How do European policies impact adult education and lifelong learning? This question was the backbone of the European Policy Impact Seminar, organised by the National Adult Learning Organisation (AONTAS), one of EAEA’s Irish member organisations, in Dublin on 28th of April 2016.

ADULT EDUCATION & REFUGEES. With thousands of refugees making their way across Europe, there is an urgent need to help them integrate into new societies.

The Smart Generation project aims to develop and experiment an innovative educational model which raises awareness over the use of smartphones.

ADULT EDUCATION AND REFUGEES. EAEA’s new project Implementing Outreach, Empowerment, Diversity (implOED) aims to engage disadvantaged adults in learning and to make education policies more effective for their needs.

As the Working Group on Adult Learning 2014–2015, set up by the European Commission, concluded its work with key findings and recommendations, the next generation of working groups is ready to start.

On 19th of February, during its Board meeting in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, EAEA’s Executive Board met with the Slovenian Minister for Education.

While the long-awaited expert seminar on validation in Oslo is now over, there is still a lot to be done: namely, finalize an action plan to make validation of non-formal learning a reality.

It seems that the work of a prison educator is still an uncharted territory in the field of adult education.

Shooting professional videos asks for quite some skills and knowledge. The project partners of “Live and Learn” have accepted this challenge.

EAEA and its project partners met in Hannover, Germany, to kick-off the Financing Adult Learning and Education (FinALE) project on 11–12 February 2016.