/transnational education within national education contexts.

The project is focused on five major areas over which the impacts of the crises will be more closely assessed: the initial education and training; the institutional paths for transition from school/training to work; adult education and lifelong learning; the transparency of qualifications and the articulation between the education and training systems; the structure of services and benefits aiming at guaranteeing universal access to the education and training systems.For each of these five areas, the following key dimensions of analysis are considered: (a) diversity and relative importance of available pathways within the system, (b) curricula; (c) human resources (d) budget and funding circuits; (e) the quantity and quality of physical spaces. Results indicators will be analyzed in all five areas, such as coverage and attainment.