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InfoNet has contributed to social innovation in Europe in a number of domains. However, in Portugal its most prominent achievement was the widespread Recognition of Competences as a central part of Adult Education.

Theme of this issue is "Adult education and the community"

Grundtvig courses are European courses for professional development of adult education staff. These courses with participants from different European countries are supported by the European Commission through the Grundtvig action of the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP). Participants can apply for grants at their respective National Agency. Through the transnational character of their content and delivery mode these courses are the ideal way to disseminate and mainstream educational innovation arising from didactic trends or European priorities.

Poliglotti4.eu, the EU co-funded project on multilingualism and language policy, has launched its new website: www.poliglotti4.eu. The website will serve as the on-line reference on the practice of multilingualism in Europe, and feature a Language Observatory gathering and disseminating best practice in language policy and language learning.

Over the past two decades, the European Commission has set out to create one of the best competitive knowledge-based economies in the world. This is extremely important, especially given the increasing economic productivity of countries such as China. They know better than anyone how to invest in a rapid information supply that provides knowledge productivity and is simultaneously a good foundation for innovation. Why then shouldn’t we use an affordable service like InfoNet to make a contribution to the knowledge-based economy via its extensive network coverage in Europe?

Anyone wanting to ‘do Europe’ well will be on the best path in the InfoNet team. Teamwork and meeting people with the most diverse cultural and historical heritages is very inspiring and enriching. It is important for everyone not just to take, but also to give. InfoNet makes this possible.

InfoNet’s main subject is lifelong learning. In the century of knowledge and information technology, in the century of globalisation, in an environment of sustained conflict of interests and values, this is a subject which is necessary for everyone who wants to live actively and age more slowly.

“InfoNet is a valuable source of information as well as an important network for European contacts,” says Karin Ekermann, Project Development Manager at the Swedish Study Promotion Association. “When working with European Grundtvig projects and workshops, I have made great use of  InfoNet during the last six years”.

During his librarian and consultation work in a specialist library, the author has experienced that the European InfoNet Adult Education plays a significant role among information resources of adult/life-long education.

European InfoNet Adult Education, the European KBE [Catholic Association for Adult Education] network which provides information about adult education, is to be reorganised from October and will attempt to bridge the gap until it receives further support. As the three-year support expired at the end of September and an application for immediate follow-up support was unsuccessful, the service will now be continued on a basic level for the transitional period. In the next round of applications, a new attempt will be made to finance InfoNet through the Lifelong Learning programme of the EU.