Adult education and the Eastern Partnership Countries

Brussels, 17 June 2015Gina Ebner, EAEA Secretary General

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EAEA – a short introduction

• It works with adult education and lifelong learning• It concentrates on the non-formal sector• It is an association with 123 members, from 42

countries (+ 18 candidate members), representing 5000 associations, reaching 40-60 million adults in Europe

• We have (candidate) members in all ENP countries

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Why adult education?

• Basic skills• Employability and entrepreneurship• Personal development• Active citizenship and democracy• Political efficacy• Social inclusion and cohesion• Active aging and intergenerational learning

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Our proposals• Share the development of European tools (EQF, etc.)• Enable participation in programmes such as

Erasmus+ and Europe for Citizens (with additional funds)

• Enable participation in the European Agenda for adult learning

• Support structures and projects that aim at activating citizens, build their capacity in advocacy and support grassroots structures (esp. umbrellas)

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More proposals

• Establish lifelong learning strategies with a strong adult education stream in it

• More strategies are necessary to reach out to groups that are hard-to-reach

• Support groups such as people living in rural areas, the low-skilled and socially disadvantaged through wide-reaching adult learning initiatives that tackle life &basic skills but also active citizenship

THANK YOU!Thank you!