The Horizon CLEAR project aims to generate new comparative knowledge on the existing educational policies defining learning outcomes (LOs). The project targets young people aged 18–29 attaining secondary and post-secondary education, paying special attention to vulnerable and multi-disadvantaged groups.

What are Learning Outcomes?

Learning Outcomes (LOs) are the knowledge, skills and competences that students are expected to achieve by the end of a stage of education. The CLEAR project examines how these indicators are developed at European, national, regional and local levels.

By analysing the factors that shape LOs and influence their quality, the project investigates how public policies affect students’ ability to achieve them. Based on this evidence, CLEAR develops innovative solutions that respond to the real needs and circumstances of young adults. The findings from this cross-country analysis are presented in the D7.1 Comparative Analysis Report.

CLEAR also adopts an innovative Transversal Participatory Approach, enabling everyone involved in the project to actively contribute to the research process.

Bringing participation into research

At Codici, we worked alongside research teams across Europe to design and deliver a range of participatory activities within the project. This experience is documented in the project’s final report, D9.2 Guidelines to Use Participatory Methodologies, which provides practical guidance for researchers who want to integrate participatory methods into their work. We also contributed a chapter on this subject to the book Constructing Learning Outcomes (Bloomsbury, 2025).

We also supported the European consortium in organising ten Innovation Forums, dissemination events held across Europe, including in Italy in collaboration with the Universities of Genoa and Urbino. To encourage discussion during these events, we co-designed a series of infographics and posters that present key research findings in a clear and accessible way. These communication materials are available in nine languages.