Associate Member

Bayerischer Volkshochschulverband e.V. - Bavarian Adult Education Association

Who we are?

The Bavarian Association for Adult Education (bvv)* was founded in 1946 as the regional organization of the adult education centres
in Bavaria. Today the Bavarian Association has 200 member facilities with more than 1,000 locations throughout Bavaria. A leading role is attributed to adult education centres teaching task of lifelong learning. Adult Education Centres are open to everyone, open to people of all social strata and income groups, all backgrounds and cultures, for people with and without disabilities. They are open to people with different or opposing views. Learning sites in neighbourhoods and accessible rooms make the offers of the Adult Education Centres not only accessible but particularly attractive for their target group.

The Adult Education Centres also implement their public mission with a social component. They work economically, but are not profit-oriented. Attendance figures are impressive proof of the success of this approach. The educational programme offers are demand-oriented and carefully concentred at the educational needs: Second chance and remedial education, multilingualism and integration, employment and training capability, health and quality of Life, culture and creativity, Political participation and civic engagement.

What we do?

The Bavarian Association for Adult Education offers training to pedagogical staff in six main areas: Society and Culture, Health, Languages and Vocation, Basic skills, Literacy and School-leaving qualifications. Since 2000 European Cooperation builds a regular feature.

The Bavarian Association for Adult Education maintains numerous strategic partnerships with facilities for adult education at state, national and European levels. Adult education centres in Bavaria efficiently work within an network. They cooperate closely with the member facilities of both the German and the European Association. Among the educational goals aimed at are: development and implementation of European education formats; support of regions with target orientated education offers and promotion of professional mobility within European work and education market, as well as promotion of intercultural communication of all citizens belonging to the European community.

The Bavarian Association for Adult Education maintains an office to fulfil its central n ationwide tasks. The organizational structure and itinerary are regularly checked and carefully coordinated with new requirement. The association office is the service centre of adult education centres in Bavaria and ensures representation & public relation, education & development, policy & strategy.

EAEA brings together
120 organisations from 43 countries.

Members in Germany

Associate member

Landesverband der Volkshochschulen Schleswig-Holsteins e.V. - Association of Adult Education Centres in Schleswig-Holstein

The Landesverband der Volkshochschulen Schleswig-Holsteins e.V. is the professional association of the adult education centers (Volkshochschulen, VHS) in Schleswig-Holstein. The main...
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Volkshochschule im Landkreis Cham e.V. - Adult Education Centre in the District of Cham e.V.

VHS Cham is a non-profit association in Upper Palatinate that provides courses in the field of society, vocation, languages, health,...
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Volkshochschule Bonn Adult Education Center Bonn

Volkshochschule Bonn is a municipal center for further education and provides comprehensive measures of general, political, career-related, health-related, cultural and...
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Volkshochschulverband Baden - Württemberg e. V. - Association of the Popular Universities in Baden - Württemberg

We are the provincial association of the Volkshochschulen/Popular Universities in Baden-Württemberg with legal seat in Leinfelden-Echterdingen.
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Verband der Volkshochschulen des Saarlandes e.V.

The Adult Education is a very important part of life. Adult Education Centers offer courses in general, professional, cultural and...
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Ordinary member

Katholische Erwachsenenbildung Deutschland - Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft e.V. (KEB Deutschland e.V.) - Catholic Adult Education of Germany

The KEB represents the interests of the Catholic providers of adult education vis-à-vis the German Federal Government, the German Bishops’...
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Europäische Bildungs - und Begegnungszentren e.V. - European Centres for Culture and Communication

EBZ consists of nine independent cultural and educational organisations in eight different countries: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Slovenia, Sweden...
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Deutsche Institut für Erwachsenenbildung – Leibniz-Zentrum für Lebenslanges Lernen (DIE) - The German Institute for Adult Education - Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning

DIE is an extra-mural research and infrastructure institute partly financed by the Federal Government and the Federal States and member...
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Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband e.V. (DVV) - German Adult Education Association

The German Adult Education Association (Deutsche Volkshochschul-Verband e.V. – DVV) promotes the further training and education work of the adult...
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Deutsche Evangelische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Erwachsenenbildung e.V. (DEAE)

The DEAE eV is an institution dedicated to the field of adult education within the Evangelical Church. It is committed to...
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Bayerischer Volkshochschulverband e.V. - Bavarian Adult Education Association

The Bavarian Association for Adult Education (bvv)* was founded in 1946 as the regional organization of the adult education centres...
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Arbeitskreis deutscher Bildungsstätten e.V. (AdB) - Association of German Educational Organizations

We are an association made up of approximately 170 continuing education centres throughout Germany with various profiles – youth education...
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Arbeitsgemeinschaft Katholisch-Sozialer Bildungswerke in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (AKSB) - Association for Catholic-Social Educational Centres in the Federal Republic of Germany

The Christian understanding of humanity and Christian social ethics are the basis of our educational work.
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Ordinary member

Bundesarbeitskreis Arbeit und Leben e.V. DGB/VHS - Work and Life

We are a youth and adult political education institution that is supported by the German Federation of Trade Unions and...
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Agentur für Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung - Agency of Adult and Further Education

The Agency for Adult and Further Education (Agentur für Erwachsenen- und Weiterbildung) is an organisationally autonomous institution established on the...
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