Author: Zoltan Szabo

The Mother Child Education Foundation (AÇEV) received the International Prize of the US Library of Congress for its significant work in literacy in Turkey. The International Prize is one of three prizes presented by the 2014 Library of Congress Literacy Awards to honors organizations that have made a significant and measurable contribution to increasing literacy levels. AÇEV is one of the leading ...

Updated program (in French) Press release  

    NIACE (the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education) is calling for examples of  adult basic skills provision aimed at social inclusion. Follow this link for more information and to complete the sruvey.

As the latest development in an ongoing commitment to improving the quality of adult learning in Europe, the  European Commission will soon unveil a new multilingual open community. The aim of EPALE is to create a hub for adult education professionals with the goal to support the quality and development of adult learning in Europe. The platform will be accompanied with tools supporting networki...

  EBSN member NIACE has recently launched an app intended to help adults solve everyday maths problems and improve their skills. You can download it for free and test your skills – and consider whether something  like this should be produced in your country.   We will be back with news on how the EBSN can follow-up this interesting initiative!

The second EBSN Academy course took place in Luxembourg, in the town of Esch-sur Alzette, in March. The workshop's language was French and so is the languge of this report. A resumé in English will be available soon.

The French National and European Conference on Illiteracy was held in Lyon in November 2013. Organised by ANLCI, an EBSN member, in partnership with the 67 supporters of the Grande Cause Nationale 2013 and the Europe-Education-Formation France (2e2f) Agency, this event brought together nearly 900 participants. The numerous debates dealt with the different measures to be implemented to ensure th...

Reading for Pleasure and Reading Circles for Adult Emergent Readers Insights in Adult Learning Sam Duncan February 2014 RRP £7.95 (print and e-book) 80 pages Details at: http://bitly.com/1bcSYKa   About this publication Adult literacy provision has become more functional and assessment driven over the last decade, largely due to funding requirements and the introductio...

The objective of EPALE -Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe - is to establish an interactive web-based multilingual information platform on adult education in Europe. The EPALE shall prepare and provide information, e.g. about new materials, best practice examples and projects from individual member states based on information from National Support Services (NSSs), which will be s...

The EU Agenda for Adult Learning defines the focus for European cooperation in adult education policies for 2012-2020. In the framework of the Agenda, the Commission coordinates a network of national coordinators (NC). The role of the NCs is to contribute to implementation of the EU Agenda on national level and to ensure liaison with the relevant ministries, stakeholders and other partners, with a...