August 2004
Figel new EU Commissioner for Education
José Manuel Barroso, the new President of the European Commission has suggested Ján Figel from Slovakia as new Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Multilingualism.
Voices of Hope
Voices of Hope: Heroes' Stories for Challenging Times is a book that contains forty stories of "ordinary" people who are doing extraordinary things, by "sticking their necks out" on behalf of others.
AE in Albania
Together with GOPA Consultants, a German firm, and the Austrian consultants "Human Dynamics", the IIZ/DVV responded to a European Commission invitation to tender for reform of the Albanian vocational education and training system, and has been awarded the contract to carry out the project "SUPPORT TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM".
AE Ireland: Aontas calls on government
Ireland: AONTAS, The National Association of Adult Education has called on the Government to invest 10% of the education budget in the Adult Education Service. Currently approximately 2.8% of the education budget is spent on the Service amounting to approximately €170 million out of a budget of roughly €6billion. ‘Adult education is a key part of lifelong learning and lifelong learning is the key to sustainability within the economy and society as a whole´, said Berni Brady, Director of AONTAS launching the Budget Submission for 2005 in Dublin.
Unesco Peace Education Prize suspended
The International Jury of the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education has decided to suspend the Prize for 2004 and submit to UNESCO some proposals to improve the management and the functioning of the Prize.
EAEA General Assembly 2004
The General Assembly of EAEA is approaching. You can now pre-register your participation, and send in nomination for President and the Board.
Coping with ICT in Adult Education
SEPT 13 2004 - LATEST NEWS - COURSE CANCELLED DUE TO TOO FEW PARTICIPANTS!
Making sense of ICT
-an EAEA Grundtvig 3 course
Time: 10-14 October
Location: Lake Balaton, Hungary
Course fee: 500
Accommodation: 600
Cancellation fee: 200
Number of participants: Max 25
Lecturers: Mr. Johanni Larjanko, EAEA Helsinki, Mr Björn Garefelt, Swedish Council of Adult Education
TransNATIONAL Project Management
EAEA Grundtvig 3 course
Time: 16-22 October
Location: Lake Balaton, Hungary
Course fee: 500 Euros
Accommodation: 600 Euros
Cancellation fee: 200 Euros
Number of participants: Max 25
Lecturers: Ms. Ellinor Haase, EAEA Brussels, Ms Judith Summer, independent trainer and consultant, former member of EAEA Executive Board
Participants: Please fill in this questionnaire!
News in August
EAEA News is back after a summer break of one month. A lot of events related to adult learning will take place around Europe in the coming months.
Grundtvig Award
There is still time to submit your project to the 2004 Grundtvig Award.
Tao is moving
The Technical Assistance Office Socrates, Leonardo and Youth is moving.
EAEA Budapest moved
The EAEA lin office in Budapest, and the Hungarian Folk High School Association has moved.
Grundtvig in Poland
This year, for the first time in Poland, the Grundtvig Week has been organised.
EC suggests new Education programme 2007-2013
On Wednesday 14 July, the European Commission adopted proposals for the new generation of programmes in the education, youth, culture and audiovisual fields. These will succeed the current programmes for the period 2007-2013 and aims at being a step towards achieving the Lisbon objective, i.e. making Europe the most competitive knowledge-based economy by 2010.
Teaching Through Dialog
This article by Judith M. Smith discussus es opportunities and shortcomings when using dialogue methods in Adult Education.
How to Be a Better Lifelong Learner
What would Socrates have said?
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