The SYSTEMA project was conceived to address the incentive of the European Commission that is focused on Sustainable Development and Digital Transformation The SYSTEMA project therefore aims at addressing the priority of adult education “Extending and Developing the competences of educators and other personnel who support adult education” and other horizontal priorities like “Supporting individuals in acquiring and developing basic skills and key competences” and “Environmental and climate goals” by:

1. developing key competencies focusing on:
   • systems thinking skills to improve information-processing, self-direction, problem-solving and communication
   • computational and mathematical skills to translate systems thinking skills into actionable models in the fields of sustainable development and digital transformation
2. leveraging the latest Information and Communication Technologies to improve the quality of training
3. developing a comprehensive training approach that will support educational organizations to identify the strengths and weaknesses of their skills development systems.

Hence, at its core, the SYSTEMA project is focused on providing advanced training that will include:
• the ability to know how to observe and grasp the “circular” nature of the world we live in
• building a higher awareness of the role of the "systems" structure in determining their behaviour
• understanding the role and impacts on the behaviour of a system due to its feedback loops
• understanding of the presence of systemic delays between actions and impacts
• understanding that there are potentially unexpected consequences for actions