We all know that job demands are changing rapidly, mainly due to globalisation and the use of new technologies. Many jobs and tasks are becoming obsolete or change dramatically in nature. Even the way we communicate with our colleagues, family and friends is changing, due to the massive use of mobile and Internet technologies. This has had, and will continue to have an impact on the way our society is organised, how the markets will function, and how people will relate to other people. These changes also have an impact on the importance and position of learning: learning must be intensified because learning is the way to cope with all the changes in jobs, tasks and technologies. Furthermore, most of this learning will take place outside of the context of schools and classrooms. But, how do we stimulate and facilitate individuals in their learning? How do we assess all the knowledge, skills and competences that are acquired through informal and non-formal learning? These and other questions related to assessment of prior learning, facilitation of personal development, matching of competences for suitability of job profiles and the support of effective learning are topics that are addressed in the research labs of OTEC and in various European and National funded projects we are participating in, most notably the TENCompetence project. In this presentation I will deal with these issues and the solutions we are currently testing.