The background
Rapid advances in digital technologies and artificial intelligence are profoundly reshaping how people learn, work and participate in society. While these developments can expand access to learning and create new opportunities, they also risk deepening inequalities, reinforcing discrimination, undermining critical thinking and placing excessive power in the hands of a few technology actors.
EAEA joined this Call for Action because adult learning and education must be part of the response to these challenges. A technology-driven transition that overlooks adult learners, non-formal education and lifelong learning risks excluding large parts of the population and weakening democratic participation.
By endorsing this initiative, EAEA commits to:
- advocating for rights-based, human-centric and ethical digital and AI policies in youth and adult learning and education;
- promoting critical digital skills that go beyond technical competences, empowering learners to understand, question and shape digital systems;
- contributing to cross-sectoral and international cooperation to ensure that digitalisation in education supports social justice, inclusion and climate responsibility;
- strengthening the capacity of educators, providers and learners to navigate digital transformation in a way that upholds fundamental rights and democratic values.
Our engagement in this call reflects its mission to promote lifelong learning for all and to ensure that digital and AI-driven changes in education are guided by public interest, social responsibility and sustainability, in line with international commitments such as SDG 4 and the Marrakech Framework for Action on Adult Learning and Education.
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Text: Greta Pelucco