The Competence Framework is a structured, evidence-based model that describes the competences needed to strengthen Cultural Awareness and Expression (CAE) through arts-based learning.
It helps learners, educators and cultural practitioners understand what CAE involves, how it can be developed, and how progress can be recognised across different learning contexts.
Each competence is organised into clusters and articulated through three complementary dimensions:
What learners and educators understand.
What they are able to do.
How they engage with others, cultures, contexts and creative processes.
The framework also describes competence development across four proficiency levels:
The Competence Framework is organised into two interconnected parts:
These four competences describe how learners can develop CAE through arts-based practices, engagement with cultural diversity, and participation in cultural and civic life.
Explore Learner Competences (L1-L4)
These five competences describe what educators and cultural practitioners need in order to support learners' CAE development. They focus on the capacity to design, facilitate and assess arts-based and cultural learning experiences in collaboration with schools, communities, and cultural and creative organisations.
Explore Educator Competences (E1-E5)The framework was developed through a methodology that combined comparative research, stakeholder collaboration and iterative synthesis. It brings together perspectives from the arts, culture, pedagogy and digital innovation, and is designed to support formal, non-formal and informal learning contexts.
As PULSE-ART progresses, the Competence Framework will continue to be refined alongside the Professional Development Programme, the Self-Reflection Tool and the Methodology. Its implementation across the case studies will help capture contextual and cross-country variations, contributing to a richer and more robust version of the tool by the end of the project.
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