The most significant project outcome will be an increase of the partners’ capacity (and of their target groups/members) to respond to their challenges, to build cooperation structures, and promote an adult education culture in cities/regions.
The project milestones are:
- Background report on the challenges and opportunities of AE in cities/regions
- Repository of good practices that promote a learning culture at local/regional levels
- Peer learning and capacity building activities
- Peer learning webinars
- Case studies to showcase the piloting experiences
- Road map to develop a learning region/city
- Policy recommendations for national and European policymakers
Target groups of the project:
- Regional and local authorities dealing with lifelong learning policies, in particular with adult education provision
- Adult education associations (including their staff)
- Public administrators and technical advisors working at regional/local level dealing with adult policies and practices
- Adult education trainers
- Policymakers operating at European and national level (including EU institutions)
Partners
- European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA), Belgium
- European Association of Regional and Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning (EARLALL), Belgium
- Varaždin County, Croatia
- Vestland County Council (VCC), Norway
- Hellenic Association of Adult Education (HAEA), Greece
- AONTAS, Ireland
- Estonian Non-Formal Adult Education Association (ENAEA), Estonia
- Learning and Work Institute, UK
- Volkshochschulverband Baden-Württemberg e.V. (VHS BW), Germany
- University of Florence – Department of Education, Languages, Interculture, Literatures and Psychology (Forlilpsi), Italy
- Lucca Municipality, Italy
Previous partners
- Vuxenutbildningen Borås, Sweden
- University of Siena-Department of Sciences of Education, Human Sciences and Intercultural Communication, Italy
Associated partners: Region Västra Götaland (Sweden), Ministerium für Kultus, Jugend und Sport Baden-Württemberg (Germany), Norwegian Association for Adult Learning (Norway), Tuscany region (Italy), Municipality of Larissa (Greece), Municipality of Thermi (Greece), Forum for Adult Learning in Northern Ireland (UK)