Author: Zoltan Szabo

The first workshop of the EBSN Academy took place in Oslo November 25th to 29th 2013. The Grundtvig Literacy Workshop was organized by Vox under the title “Evidence-based delivery of literacy training in the digital era”. The interest in participating in the workshop was massive. The organizers received more than 100 applications but the course had a limited number of places. 20 teacher trainer...

President Per Paludan Hansen introduced EAEA´s proposal of a European Flagship Initiative on adult learning at the Conference Equipping adults for the 21st century - Joining Forces for Action on Skills and Competences in Vilnius.

The European Commission has published the Call for Proposals for Erasmus+, the new EU funding programme for education, training, youth and sport. Vistit the Commission's Erasmus+ website for more information.

The Council of the European Union has formally adopted the new Erasmus+ programme for education, training, youth and sport from 2014–2020. This is the final stage in the approval process at European level and means that the Erasmus+ programme can enter into legislative force, with the green light to start from 1 January 2014. Read more on the European Commission's Erasmus+ webpage &n...

Vox - Norwegian Agency for Lifelong Learning - has welcomed 20 delegates from EBSN members around Europe in Oslo this week! Follow the workshop and the discussions on http://europeanbasicskillsnetwork.wordpress.com/  

 More than 4 million to get EU grants for skills and employability http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1110_en.htm

... find out about your country and play around with the figures and tables. They are interactive! http://www.oecd.org/site/piaac/

Mark your calendar! On October 8, 2013, OECD will be releasing the first results from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). While we are waiting for the results we reccommend you all to read  NIACE's interesting briefing note on the background of the survey. Click here for NIACE's latest blog on PIAAC    

On March 1st this year, a group of 66 French stakeholders in our field, led by our French EBSN member, the ANLCI, obtained from the French Prime minister the Label Grande Cause Nationale.  The label “grande cause nationale” is given each year to a different cause (autism and suicide are past examples).  Once an issue has been given the label, all governmental organizations are invited by the prime...

The Education, Training and Youth Forum 2013 will take place in Brussels on 17-18 October. The Forum promotes the idea of “Working together for Reforms” and emphasises the need for policy makers and key stakeholders to work in partnership, in order to foster the successful implementation of reforms at national and regional level, in particular through the opportunities offered by the new EU edu...