Focus on Upskilling Pathways
The recently launched initiative "
Upskilling Pathways" by the European Commission sets objectives and requirements for EU member states to tackle the issue of low-skilled adults in Europe.
EAEA welcomes the initiative and is currently working on it with its members.
EAEA publication: Adult Education in Europe 2016 - A Civil Society View
EAEA's set of country reports offer a civil society view on the state of adult education in Europe.
The publication combines data collected from EAEA members in 37 countries to showcase an overview of adult education policy in Europe.
Lifelong Learning Interest Group meeting focusing on inclusiveness
The Interest Group on Lifelong Learning, initiatied by
EAEA and
Lifelong Learning Platform, is focusing on inclusiveness for modernised education in its next meeting. The Interest Group consists of a number of MEPs and civil society representatives who gather regularly to discuss key issues connected to lifelong learning and adult education.
EAEA NEWS
Apply now: EAEA Grundtvig Award 2017: Engaging new learners
This year's EAEA Grundtvig Awards celebrate projects that have been successful
in engaging new groups of learners. Each year, the
EAEA Grundtvig Award highlights project results that produce new ideas, new partnerships, new methodologies and a new understanding how we can work in adult learning.
Send your proposal by April 10th!
Apply now: EAEA Younger Staff Training 2017
EAEA's training for adult education professionals will be held in Brussels on 19-22 September.
The EAEA Younger Staff Training offers adult education professionals information, tools and networking opportunitites on European adult education policy and practices. The registration has now been opened.
Apply now!
Join the EAEA campaign "The Year of Adult Education 2017"!
In 2017 EAEA is celebrating the impact and benefits of adult education with the theme
"The Power and Joy of Learning". We bring together European adult education organisations to demonstrate how adult learning can improve citizens’ lives and prospects in Europe. The campaign has already collected over 50 events,
take a look and join the campaign!
Stay tuned for registration: EAEA General Assembly and Annual Conference
The EAEA General Assembly and Annual Conference of 2017 will be held in Girona, Spain, in 27
–28 June. The theme of the Annual Conference is "Engaging new learners". The
registration for the events will open on Monday, 20 of March.
PROJECT NEWS
AEMA: The challenges of being a disabled person in the Europe today
The
AEMA project aims at improving the lives and learning opportunities of disabled people in Europe. New articles on the EAEA website shed light on the multifaceted challenges of
being a refugee with disabilities, and on
the reality of being a disabled in Europe today.
ImplOED events: Implementing outreach, empowerment and diversity
The ImplOED partners are organising events around Europe to advocate for more inclusion of marginalised groups in adult education.
The article series on the ImplOED website reports from the events.
LSE: Life skills for Europe

People need new skills to respond to what’s happening around them and get on at work, in learning and in life. The recently launched
LSE project aims to improve basic skills provision in Europe by explaining, further developing and upscaling the life skills approach. Read more from
this article.
EVENTS
24–25 March 2017, Opatija, Croatia
PAR INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
5 April 2017, Porto, Portugal
FINANCING ADULT EDUCATION: WORKSHOP AND EAEA REGIONAL MEETING
7 April 2017, Brussels, Belgium
EARLALL ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017
20–21 April 2017, Budapest, Hungary
13TH MELLEARN LIFELONG LEARNING CONFERENCE
3
–8 May 2017, Cyprus
TRAINING: LEARNING IN LATER LIFE PROVING AN INTERGENERATIONAL CONTEXT
10 April–19 May 2017, Paris, France
UNESCO IIEP SPECIALIZED COURSES PROGRAMME
25–27 May 2017, Wroclaw, Poland
CONFERENCE: ADULT LEARNING & COMMUNITIES IN A WORLD ON THE MOVE
31 May–1 June 2017, Tallinn, Estonia
LLLPLATFORM ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017: EDUCATION IN THE DIGITAL WORLD
30 May–5 June 2017, Europe
EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WEEK
8–10 June 2017, Verona, Italy
THIRD CONFERENCE OF THE ESREA NETWORK ON POLICY STUDIES IN ADULT EDUCATION: "EQUITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ADULT EDUCATION AND LEARNING POLICY"
26 June–2 July 2017, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland
TRAINING: CRAFTS & SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR ADULT EDUCATORS AND DISABILITY/SPECIAL NEEDS TUTORS
27–28 June 2017, Girona, Spain
EAEA GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND ANNUAL CONFERENCE
3–6 July 2017, Madrid, Spain
CONFERENCE: WORKING TOGETHER TO ENCOURAGE EQUITY
THROUGH LITERACY COMMUNITIES: A CHALLENGE OF THE 21ST CENTURY
30 August–1 September 2017, Dublin, Ireland
HISTORY EDUCATORS INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK CONFERENCE
4–10 September 2017, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland
TRAINING: GOOD PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION IN
ADULT & COMMUNITY SETTINGS
19–22 September 2017, Brussels, Belgium
EAEA YOUNGER STAFF TRAINING
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