The Greek government made a commitment to the implementation of the goal 4 of the SDGs by setting the “promotion of high quality, inclusive education” as a priority in the educational field. Therefore, the EAEA members in the country are working o...

Ukraine is setting high goals for its educational sy...

The main challenge remains the access to and the participation in lifelong learning, guaranteeing equity for all. Participation in adult learning and education is heavily depending on formal qualification, employment status, age, migration status...

The COVID-19 crisis has been the definite challenge of the last year. It has brought many providers closer to bankruptcy. It has also revealed that digital learning and access to adult education is less accessible for people who are socially and g...

The main challenge adult education providers are facing are the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many seminars and conferences were postponed and had to be moved to a digital environment. The crisis had deteriorating financial consequences f...

Many of the activities were transferred to online platforms and some of the centres were able to continue providing education, adapting to the government measures.

In 2021 the focus of the GAEN will be to popularise and promote the recogni...

Digitalisation has been the most striking change in adult learning and education last year as digital content and course supply has boomed during the pandemic. Due to the pandemic, more people now have a good command of digital technologies a...

GAEN has a goal to obtain state permission in 2022 to issue a state certificate upon the completion of various training programs. They will work on awareness-raising in the field of community education and promote the concept of lifelong learning....

According to EAEA’s Irish member AONTAS, there is a pressing need for more sustainable funding streams and improved staffing conditions in Ireland.

The majority of Adult Learning and Education (ALE) provision in Ireland is carried ou...