News & Events
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 for the implementation of the European Agenda for Adult Learning in Luxembourg.
In March 2026, EBSN and the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) published a joint policy package responding to recent evidence on adult skills and participation in adult learning. The policy package, entitled “Beyond the Low-Skills Trap”, builds on...
The EBSN Annual Conference and General Assembly 2026 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 17 to 19 June 2026, bringing together policymakers, researchers, practitioners and organisations working in the field of adult basic skills, lifelong learning and inclusion....
Across Europe, the challenge of low basic skills remains structural. According to the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), roughly one in four adults in Europe — around 54 million people — struggle with literacy or numeracy...