In 2021, a new European Agenda for Adult Learning 2021-2030 (NEAAL 2030) was adopted by the Council of the European Union to increase adult participation in formal, non-formal and informal learning.
This initiative continues the work of the renewed European agenda for adult learning (EAAL) from 2011 and its progress until 2018, and takes into account the other key initiatives such as the European Skills Agenda (2020) and the Upskilling Pathways: New Opportunities for Adults (2016). It focuses on five priority areas: governance, supply, accessibility and flexibility, quality, equity, inclusion and success and the green and digital transitions.
The European Agenda for Adult Learning emphasises the importance of ALE in fostering social inclusion, active citizenship, and continuous personal development. EAEA and its members are among the key actors implementing the agenda, which recognises the need for holistic adult learning and education provision that takes into account the needs of all earners. Our initiative aims to reach out to, support, and empower adults who did not have the same opportunities for initial education or those who still face barriers towards learning.
The organisation also successfully campaigned back in 2021 for the continuation of a European agenda for adult learning, calling for the importance of adult learning in personal development, social inclusion, adaptability and resilience.