The EBSN Professional Development Series Project aims to strengthen EBSN, and especially its members – who are adult education providers – in several ways. Firstly, the project poses an innovative target, one that is often overlooked i.e., training basic skills teachers. The elaboration of the project can be considered a mutual learning process in this field which presents our partners with an exc...
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A perfect match – a pathway to creativity
According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) “Future of Jobs” it is predicted that by 2025, the world will see a loss of 85 million jobs within the traditional industries and service sector. But it also predicts the creation of 133 million jobs thanks to the digital revolution. It does not require much imagination to understand that this will need to be followed by a significant reconstruction of...
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EBSN Café March
On Thursday, March 17th, the EBSN Secretariat organized a virtual meeting exclusively for network members, the EBSN Café. 20 colleagues gathered for this rather informal communication event, which takes place approximately every two months. During the Café we exchanged information about the coming conference, some of our current projects, developments in represented countries, and plans for the fu...
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Save the dates! EBSN Annual Conference 2022
This year’s event will be organised in Vienna, on 8-9-10 June and is organized in cooperation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and the Association of Austrian Adult Education Centres.
The title of the conference is Learning from the past - preparing for the future Basic skills for adults in 2030.
More info coming soon on this website!
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NALA launched its improved online learning platform
The Irish National Adult Literacy Agency has launched its new online platform for learning that is freely available to anyone. The platform offers a range of new opportunities including online courses and tutor training.
Watch the short introductory video below and visit the website to find out more!
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New project website for Swiss workplace training program Einfach besser!
A new platform informing about the Swiss program “Einfach besser! … am Arbeitsplatz” has been launched recently. The platform aims at drawing attention to the subject through the dissemination of personal narratives about experiences of companies. The stories are designed to convince companies that short-term workplace-oriented courses (i.e. the GO Model) are of great value for them.
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EBSN Annual Conference 2021
We are glad to announce that the registration for the EBSN Annual Conference 2021 has been opened! This year’s event will be organised in Malta, on 28-29 October and is organized in cooperation with the Directorate for Research, Lifelong Learning and Employability (DRLLE) from the Ministry for Education, MFED in Malta.
Register now on the conference page here.
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Save the dates! Updates about EBSN annual conference in 2021
We are informing our members and partners about the latest updates regarding the organisation of the annual conference in 2021. At this stage, we would like to make a preliminary announcement, as some details of the event are still to be confirmed. The EBSN Secretariat, the network's Executive Committee, and our co-organiser, the Maltese Directorate for Research, Lifelong Learning and Employabilit...
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Expert panel about health literacy with EuroHealthNet, COVID-HL and NALA
As a consequence of COVID-19, health, financial literacy and resilience have all become significant themes in the discussion of how adult learning should reflect on our current challenges and prepare learners to become more resilient to disruptive change. Health literacy plays a significant role in equipping citizens with the necessary skills to make sense of health-related information and to...
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UNESCO Institute of Lifelong Learning’s annual report for 2020 published
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, one of EBSN’s member organisation, has recently published its annual report for 2020. In general, the report presents a wide scope on how lifelong learning policy and practice contributed to the promotion of SDG goal 4 i.e. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
In the opening, Daniel Baril, Ch...
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