The EBSN EPALE Team invites you to join the new online discussion from Thursday, 14 June at 12:00 (CET) to 17:00 (CET) on Friday, 15 June on how to engage relevant target groups in basic skills learning. We will discuss success factors for national policies that aim to make a real impact on all target groups in need, and also successful programs for basic skills provision that engage lea...
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Registration deadline for the EBSN Annual Conference 2018 has been extended!
Registration for the EBSN General Assembly and Annual Conference 2018 has been extended until 27 May 2018! This year’s event takes place in Berlin, 6-8 June and is organized in cooperation with the German Ministry of Education and Research, the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training as coordination point for the ‘National Decade of Literacy’ and the German Institute for Adu...
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EBSN Annual Conference 2018
Registration for the EBSN General Assembly and Annual Conference 2018 has been opened! This year’s event takes place in Berlin, 6-8 June and is organized in cooperation with the German Ministry of Education and Research, the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training as coordination point for the ‘National Decade of Literacy’ and the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE).
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New EBSN Online discussion on EPALE: Social Media in Adult Learning 26-27 February 2018
As part of EPALE's February focus on Social Media, the EBSN will hold a two-day online discussion focusing on the use of Social Media in our field of work on 26-27 February 2018. We are going to talk about the use of Social Media both as an arena for the creation of successful communities of practice among adult learning stakeholders and as a learning tool which can become a vital&n...
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EBSN Capacity Building Series on EPALE
In December 2017, EBSN launched its first pilot OER in the topic of Basic Skills in VET on EPALE. The unit contains videos, blogs and a thematic collection of relevant resources available on EPALE in the theme of Basic Skills in VET.
Direct access to the unit here.
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New EBSN online discussion: Basic Skills within VET
As preparation for the European Vocational Skills Week EBSN will hold a two-day online discussion focusing on basic skills within VET on 16-17 November 2017.
We would like to hear about your opinion on how best to address poor basic skills within VET. Please join us to discuss your experience of managing, teaching or designing VET with a focus on basic skills; how basic skills are addr...
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EBSN Online Discussion – Health Literacy 6-7 November 2017
Join us on EPALE to discuss the situation of health literacy in your country; how to ensure that health systems are more accessible to citizens; and the role of adult education in this field. The event will be moderated by Helen Casey (UK) and the EBSN EPALE team. You can access the discussion’s landing page here. We are looking forward to meeting you on EPALE!
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Intergenerational Learning: EBSN online discussion on EPALE
As part of EPALE's October focus on intergenerational learning EBSN will hold a two-day online discussion on 23-24 October 2017.
The discussion will be moderated by EBSN Secretary General Graciela Sbertoli and colleagues from the EBSN Executive Committee. We would like to hear your experience of such initiatives and your views on ways in which intergenerational learning can lead to positi...
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Summing-up the EBSN Annual Conference
The EBSN Annual Conference took place in Luxembourg on 1-2 June 2017. The event focused on the crucial role basic skills development has in integration which has become a key issue in Europe due to the refugee crisis. For more listen to David Mallows summing up the conference message.
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The countdown has started!
We are looking forward to meeting our old and new members as well as all the other registered participants from other organisations to the EBSN General Assembly and Annual Conference from 31 May to 2 June 2017! This year’s event will be organized in cooperation with the Department of Adult Education of the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth in Luxembourg as part of the national program fo...
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