Lisbon Strategy: New Goals, New Momentum?
Michael Sommer | 03.11.2009 | Articles
The Lisbon strategy, with which the European economy should be made sustainable, expires next year. Adult education has a small, but not unimportant role in the old strategy, particularly with regards to employability.
Initiatives by the Directorate for Lifelong Learning in Malta – a snapshot in 2009
Mary Gauci | 29.10.2009 | Articles
Setting up a new LLL Directorate was a clear sign that lifelong learning needs to be at the centre of every educational initiative. This needs to be done with the active participation of all stakeholders. One of the major institutions within the Directorate is the Lifelong Learning Centre which is a learning centre for adults. This has lately moved to a new, larger premises to provide more programmes.
Lifelong Learning - New Directorate in Malta
Mary Gauci | 29.10.2009 | News items
As part of a restructuring of the educational system, a Directorate for Lifelong Learning was set up within the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.
The Ghost of Transition
Christoffer Stoerup | 28.10.2009 | Background reports [en]
Adult educators in Romania are faced with a large number of challenges highlighted by the crisis, which alarmingly resemble those of the transition period. Since there are no national strategies following up on the past experiences, each educator must use his intuition and the few resources at hand. Solutions are thus often found on a grassroots level in a diminutive way.
The Fairy Tale of Adult Education Law in Serbia
Dr Katarina Popovic | 28.10.2009 | Background reports [en]
Once upon a time, there was a country... In the recent years the development of adult education and learning in Serbia was dynamic, but not regulated or accompanied by quality assurance measures. The emergent need to establish a new, modern system of adult education inspired the wave of reforms. The most important initiative came from the Minister of Education, who gave a mandate to an expert group to prepare a draft of Adult Education Law
Economic crisis makes Estonians study more than ever before
Agne Narusk | 26.10.2009 | Background reports [en]
This summer has seen more mature students enrolling at Estonian universities, colleges and vocational training schools than any other over the last 10 years. The State, where unemployment is growing quickly (on the 22nd of October 12.1% of the labour force was unemployed) has directed a considerable amount of money from EU structural funds towards supporting studies continuation and additional occupational training
A Glance at Hungarian Adult Education, Autumn 2009
Eva Tanczos | 26.10.2009 | Articles [en]
Under difficult economic conditions and in an often changing legislative system, members of the Hungarian adult education sector take serious steps to catch up with the most advanced countries in this sector - explains Anildo Vedovatti, the editor of the Adult Education newspaper.
A Major Challenge: Basic Training for Poorly and Non-Qualified Adults
Claude Merazzi | 22.10.2009 | Articles [en] [fr]
In Switzerland the importance of continuing adult education is recognised. Financial aid is consistent with this, but it essentially benefits those who have already had good basic training. Continuing adult education for the poorly and non-qualified still only receives little financial and political support. Will a future federal law on continuing training promote a rebalancing of this?
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