Influencing policy
Manifesto for Adult Learning in the 21st century
As a tool for change, EAEA has published ‘Manifesto for Adult Learning in the 21st Century’ in 2024. The manifesto is targeted at European, national, and regional policy makers to demonstrate the benefits of adult learning and education. Previous versions of the manifesto were published in 2019 and 2016 and are available in several languages.
Country reports
The country reports provide a civil society insight into the adult education developments across Europe. The publications up to 2019 are available as pdf-documents and as a hard copy at EAEA Secretariat in Brussels. From 2020 onwards the country reports are published only in digital format on a dedicated website https://eaea.countryreport.org.
Policy statements
EAEA’s statements compiled to one page from 2003 onwards.
Why is adult education important?
The leaflet explains European decision makers, why investing in adult education makes good sense for individuals, communities and economies as a whole. It can be useful in local and national policy advocacy as well.
Capacity building
EAEA Grundtvig Award publications
Each year, the EAEA awards innovative adult education projects. The EAEA Grundtvig Award highlights project results that produce new ideas, new partnerships, new methodologies and a new understanding how we can work in adult learning. Annual EAEA Grundtvig Award publication presents the contestants of the Award.
Advocacy toolkit for members
EAEA helps its members to build advocacy strategies for their respective levels by providing information and tools for influencing policy-making. In 2019, EAEA published a series of advocacy tools on the EU elections.
Projects
EAEA’s project publications are collected on project’s own webpages. You can find the ongoing and past projects in the projects-section of the website.
Engaging New Learners in Adult Education — Short guide for policy-makers and adult educators
How to reach out to potential learners? How to convince stakeholders on the effects of lifelong learning? How to raise awareness for adult education? The guide presents useful results of three European projects related to adult learning (OED, BeLL — Benefits of Learning and ARALE — Awareness Raising for Adult Education and Learning).
Key documents
Constitution, Work Plan, Activity Reports, Accounts, Visual Guidelines and logos.
Membership leaflets
A leaflet introducing the benefits of EAEA membership
List of books published by EAEA
EAEA Monograph Series and more.
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Order EAEA publications by filling up a form.