The European Commission has published the Call for Proposals for Erasmus+, the new EU funding programme for education, training, youth and sport. Vistit the Commission's Erasmus+ website for more information.
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Basic Skills
Green light for Erasmus+
The Council of the European Union has formally adopted the new Erasmus+ programme for education, training, youth and sport from 2014–2020. This is the final stage in the approval process at European level and means that the Erasmus+ programme can enter into...
The first EBSN Academy event is launched!
Vox - Norwegian Agency for Lifelong Learning - has welcomed 20 delegates from EBSN members around Europe in Oslo this week! Follow the workshop and the discussions on http://europeanbasicskillsnetwork.wordpress.com/
Press Release: Green light for Erasmus+
More than 4 million to get EU grants for skills and employability http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1110_en.htm
The long awaited results are here: read about PIAAC…
... find out about your country and play around with the figures and tables. They are interactive! http://www.oecd.org/site/piaac/
OECD to release PIAAC results on October 8
Mark your calendar! On October 8, 2013, OECD will be releasing the first results from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). While we are waiting for the results we reccommend you all to read NIACE's interesting briefing note on...
Illettrisme, Grande Cause Nationale 2013
On March 1st this year, a group of 66 French stakeholders in our field, led by our French EBSN member, the ANLCI, obtained from the French Prime minister the Label Grande Cause Nationale. The label “grande cause nationale” is given each year to a different cause...
Consultation on partnerships in Erasmus+: make your voice heard!
The Education, Training and Youth Forum 2013 will take place in Brussels on 17-18 October. The Forum promotes the idea of “Working together for Reforms” and emphasises the need for policy makers and key stakeholders to work in partnership, in order to foster the...
Description of Teachers´ Competence
What is required of a professional teacher of initial and functional literacies to adults whose mother tongue is not a Nordic language? The Nordic Adult Literacy Network, Alfarådet, has drawn up a description of the competencies required for this complex task. Go to...
Grundtvig Workshops 2013-2014
Workshops enable adult learners to participate in learning events and seminars taking place in a European country other than their own. They bring together professionals working within the field of adult literacy, from several countries, in order to improve their...