Posts tagged with "sustainable development"

  • Challenges: Raising awareness of community education

    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....

  • Developments: Adult learning is viewed as part of vocational education

    According to EAEA’s members, adult learning and education in Greece has been overlooked and there is a unidirectional emphasis on vocational education. Other key areas of adult learning do not receive enough attention. EAEA’s members stress that q...

  • Developments: Educational inequality has increased

    Our Irish member, AONTAS- Ireland's National Adult Learning Organisation, observes a slight deterioration on the current situation of adult learning and education in Ireland.

    Educational disadvantage and inequality have been exacerbate...

  • Developments: ALE has no priority in pandemic times

    According to the EAEA member, Centro Internazionale per la Promozione dell'Educazione e lo Sviluppo (CEIPES) which works to provide education and training for youth and adults, the adult learning and education situation in Italy has not changed du...

  • Developments: Lifelong learning remains focused on formal education

    According to The Catalan Association for Education, Training and Research (ACEFIR) adult education situation has remained the same compared to the previous year. There have been no new policies or strategies in adult learning and education (ALE),...

  • Developments: Swedish folkbildning continues to be active in policymaking

    Overall, the situation for adult learning and education hasn’t changed much since the previous year, except for some improvement for the folk high schools. There were no new adult education policies introduced in Sweden.

    The Swedish term...

  • Developments: Digitalisation prioritised by the new government

    Overall, the responses from Germany see a slight deterioration of the situation in adult learning (ALE) in Germany for 2020/2021.

    From the point of view of the EAEA members, there were no major changes in Germany from 2020 to 2021 in ter...

  • Developments: New adult education curricula are planned

    According to the Catalan Association for Education, Training and Research (ACEFIR), the situation of Adult Learning and Education (ALE) in Spain has stayed the same in comparison to last year.

    In Spain, there are different autonomous comm...

  • Developments: Slovenia had a key role in the adoption of the new European Agenda for Adult Learning

    According to the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education (SIAE), the situation of adult learning and education in Slovenia has slightly improved in comparison to last year. 

    In Slovenia, major European Social Fund (ESF)...
  • Developments: Additional funding for activities for Ukrainian refugees

    According to the Swedish National Council of Adult Education, the situation for adult learning and education has slightly improved since the previous year. Last year, a supplementary one-time grant of 50 million SEK was introduced by the governmen...