EPALE - Adult Learning in Europe

🚀 2025 EPALE Thematic Focuses: Shaping the Future of Adult Learning 🌍 In an era of rapid technological advancement and evolving workforce demands, we proudly announce our thematic focuses for 2025. These carefully selected themes reflect the European Commission's priorities for 2024-2029 and align with our shared commitment to advancing adult learning and education across Europe: 🤖 #Artificialintelligence: transforming the learning landscape 🛠 #BasicSkills: the foundation of #lifelonglearning 🔭 Future-oriented #SkillsDevelopment: preparing for tomorrow's opportunity Throughout 2025, these focuses will be explored in a variety of formats, including blog posts, news articles, podcasts, Newscats and Resource kits. We invite you to contribute to these themes with your active participation and by inspiring colleagues from across Europe ↩️ https://lnkd.in/dmHjnU5C

🌟 Boosting Quality in Non-formal Adult Learning 🌟 Non-formal #AdultEducation is essential in today’s rapidly changing world, but how do we ensure its quality and impact? The OECD - OCDE’s latest report, "Mapping Quality Assurance Indicators for Non-formal Adult Learning," dives deep into this question! 📊 The report examines 12 quality assurance systems, highlighting key indicators and best practices for improving #AdultLearning experiences. It’s a treasure trove for educators, policymakers, and organizations striving for excellence in adult learning. 🚀 🔍 Dive into the report here: https://lnkd.in/dZAA_75K

The OECD - OCDE has released Volume V of the PISA 2022 results, focusing on students' learning strategies, motivation, and confidence in their abilities. This report assesses students' readiness to engage in lifelong learning and their capacity to enhance their skills and knowledge throughout their lives. Understanding these factors is crucial for educators and policymakers aiming to foster environments that support continuous personal and professional development. Explore the full report to gain insights into how we can better prepare students for the challenges of the future 👇 #Education #LifelongLearning #PISA2022 #AdultLearning #AdultEducation

🌍 Reducing Poverty through Gender Equality and Adult Education Access to education and gender equality are powerful tools for driving social and economic change. This thought-provoking article by Marina Sakač Hadžić explores how empowering women through adult education can break the cycle of poverty, improve health outcomes, and strengthen entire communities. By fostering gender equality and promoting lifelong learning, we can unlock the potential of individuals and build a more inclusive, equitable society. 📚 If you're passionate about creating meaningful change, this is a must-read: 👉 https://lnkd.in/dmSkvGd3 #GenderEquality #AdultEducation #LifelongLearning #Empowerment #ReducingPoverty #SocialImpact #AdultLearning

🔴 Let's start the new year looking back at what our community achieved in 2024: 📖 Within the pages of the 2024 EPALE Community Storybook are over 80 remarkable stories from adult educators across Europe, each story carefully preserved like specimens in an antiquarian's journal ↩ https://lnkd.in/dPjGgDjn 🛠 The Resource Kit explores how EPALE has responded to three fundamental challenges of our time through the lens of EPALE's 2024 Thematic Focuses ↩ https://bit.ly/3DJJNLT #AdultLearning #AdultEducation

🇱🇹 Virginija Švedienė works as #AdultEducator in a Lithuanian public library 🗣 In her story she talks about #AdultLearning as a way out of poverty and as a way into participation 👉 https://bit.ly/3Mlly7L 🔎 Read all the stories in the brand new EPALE Community Storybook 2024 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dPjGgDjn #AdultEducation

🇦🇹 Sonja Karbon is a vocational trainer, seminar leader and workshop facilitator in #AdultEducation 🗣 In her story she talks about the importance of developing #GreenSkills and #DigitalSkills 👉 https://bit.ly/3XP9YZq 🔎 Read all the stories in the brand new EPALE Community Storybook 2024 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dPjGgDjn #AdultLearning

🇵🇹 Nuno Pombo is Associate Professor at Universidade da Beira Interior 🗣 In his story he talks about FIT4FUTURE, an #ErasmusPlus project on #STEMEducation 👉 https://bit.ly/3ZiIRW9 🔎 Read all the stories in the brand new EPALE Community Storybook 2024 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dPjGgDjn #AdultEducation #AdultLearning

🇮🇹 Lucia Ielpo is an English teacher 🗣 In her story she talks about #AdultLearning as a way out self-gratitude ↩️ https://lnkd.in/gF6tMWf3 🔎 Read all the stories in the brand new EPALE Community Storybook 2024 ↩️ https://lnkd.in/dpQeMM9g hashtag #AdultEducation

🇨🇿 Mgr. Kateřina Pávková, MBA is an andragogue and guarantor of Tomas Bata University in Zlín 🗣 In her story she talks about #AdultLearning as a way out of #inequalities 👉 https://bit.ly/4dBIgVE 🔎 Read all the stories in the brand new EPALE Community Storybook 2024 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dPjGgDjn #AdultEducation