European Association for the Education of Adults - EAEA

🔜Join us for the Move UP final conference in Porto and online on the 3rd of December! ❓How can we support a more extensive uptake of gender equality practices in adult education and in the development of upskilling pathways? Our keynote speaker for the event will be Sylvia Liuti, Gender Expert, from FORMA.Azione srl Opening remarks will be by: Armando Loureiro, President of APEFA Aprendências Rui Pedroto, CEO of Fundação Manuel António da Mota Fernando Paulo, Councilor for Social Cohesion, Councilor of City of Porto ➡The event will share the results of the MOVE UP initiative, funded under the Erasmus+ program as a forward-looking project, and working to empower unemployed mothers to upskill and re-access education and the workforce with innovative and tailored training and guidance. https://lnkd.in/eHrd_3bx

Yesterday, the European Parliament approved the new Commission for the next five years. The new Commission will take office during a period of high geopolitical tension. Overall, the priorities that the new Commission will contribute to pursuing are: - freedom and democracy - strength and security - prosperity and competitiveness EAEA is ready to cooperate with the new Commission to ensure that the principles of inclusivity, democracy, and diversity are represented and strengthened by the European initiatives. Read our article about the new European Commission! https://lnkd.in/dFfxbVgh #Skills #EuropeanEducationArea Photo: Dati Bendo © European Union, 2024, CC BY 4.0

☘️“It’s a misconception that ALE institution has to provide learning. Co-operation with green initiatives provides learning opportunities for everybody, including ALE institutions." ☘️This is an example of one of the lessons we learned during the Tale project. Find out more by exploring our toolkit! The newly published Tale toolkit compiles the project's key outcomes and outputs, including: 🔸 Descriptions of pilots conducted in Finland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Greece 🔸 Key lessons learned during the project 🔸 Methods we used 🔸 Published articles and podcasts 🔸 Descriptions of grassroots movements we collaborated with 👉See how you can contribute to a greener future! Find the toolkit: kvs.fi/tale #GreenTale #ErasmusPlus Kvs-säätiö | Kvs Foundation - The Finnish Lifelong Learning Foundation ECOLISE

EAEA is proud to have (co)organised three events during this year's edition of the Lifelong Learning Platform - European Civil Society for Education's Lifelong Learning Week from November 18 - 22! 📆 Are three workshops focused on: 1️⃣Enhancing Learners’ voices: Learning to Listen The workshop was facilitated by our Projects and Policy Coordinator Angeliki Giannakopoulou (she/her) and Alexandra Matthys from SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation. During the two-hour workshops participants discussed the challenges, reasons and actions to be taken for the inclusion of the adult learners’ voices in decision-making and participatory learning, as part of the #ENHANCE  (Enhancing Adult Learners Voices) EU funded project. 2️⃣The role of educators in quality assurance The workshop was run by Deputy Secretary General Raffaela Kihrer and heard from our board member Anna Skocz, discussing how NGOs and adult educators can be more involved in decisions about quality AE provisions. The workshops developed the work of the EU-funded RALExILA project. 3️⃣Design Thinking for Inclusive Education: Connecting Families and Educators Beybin Elvin Tunc, Senior Education Program Coordinator, COFACE Families Europe, and Greta Pelucco, Policy and Research Coordinator at the EAEA, led participants through a family-based case, which revealed how the skills and experiences of family members could be better served through more inclusive policies in education. 🔗Read the full article: https://lnkd.in/e5ypU8dx (Photo descriptions: Photos from the workshops where participants gather around tables to discuss the topics, with presentations in the backgrounds)

💪On November 25, we come together to address this issue as #ViolenceAgainstWomen remains alarmingly widespread. This international day provides a valuable opportunity to organize activities, raise #awareness, and promote action to tackle #GenderBasedViolence and advance #GenderEquality. ⬇️According to the latest European Institute for Gender Equality report, 1 in 3 women in the EU have experienced physical violence, sexual violence, or threats in their adulthood and 1 in 3 women have been sexually harassed at work. Younger women report a higher prevalence, with 2 in 5 having experienced sexual harassment in their workplaces. 🔗 EAEA aligns with EfVET and EARLALL - European Association of Regional & Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning in the Gender Equality Task Force initiative, which purpose is to advocate for an equal access to #LifeLongLearning opportunities for all, by proposing an array of initiatives such as #Workshops, #Seminars, #Meetings, #Networking that allow its more than 50 members and key stakeholders to debate, reflect and share experiences and practices on topics related to #GenderEquality issues. 💡You can find more about the Gender Equality Tasks Force (GE TF) here!  https://lnkd.in/eWWGJuuH How to become a GE TF member: Contact gendertforce@gmail.com

🔔 The webinar on Designing learner-centered upskilling initiatives: from outreach, to self-assessment and customized training is tomorrow! ⏰ 26 November 2024 at 16.00-17.30 CET 🖇Join us to talk about upskilling pathways and its core components to support #Outreachstrategy, #Selfassessment and #adulteducation for #PSL and #basicskills. On the programme! ➖ What is MOVE-UP? From contextualized outreach to customized training ➖ Strategic aspects to design inclusive upskilling pathways and initiatives for all citizens ➖ Building up from MOVE-UP: strategic ideas for new initiatives’ ➖ Conclusions and opportunities for collaboration Registration: https://lnkd.in/dGk44RgK #upskilling #reskilling #inclusivepathways #flexiblelearning

EAEA's President Uwe Gartenschlaeger has a strong message to practitioners in adult learning and education: you’re essential. In an interview with EAEA's partner ELM Magazine, Gartenschlaeger talks about the role of adult educators in a world facing a lot of challenges. The main concern in the next decades is that adult education is still not recognised by many decision-makers as a full-fledged, integral part of the educational system. Advocacy is essential in securing funding for the sector. “We have to fight for it,” says Gartenschlaeger. Watch part of the interview (below) and read the article on ELM! https://lnkd.in/dieGaKsk

European Training Foundation is organising “GLAD Online Seminar on Lifelong Learning Governance and Adult Learning within it” on 26 November 11-12.30 CET. The objective of this seminar is to draw attention to the ongoing preparations of new strategies and legislation on lifelong learning including adult learning in a number of countries, in particular in the Western Balkans. How to formulate a lifelong learning strategy? What is working, what is not? What can be learned from previous strategies? How to have non-formal adult learning both quality-proof and flexible at the same time? The meeting will be virtual via ZOOM. The language is English, with interpretation into Bosnian, Serbian, Montenegrin, Croatian, Albanian and Ukrainian. Read more and register: https://lnkd.in/dwWddz2M

🎙️EAEA’s podcast series Beyond Learning is back with new episodes! We are publishing three podcasts based on the Green Transition Dialogues webinar series organised by the Tale project in spring 2024. They explore transformative learning and its role in building a more sustainable future. ☘️In the second podcast Community-Led Initiatives and the Green Transition we explore the inspiring work of grassroots initiatives. Laura Kaestele from ECOLISE is interviewing Jonne Nurmela (Dodo, Finland) and Mara Angelidou, (InCommOn, Greece). We will hear how they involve citizens in their activities and what their successes and challenges are. We also discuss the informal learning experiences the grassroots initiatives are facilitating, and what adult education organisations could learn from them. 👉https://lnkd.in/dQU-Fprb #BeyondLearning #podcast #GreenTale #ErasmusPlus Kvs-säätiö | Kvs Foundation - The Finnish Lifelong Learning Foundation

📆Save the date! The next EAEA General Assembly, Grundtvig Award Ceremony, and Annual Conference are coming up on 3–4 June 2025 in Leipzig, Germany. 👉Join us to explore the theme Adult Learning and Flexible Learning Pathways and connect with the European adult learning and education community. The events will be co-organised with our member DVV International and hosted by VHS Leipzig. #EAEAga #EAEAconf #EAEAaward #FlexibleLearning #WeAreALE