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Every good project starts with a gap and ours started with a rather glaring one. Within the municipality of Rotterdam, our integral approach to basic skills had already given language and financial matters plenty of attention. Numeracy though, and financial literacy to be more precise, remained a blind spot. Not because nobody cared, but because nobody had quite gotten around to it yet. So, we decided to. In Tom’s work as a policy advisor within the municipality of Rotterdam,

The EmpowerED project officially launched on 18–19 November 2025 in Rotterdam, with the kick-off meeting hosted by the City of Rotterdam and Albeda College. As project coordinator, the City of Rotterdam welcomed partners from across Europe to begin a collaborative journey aimed at strengthening adult education and tackling poverty through improved numeracy and financial literacy.

Inside EmpowerED: Listening Before Building

What is VUB's role in the EmpowerED project and explain what motivated your institution to join this partnership?

On 25–26 June 2026, the Brașov Metropolitan Agency (AMB) welcomed the partners of the Erasmus+ EmpowerED project to Brașov, Romania, for the second International Partner Exchange. The two-day meeting brought together representatives of partner organisations, researchers, educators and communication specialists from across Europe to review the project's progress and jointly shape the next phase of implementation.