Resources

CAFÉ+ develops six Empowerment Resources for adults, facilitators, Peer Ambassadors and decision-makers. All of them will be free to use under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-SA 4.0, and the main resources will be published in English and the partner languages: German, Czech, Finnish, Greek, Romanian and Spanish. The project starts in January 2027; each resource appears here as soon as it is ready.

01Guide

PlannedGuidePhase 1

Network Weaving Playbook

A step-by-step guide to connecting Language Cafés with the learning providers, employment services and employers around them, so that adults can move on from a café to training or work. It is written so that any organisation in any EU country can use it.

The Three Circles model: community and learners, learning and support services, and system and policy actors
A protocol for warm referrals to public employment services
How to involve employers, with activation steps for each circle

Expected: February 2028
Format: Practical guide (PDF)
Languages: English
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

02Framework

PlannedFrameworkPhase 2

CF10 Competence Framework

The backbone of CAFÉ+: ten future skills — such as critical thinking, digital problem-solving, entrepreneurial initiative and adaptability — described as learning outcomes for adults and linked to EU frameworks. Every toolkit activity, portfolio and micro-credential builds on it.

The ten CF10 skills and their learning outcomes
Links to LifeComp, DigComp, GreenComp and EntreComp, to ESCO and the EQF
Equivalents in the national qualification frameworks of the six partner countries
Reviewed by the CAFÉ+ Research Advisory Group

Expected: October 2027
Format: Framework (PDF)
Languages: EN, GE, CS, FI, EL, RO, ES
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

03Guide

PlannedGuidePhase 2

CLIL Skills Café Toolkit

Ready-to-use activities that build language and future skills at the same time — content and language integrated learning (CLIL). Each activity sets out its content, language, thinking and social goals.

30+ activities, at least 30% of them for online, self-paced use — so carers can take part from home
A Generational Bridge pack of 10+ activities for mixed-age groups (50+ and 18–35)
A quality framework for CLIL sessions and the RMA Skills Café Facilitation Guide

Expected: March 2028
Format: Toolkit (PDF and online) · 30+ activities
Languages: EN, GE, CS, FI, EL, RO, ES
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

04Certification

PlannedCertificationPhase 3

CF10 micro-credentials

Ten micro-credentials, one for each CF10 skill, earned through a portfolio built up during the Skills Café — so that adults whose learning has never been recognised gain a credential that employers and employment services can trust.

Designed to the Council Recommendation on micro-credentials (2022): learning outcomes, assessment, issuer and EQF level for each credential
A certification scheme aligned with ISO 17024, with qualified assessors and an appeals procedure
Endorsed by at least one employer association in each partner country

Expected: October 2029
Format: 10 micro-credentials · portfolio-based assessment
Languages: EN, GE, CS, FI, EL, RO, ES
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

05Report

PlannedReportPhase 3

Pilot Outcomes Report

What happens when 420+ adults join Skills Cafés at 31 sites in six countries — 28 community sites and 3 workplaces — compared with standard Language Cafés.

16 weekly sessions per site, with childcare, short sessions, online activities and evening times
168 measurement cycles comparing Skills Cafés with standard Language Cafés, under a pre-registered analysis plan
Findings by care duties, age (Generational Bridge groups) and setting (community or workplace)

Expected: November 2029
Format: Report (PDF) with summaries in the partner languages
Languages: EN + partner-language summaries
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

06Report

PlannedReportPhase 4

Policy Brief and Roll-out Action Plan

Turns the pilot evidence into recommendations for EU and national policy, and a step-by-step plan for employment services, municipalities and providers to adopt Skills Cafés after the project.

An EU Policy Brief, to be presented at the CAFÉ+ EU Policy Conference in Vienna in November 2029
Six national scaling reports, one per partner country
A phased roll-out plan with three years of follow-up after the project

Expected: December 2029
Format: Policy Brief, six national scaling reports and an action plan (PDF)
Languages: EN + partner languages
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

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Free to use and share

All CAFÉ+ tools, training materials and reports are available at no cost and licensed under the Creative Commons licence Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) — so that Language Cafés, adult education providers, employment services and policymakers anywhere in Europe can use them.

You may share and adapt the materials for any purpose, as long as you credit the CAFÉ+ project and share your adaptations under the same licence.

The CAFÉ+ website and its resources will stay online for at least five years after the project ends, and they will also be published on EPALE and the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform.