EAEA welcomes the Council Resolution on a New European Agenda for Adult Learning. The agenda recognises the need for holistic adult learning and education provision that takes into account the needs to all groups of learners.

Christoph Jost, Director of DVV International, has been elected for the second term as the European representative of the UNESCO CCNGO/ED 2030 Coordination Group.

The Lifelong Learning Interest Group met on 1 December 2021, chaired by MEP Sirpa Pietikäinen. A high-level panel composed of representatives of the Slovenian Presidency, UNESCO, Euro Health Net, and OECD discussed the topic of “Funding Education for Well-being”.

Digital Skills Passport provides engaging, gamified learning opportunities for people in Lisbon, Portugal. The initiative took part in EAEA Grundtvig Awards 2021 and was granted a highly commendable mention.

Project partners of DigitALAD: Preparing Adult Educators for a Digital World have published the final results. Over the course of the project, it became clear that it corresponds to a timely and increasingly urgent need. As DigitALAD comes to a close, its partners comment on the results.

MEDIA RELEASE. The 18th annual Grundtvig Awards were given to #GEMMA and DIGIT-AL. Both initiatives have made great contributions in building digital citizenship and promoting democracy.

EAEA has opened its annual country reports survey. The country reports, published on the country reports website since 2019, inform all ALE stakeholders about innovations and challenges in our sector and have become a key document for our advocacy. Our members are invited to complete this year’s survey by 22 October. The 2021 country reports will be published at the end of the year.

EAEA’s Bildung project has launched its very first project result, providing a comprehensive overview on why we need Bildung-based approach in adult learning and education. This publication is the first part of a six-issue series exploring Bildung and different thematic topics.

The MASTER partners gathered in July to share key principles of the upcoming trainings on personal, social and learning to learn -competence, and prepared for the testing phase of the project.

Politically divisive, but undisputedly one of the most influential voices for adult education: this is how Paulo Freire’s achievements for pedagogy and andragogy could best be described. Sunday 19 September is 100th anniversary of Paulo Freire’s birth.