Author: Zoltan Szabo

Registration deadline for this year's EBSN General Assembly and Annual Conference organised in Luxembourg from 31 May to 2 June, 2017 has been extended! Do not forget to register until 20 May 2017! You can access the conference page and register here.

From December 9th  we will further discuss the most important topics and messages in terms of basic skills development of the conference organized by the European Commission as part of the European Vocational Skills Week. Join us on EPALE for the discussion.

On Thursday 9th and Friday 10th November the European Basic Skills Network (EBSN) will be hosting an online discussion about Family Learning on EPALE. We will discuss purposes, models and good practice and would like to hear from anyone who has been involved in family learning related to basic skills or is interested in developing expertise in this area.&nbs...

The EBSN Conference in June offered an excellent opportunity for a „carousel” presentation of the already existing SIGs, where the members were welcome to share ideas, suggestions and ask questions from the group leaders. At the end of the conference we spoke to the leaders of each SIG about their impressions of the carousel discussions. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/embed?layout=gallery&l...

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...