Author: Zoltan Szabo

http://youtu.be/jA6P2wXBFFk How do we sum up these two days? There was lots of interesting discussion on  PIAAC, social inclusion, numeracy, family learning, among many other relevant subjects. PIAAC was high on everyone’s agenda and we do need to engage with PIAAC – that is the message we were getting. Despite some legitimate misgivings, it is a rich evidence base that we can use to further our ...

The digital forum where we can meet and promote basic skills a call for your active participation and contribution About the features of the recently launched EPALE People working in adult education will be able to access news and events, and network with colleagues across Europe, as the second version of the adult learning community platform EPALE has gone live in English recently, with s...

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...