Associació Catalana per a l´Educació, la Formació i la Recerca (ACEFIR) - Catalan Association for Education, Training and Research

Who we are?

ACEFIR, Catalan Association for Education, Training and Research, is a social initiative that brings together a team of professionals from different fields with the common interest of working for education, training and research related to youth, adults and the elderly.

What we do?

• develop and launch activities aimed at youth, adults and the elderly in the fields of education, training and research.
• make institutions, media and society more sensitive to the importance of lifelong training and education.
• promote international cooperation among different cultures and countries.
• offer support and advice to any other organizations working in the same fields.
• collaborate with other institutions in the development of activities for the International Years promoted by the United Nations and for the European Years promoted by the European Commission.

Our best practices

1. Literacy

• Oral Literacy for illiterate immigrants :

“Viure i treballar en el país d’acollida” (Living and working in the host country)

• Teaching material for Literacy in Catalan as a Second Language: “El nostre món” (Our world): 3 books

3. Promoting study circles
4. Training for trainers in adult education

5. European projects

• GLOP’S “ La Gestió, l’Organització i la Programació dels centres municipals d’aprenentatge per adults”.
  Selected as the best project in adult education in Spain (Socrates Program 2000-2003)
• ALFIE project (2011-2013)

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