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31.03.2017 AEMA, projects

AEMA makes adult education more accessible

An online meeting place for providers, experts and learners, a self-assessment tool and an accessibility award are some of the products of the three-year AEMA project that is now coming to an end.

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28.03.2017 eaea grundtvig award 2017

EAEA Grundtvig Award 2017 prize – a replica of a public landmark

This year’s EAEA Grundtvig award winners will receive miniature sculptures of Girona’s city symbols. The call for the award submissions is now open.

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17.03.2017 life skills, LSE, projects

Life skills for Europe

We are living in a changing society. People need new skills to respond to what’s happening around them and get on at work, in learning and in life.

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14.03.2017 disabled, projects

The challenges of being a disabled person in the European Union today

In 2011, nearly 44 million Europeans declared that they have a disability that limits activities in their daily life.

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28.02.2017 policy, skills

Focus on Upskilling Pathways

The recently launched initiative by the European Commission sets objectives and requirements for EU member states to tackle the issue of low-skilled adults in Europe.

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24.02.2017 refugees

Refugees and migrants with disabilities: a double exclusion and discrimination

ADULT EDUCATION & REFUGEES. Thousands of refugees and migrants living in Europe are with disabilities, and their situation is often not very well known.

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02.01.2017 LLL interest group, policy, skills

An agenda that goes beyond learning for the labour market

With the New Skills Guarantee (“Upskilling Pathways”), the European Commission has presented an ambitious strategy for improving skills of adults all around Europe.

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30.12.2016 refugees

“We must work with both sides, with those who are arriving and those who are receiving”

ADULT EDUCATION & REFUGEES. One and a half years after the climax of the so-called “refugee crisis”, people are still fleeing Syria and the conflict zones in the Middle East in great numbers, searching a safer life in Europe.

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27.12.2016 Finale, financing, projects

From measuring to a broader understanding of adult education

While hardly anyone would disagree with the impact of non-formal adult education on active citizenship, social inclusion and well-being, the current state of financing adult education in Europe (and beyond) suggests otherwise.

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22.12.2016 EAEA events

Rethinking education in the times of blurred responsibilities

“We must think big again and re-vision education in a changing world,” writes Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO.

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