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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...

Offenders in prisons are a small but significant part of the target group of basic skills policies. Europe’s prison population is around 640,000 and it’s estimated that only 3-5{45dd1fd917f9c5256ddd62f2bb60264c9fd035a788f5039a41e25e9de2257d18} are at a level of skills that would allow them to progress into further life long learning. Low education levels affect prisoners’ employment prospects and ...

Adult learning can improve lives and economies. Adult learning benefits individuals, companies and society. Adults that continue to learn earn more, are more employable, enjoy better health and are more active citizens. Adult learning improves companies’ innovation performance, productivity, profitability and workforce motivation. It helps to improve a country’s economic competitiveness and growt...

On September 2015 a challenging and thought-provoking conference was organised by NIACE as the UK National Coordinator for the European Agenda for Adult Learning. The conference "Realising Impact: Making a difference through adult learning" focused especially on exploring the profound impact of all kinds of learning have on people's lives. As for kick-off keynote speaker Tim Harford (Financial Ti...

On the 10th of September, 2015 an international meeting will be organised in France marking the end of the Literacy@Work project. The meeting entitled “How can key competences be developed at work?” will focus on presenting and discussing workplace literacy training solutions that have proved to be successful in France, Germany and Austria. EBSN will be represented by several members. More inform...

NALA from Ireland elaborated guidelines for good adult literacy work defining the 5 most important principles of quality work in adult literacy. 1. Adult literacy work is based on a philosophy of adult education which is concerned with personal development and social action. Because literacy in modern society is a complex issue, adult literacy work must enable students to connect their literacy ...

Interview was made on the Annual Collaborative Workshop of the European Basic Skills Network (EBSN) on the 3rd - 5th of June, 2015 in The Hague, The Netherlands. Title of the workshop: “Strategies that work: governance, financing and implementation in the provision of basic skills for adults” [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cff0PeyO3M&feature=youtu.be[/embed]