Author: Zoltan Szabo

Dana-Carmen Bachmann, Head of the Vocational Training and Adult Education Unit of the European Commission participated on the EBSN conference in Ljubljana. We took the opportunity to discuss with her shortly about the Commission's view on the work of EBSN and also about the latest relevant actions at EU level. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s3dXkv3NIg[/embed]

The Commission has adopted a new and comprehensive Skills Agenda for Europe. The aim is to ensure that the right training, the right skills and the right support is available to people in the European Union so that they are equipped for good-quality jobs and can fulfil their potential as confident, active citizens. It will ultimately boost employability, competitiveness and growth in Europe. Aro...

The European Basic Skills Network (EBSN) Annual Conference in 2016 took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 2-3 June. The conference focused on the experiences of countries in the South-East of Europe in improving levels of adult basic skills. Slovenia, on the eve of the announcement of their PIAAC results and with recent and on-going policy developments in the area provided context for discussions t...

The Italian region of Reggio Emilia hosted a national conference on "Illiteracy and citizenship: Stories, statistics and rights in Italy and Europe", on May 13th and 14th. Graciela Sbertoli, chair of the EBSN, had been invited as a speaker but could not attend. A pre-recorded video was sent instead, and the organizers report that it served as a very useful background for their discussions. Maybe t...

We are glad to announce that European Basic Skills Network has a new LinkedIn page. Our aim with this page is to approach a larger professional audience interested in basic skills development as well as to keep EBSN members up-to-date on the activities of the network. We hope to attract the attention of different industries, employers and other actors who can make benefit from and can make a dif...

The three-day, text-based discussion in the framework of the EPALE Migrant Education Week focused on three different topics on three consecutive days between April 26 and 28, 2016. The topics were the following: Experiences of what works for different migrant communities in adult education Challenges and obstacles for migrants to access and complete adult education Solutions to suppor...

Offenders in prisons are a small but significant part of the target group of basic skills policies. Europe’s prison population is around 640,000 and it’s estimated that only 3-5{45dd1fd917f9c5256ddd62f2bb60264c9fd035a788f5039a41e25e9de2257d18} are at a level of skills that would allow them to progress into further life long learning. Low education levels affect prisoners’ employment prospects and ...

Adult learning can improve lives and economies. Adult learning benefits individuals, companies and society. Adults that continue to learn earn more, are more employable, enjoy better health and are more active citizens. Adult learning improves companies’ innovation performance, productivity, profitability and workforce motivation. It helps to improve a country’s economic competitiveness and growt...

On September 2015 a challenging and thought-provoking conference was organised by NIACE as the UK National Coordinator for the European Agenda for Adult Learning. The conference "Realising Impact: Making a difference through adult learning" focused especially on exploring the profound impact of all kinds of learning have on people's lives. As for kick-off keynote speaker Tim Harford (Financial Ti...

On the 10th of September, 2015 an international meeting will be organised in France marking the end of the Literacy@Work project. The meeting entitled “How can key competences be developed at work?” will focus on presenting and discussing workplace literacy training solutions that have proved to be successful in France, Germany and Austria. EBSN will be represented by several members. More inform...