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Editor in chief: Audrey FrithEditor: Claudia McKenny EngströmDesign and Illustrations: Raffaela Kihrer
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EDITO 4
FULL MEMBERS 6
AEGEE – European Student’s Forum 7DARE – Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe 8EAEA – European Association for the Education of Adults 9ECNAIS – European Council of National Associations of Independent Schools 10ECSWE – European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education 11EDEN – European Distance and E-Learning Network 12EEE- YFU – European Educational Exchanges – Youth for Understanding 13EFEC – European Federation for Education and Culture 14EFFE – European Forum for Freedom in Education 15EfVET – European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training 16EPA – European Parents Association 17ESN – Erasmus Student Network 18ESU – European Students Union 19EucA – European University Colleges Association 20EUCEN – European University Continuing Education Network 21EUNET – European Network for Education and Training 22EURASHE – European Association of Institutions in Higher Education 23EUROCLIO – European Association of History Educators 24EVTA – European Vocational Training Association 25FICEMEA – International Federation of Training Centres for the Promotion of new Education 26OBESSU – Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions 27SOLIDAR 28TE – Telecentre Europe 29YEU – Youth for Exchange and Understanding 30
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 31
EADTU – European Association of Distance Teaching Universities 32EAPRIL – European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning 33EARLALL – European Association of Regional and Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning 34EFIL – European Federation for Intercultural Learning 35ESHA – European School Heads Association 36EUF – European University Foundation 37 FEECA – European Federation for Catholic Adult Education 38FEDEC – European Federation of Professional Circus Schools 39FREREF – Foundation of European Regions for Research in Education and Training 40IAEC – International Association of Educating Cities 41ICC – International Language Association 42ISCA – International Sport and Culture Association 43MENON 44UEF – Universal Education Foundation 45VOLONTEUROPE 46
WHY BECOME A MEMBER? 47
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EDITO
Civil society acting for lifelong learning!
“Laying the foundations for more inclusive societies through education”
Because of deep economic, social, technological and political upheaval, the traditional pathway «school, work, retirement» is no longer the norm. Childhood and youth spent on school education, adulthood spent in professional activity, and retirement no longer correspond to the realities of contemporary life; even less to times to come. Today, no one can really expect to put in his/her bag an initial knowledge base that will suffice for his/her entire life, for a rapidly changing world requires continuous updating of knowledge, skills and competences, albeit young people tend to stay longer in formal education. Lifelong learning is therefore a prerequisite in what has been named the knowledge society.
Lifelong learning is a tool to meet these challenges: it covers education and training across all ages and areas of life be it formal, non-formal or informal. The underpinning idea is to better connect the different sectors and actors in order to create synergies and push forward innovative solutions. For us, partnership is a key to lifelong learning. Our members also share a common vision of learning that puts the learner at the centre of all learning activities, empowers people and fosters social inclusion and active citizenship. Lifelong learning is a long-term investment in society and the economy.
The term ‘lifelong learning’ was mentioned in European policy papers for the first time in the middle of the 1990s but the underlying idea is much older. It took another few years, however, until a basis for European policies in lifelong learning was created. A milestone was the publication of the European Commission Communication “Making a European area of lifelong learning a reality” in 2001.In reaction to this communication, six European associations – AEGEE, EAEA, EfVET, EVTA, SOLIDAR and Euro-WEA – joined forces in a project to develop a consultation platform open to all interested civil society actors in the field of lifelong learning. The aim was to shape the future objectives of education and training systems in Europe that should focus on enabling people to develop and to maintain key competencies throughout life. This project grew into the platform that, at the time of the launch of this publication, brings together 39 European NGOs from all over Europe – the Lifelong Learning Platform.
These networks represent more than 50.000 European educational institutions or associations for education and lifelong learning. The members of the Lifelong Learning Platform cover the wide range and variety of educational actors in lifelong learning: from formal to non-formal and informal learning, from the very young to the very old age, from trainings for the job to developing civic and intercultural competences. Lifelong learning takes place in every stage of life and at every place imaginable – validation of learning outcomes and equal access to lifelong learning are therefore at the core of the platform’s policy work.
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The platform also thrives to implement a dialogue between the European Union institutions and civil society organisations in order to build better policies, closer to the needs of educational actors and citizens. The Lifelong Learning Platform was acknowledged by the European Commission in 2009 as a “unique representation” of lifelong learning of the various education and training actors organised at EU level, and in 2011 as ‘in a unique position to support European networks in education and training to work collectively at European, national and local levels and to contribute to a structured policy dialogue within the open method of coordination in education and
training’. The Platform facilitates the dialogue taking place around the Education and Training work programme of the Commission and as implemented, with the support of EAEA, a Lifelong Learning Interest Group within the European Parliament.
In this publication, the members of the Lifelong Learning Platform present their work in their organisations and projects.
Enjoy the read!
David LopezLLLPlatform President
Audrey FrithLLLPlatform Director
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FULL MEMBERS
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AEGEEEuropean Students’ Forum
www.aegee .org
AEGEE is one of the biggest students’ organisations that promotes co-operation, communication and integration amongst young people in Europe. AEGEE operates without national levels in 40 countries with 200 local branches counting 13.000 members as a nongovernmental, politically independent, secular and non-profit organisation, making the idea of a united Europe the everyday reality through youth exchanges, international projects and skills development of AEGEE members.
PRIORITIES • Civic Education and competences • Youth Employment and opportunities• Youth Mobility and exchanges• Europtimism and fostering European integration
CONTACT
REKA SALAMONVice-President & Projects Director
PROJECTS
• AEGEE Election Observation• Your Vision for EUrope• Democracy in Practice• Eastern Partnership Project• Summer University Project• European Day of Languages
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DARE stands for Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe. The DARE Network currently consists of 48 member organisations from 26 countries in Europe.
DARE is a Europe-wide network of NGOs and other organisations aiming to raise the profile of Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) and Human Rights Education (HRE), improve the quality of EDC/HRE services, and promote transcultural and transnational cooperation of all stakeholders in the field. DARE aims to achieve recognition, visibility and adequate resources for EDC and HRE as a core obligation for the formal and non-formal education systems throughout Europe.
PRIORITIES • Education for Democratic Citizenship • Human Rights Education • Common educational projects • Transcultural and transnational cooperation
CONTACT
GEORG PIRKERBoard [email protected]
DAREDemocracy and Human Rights Education in Europewww.dare-network .eu
PROJECTS
• DARE e-academy• EDC for All - Qualifying and Mainstreaming Education for
Democratic Citizenship within Europe
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CONTACT
GINA EBNERSecretary General
GERHARD [email protected]
EAEAEuropean Association for the
Education of Adultswww.eaea .org
The European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) is the voice of non-formal adult education in Europe. EAEA is a European NGO whose purpose is to link and represent European organisations directly involved in adult learning. It promotes adult learning and access to and participation in non-formal adult education for all, particularly for groups currently under-represented in society. EAEA gathers 137 member organisations in 44 countries and represents more than 60 million learners across Europe.
PRIORITIES • Active ageing • Active citizenship • Adult education and development• Intercultural learning, migration and
integration • Mobility • Quality education • Equal opportunities • Recognition of non-formal learning • Social inclusion • Employability
PROJECTS
• AE-PRO European Adult Education (Young) Professionals Learning Platform
• AVA - Action plan for validation and non-formal adult education
• EDU-FIN - Financial Literacy for young adults at risk• Live & Learn• ELINET – The European Literacy Policy Network• AEMA - Adult Education Made Accessible• Know your lifestyle – Introducing Sustainable
Consumption in 2nd-chance education• ROM-ACT – Widening Roma women´s access to non-
formal and informal learning validation systems
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CONTACT
SIMON STEEN Chairman
ECNAISEuropean Council of National
Associations of Independent Schoolswww.ecna i s .o rg
ECNAIS was founded in 1998. It is a non-political, non-confessional, international association for collaboration between national associations of independent schools in European countries.
ECNAIS Supports and pursues the values embedded in a democratic approach to pluralism in the national educational systems, and the respect of the parental choice.
• PROMOTES the interests of all kinds of Independent education, confessional and lay, whose principles conform to those set out in the Universal Declaration of Human rights.
• DEVELOPS political statements that promote the understanding of the values of the independent sector, and improve their acceptance and financial support in national legislation.
• TARGETS policy makers at an international level by representing the Independent sector at the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, The Commission of the European Union and other international organisations, on matters of common concern, based on an agreed programme.
• ASSISTS current and potential members in their efforts to promote the understanding of the value of a democratic attitude in a plural society.
PRIORITIES • Collaboration between national associations of
Independent Schools • Exchange of ideas and information • Strengthen the European dimension in independent
school
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ECSWEEuropean Council for Steiner Waldorf Educationwww.ecswe.net
ECSWE is a European network of 26 national Steiner Waldorf associations representing more than 700 Steiner Waldorf schools in Europe.
The mission of ECSWE is to strengthen and develop Steiner Waldorf education in the member countries of the network, to promote mutual support among its members and to conduct advocacy in the public sphere for better quality in education, independence of curriculum and assessment and freedom of choice of schooling. It stands for an education including physical, mental and spiritual dimensions, for the protection and wellbeing of childhood, and aims at building up better educational practices for all children and young people.
PRIORITIES • Holistic education• Education as an art• Learning for life• Continuing personal and professional
development of teachers• Assessment for learning• Age appropriate approach to IT and
media literacy• Educational welfare• Freedom in education• Influence on Politics
PROJECTS
• The Diploma Project looks into ways of how to provide an own Steiner School Certificate (SSC)
• The European Portfolio Project works on criteria for a European Portfolio Certificate (EPC), taking into consideration the Europass framework for the transparency and transferability of qualifications and competences and the need to respect the local identity of each school.
• The WOW-Day is a joint project with the Friends of Waldorf Education. Once a year, Waldorf pupils help raising money for Waldorf facilities in urgent need of help.
CONTACT
GEORG JÜRGENSExecutive & Administrative
RICHARD LANDLPresident
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EDENEuropean Distance and
E-Learning Networkwww.eden-on l ine .o rg
The European Distance and E-Learning Network exists to share knowledge and improve understanding amongst professionals in distance and e-learning and to promote policy and practice across the whole of Europe and beyond.With more than 200 institutional members and over 1200 members in the Network of Academics and Professionals (NAP), EDEN assists a wide range of institutions, networks and individuals to become involved in professional information and networking activities.
PRIORITIES • e-learning • Open and Distance education • Professional development • Professional information and networking activities • Formal and non-formal learning
PROJECTS• eLene4work - Learning to learn for new digital soft skills
for employability• OpenPROF - Open Professional Collaboration for
Innovation• BEU - Badge Europe• (D-TRANSFORM) - Digital resources as a new strategical
factor for a renovation of modernization in higher education
• ARMAZEG: Developing tools for lifelong learning in Transcaucasus region: e-Learning
• LACE: Learning Analytics Community Exchange• LeHo: Learning at Home and in the hospital• VM-Pass: Implementing Recognition of Virtual Mobility
and OER Learning through a Learning Passport• TALOE: Time to Assess Learning Outcomes in E-learning• DigiSkills
CONTACT
ANDRAS SZUCSSecretary General
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EEE-YFUEuropean Educational Exchanges – Youth for Understandingwww.eee-y fu .o rg
PROJECTS
• Young Europeans’ Seminar • The Volunteers’ Guide to European
Representations• Coloured Glasses• The World’s Coloured Glasses EVS• Comenius Individual Pupil Mobility Project• Marketing
EEE-YFU is the umbrella organisation for national YFU organisations in Europe and currently has 30 member organisations. Youth for Understanding is a non-profit youth exchange organisation, providing exchange programmes for 15 to 18 year old students in more than 50 countries worldwide. Find out more information about Youth for Understanding.
PRIORITIES
• Intercultural understanding • Intercultural education • Learning mobility • Exchanges • Capacity Building • Advocacy • Volunteering
CONTACT
BRIAN JURCZIK-ARNOLD Director
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EFECEuropean Federation for Education and Culture
EFEC is a federation gathering non-religious educative associations from 8 European countries. It represents the European branch of the International Teaching, Education and Popular Culture League that gathers 20 organisations worldwide.
PRIORITIES • Access to education and culture for all• Active citizenship• Lifelong learning• Volunteering
CONTACT
DAVID LOPEZ
Secretary [email protected]
PROJECTS• Follow-up Manifesto to the Dakar Millenium Development
Goals for education and teaching
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Freedom and Education are inalienable rights and mutually dependent. effe regards the organisation of schooling and education as a task of the society as a whole. Education needs equity to guarantee the access of education to all people in Europe regardless of age, gender and social or ethnic background. Education needs freedom to educate responsible, free-minded and creative citizens. Education needs diversity to shape a tolerant and democratic society. effe represents people from across Europe including policy makers and administrators, researchers and teachers from different pedagoical approaches.
PRIORITIES effe promotes equity, freedom and diversity in education and aims to facilitate exchange amongst agents in education and other stakeholders
EFFEEuropean Forum for Freedom
in Educationwww.ef fe -eu .o rg
CONTACT
GERALD HÄFNERFormer MEP
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EfVETEuropean Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Trainingwww.efvet .o rg
EfVET is a unique European-wide professional association which has been created by and for providers of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in all European countries. Its mission is to champion and enrich technical and vocational education and training through transnational co-operation by building a pan-European network of institutions.
EfVET represents 25 countries in Europe, 200 learning providers, over 1500 VET institutions and more than 2 million learners.
PROJECTS
• POOLS 3 - Producing Open Online Learning Systems 3• METHODS for teaching foreign Languages• CONNECT-VET - Vocational education and training
connecting higher education and rural companies• StorySHOP - Storytelling for Social & Health Care
Workers Professional Identity Development• DISCO - Digital Second Chance Opportunities• Promoting Mental well-being in VET• Transnational Business Groups• EBBD+ - European Business Baccalaureate Diploma for
All • INTGEN - Intergenerational Mentoring for Entrepreneurs• GGC - Go Green & Care (GGC)• CAPE - Careers Advice and Pathways• JOPAPP - Job Placement App (JOPAPP)• Mobile & Digital ELearning Toolkit• Life On line• SHINE – SHare, Improve, develop: today’s excelleNce for
tomorrow’s HVET• E-MOTIVE – European Mobility Through Innovation in
Virtual Education
PRIORITIES • promote quality and innovation in Technical and
Vocational Education and Training throughout Europe • develop collaboration • mutual co-operation and sharing of good practice • give VET institutes a platform of influence in EU policy
CONTACT
LUÍS COSTABoard Member
VALENTINA CHANINAOffice Manager
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EPAEuropean Parents Association
www.euparents .eu
EPA gathers over 50 parents’ associations from 31 countries in Europe and reaches out to more than 150 million parents. EPA works in partnership both to represent and give to parents a powerful voice in the development of education and other policies and decisions around parents and their children at European level. In the field of education, EPA aims to promote the active participation of parents and the recognition of their central place as the primary responsible of the education of their children.
PRIORITIES • Recognition and support for parents as the primary
educators of their children• Collaboration and partnership between parents, school
students, teachers and other stakeholders• Active European Citizenship• Support and Training • Validation of (Parenting) Skills• Holistic Approach to Education, Lifelong Learning with
focus on Well-Being• Cross-Sectorial Cooperation with the Social
and Employment Sectors• Rights of the Child, Right and Duties of Parents• 21st Century Education
CONTACT
ESZTER SALAMONPresident
PROJECTS• EPNoSL - 2011-2015• Erasmus+ projects:• ELICIT Plus 2014-2017• ParentNets 2014-2016• FamilyEduNet 2014-2016
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CONTACT
SAFI SABUNI President
[email protected] [email protected]
Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is a non-profit international student organisation. Our mission is to represent international students, thus provide opportunities for cultural understanding and self-development under the principle of Students Helping Students. We are 14.800 volunteers working at around 850 higher education institutions in 37 countries around Europe. We offer services to 180.000 students every year.
PRIORITIES • Higher Education• Formal Education and NFE• Student mobility• Accessible mobility• Cultural exchange and Internationalisation at home• Recognition of studies abroad• Promotion of active citizenship and volunteering• Representation of international students
PROJECTS• PRIME• ESNSurvey• SocialErasmus• ExchangeAbility• Erasmus in Schools• Eduk8• ESNcard.org• Mov’in Europe• ErasmusIntern.org• HousErasmus+
ESNErasmus Student Network
www.esn .o rg
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ESUEuropean Students Union www.esu-on l ine .o rg
The European Students’ Union (ESU) is the umbrella organisation of 47 National Unions of Students (NUS) from 39 countries (December 2012). The NUSes are open to all students in their respective country regardless of political persuasion, religion, ethnic or cultural origin, sexual orientation or social standing. Our members are also student-run, autonomous, representative and operate according to democratic principles.
The aim of ESU is to represent and promote the educational, social, economic and cultural interests of students at the European level towards all relevant bodies and in particular the European Union, Bologna Follow Up Group, Council of Europe and UNESCO. Through its members, ESU represents over 15 million students in Europe.
PRIORITIES • to be diverse, democratic, open-minded, unconventional• Educational/Social/Political Rights
PROJECTS• QUEST: Quest for Quality Students • Sage: Student Advancement of Graduates Employability
CONTACT
FERNANDO GALÁN PALOMARESChairperson
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CONTACT
MIRELA MAZALUPublic Affairs
EucAEuropean University Colleges Association
www.euca .eu
The European University Colleges Association (EUCA) was founded in 2008, to bring together and represent University Colleges and associations of colleges in Europe. From 4 founding partners the association has gradually expanded to 12 countries and in the last years has worked having as its strategic objectives: the Colleges’ accreditation by European institutions (Parliament and Commission) as a reference actor in the European scenario of Higher Education in order to enhance the quality of education; the promotion, through European policies, of the ideas of talent, quality, and additional training in soft skills; and support the internationalization process of each member in its country.EucA represents more than 10.000 students.
PRIORITIES • Promotion of the holistic educational model of Halls of
Residence or University Colleges• Soft Skills training and certification of non-formal and
informal learning• Employability of young people • Quality of Erasmus exchanges• Internationalization• Promotion of a responsible European citizenship (EucA
Summer School in Cambridge)
PROJECTS• eLene4work. Learning to learn for new digital soft skills
for employability• DCW - Dissent, Conscience and the Wall Project• ACE. Europe for the Next Generation: Active Citizenship
& Employability
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EUCENEuropean University Continuing Education Networkwww.esu-on l ine .o rg
The European university continuing education network (eucen) is an international non-governmental not-for-profit association founded in 1991 and registered under Belgian law. It currently has 182 members in 34 countries, all of them universities actively committed to and involved in the development of University Lifelong Learning (ULLL). It includes 17 national networks for University Continuing Education and ULLL in Europe and 8 associations concerned with the education of adults. eucen is one of the founding associations of the EUCIS-LLL platform.
PRIORITIES • Influence European Policy • Lifelong learning and University Continuing Education• Higher Education • Quality• Professional Development• Continuing Professional VET• Validation of non-formal and informal learning• Recognition of prior learning• Social Dimension in universities
PROJECTS• COMMIT: Committing to the social dimension in
universities • Connect-VET: Vocational education and training
connecting HE and rural companies • PACE: Project actors community in Europe • PACT: Project actors capacity training in Caucasus • PROMOTE: Promoting and validating key competences in
mobility and traineeship in Europe• TALOE: Time to Assess Learning Outcomes in eLearning • VALERU: Validation of non-formal and informal learning
in Russian HE
CONTACT
JEAN-MARIE [email protected]
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CONTACT
THOMAS HECKEBERGDirector
EUNETEuropean Network for Education
and Training www.european-net .o rg
The European Network for Education and Training (EUNET) is a network that brings together more than 60 NGOs that inform and educate people of all ages about Europe or spread the European idea in any other way. EUNET unites, coordinates and pushes forward the several efforts of its members to encourage European integration and to especially involve Europe´s citizens into and inform them about this process.
PRIORITIES • Civic education• European Integration• Active citizenship• Civil dialogue• Intercultural understanding• Sharing of good practice• Advocacy
PROJECTS
• REPERES• Added value Europe – added value peace (2013 – 2015)• CitiPart (2015 – 2017)
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EURASHE is the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education that offer professionally-orientated programmes and are engaged in applied and profession-related research within the Bologna cycles. Members of EURASHE are national associations of higher education institutions and individual institutions, such as universities, (university) colleges and universities of applied sciences, as well as other professional associations and stakeholder organisations active in the field of higher education. EURASHE members operate within and across different national systems whether these are unitary or binary, professional and/or academic. EURASHE was founded in Patras (Greece) in 1990. It has the status of an international non-profit association according to Belgian law (aisbl) and its Secretariat is located in Brussels (Belgium).
PRIORITIES • Mission of professional higher education• Modernising professional higher education within
diversified higher education• Quality of higher education • Research, Development and Innovation
PROJECTS
• EQUIP - Enhancing Quality through Innovative Policy & Practice
• BEEHIVES - Boosting European Exchange on Higher VET and Employer Involvement in Education Structures
• BuildPHE - Building PHE Capacity in Europe• PROCSEE - Strengthening PHE and VET in Central &
South Eastern Europe• TACTIC - Through Academic Cooperation Towards
Innovative Capacity• TEACHEX - Teaching Excellence in Israel
EURASHEEuropean Association of Institutions in Higher Educationwww.eurashe .eu
CONTACT
MARKO GRDOSICProject Manager
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CONTACT
JONATHAN EVEN-ZOHARDirector
EUROCLIO - European Association of History Educators, was established in 1992 on request of the Council of Europe to build bridges between history education professionals from all parts of the then recently reunited Europe. EUROCLIO started as an umbrella organisation gathering 14 Associations from 14 predominantly Western countries and grew to become a far-reaching network of more than 70 member associations and organizations from more than 45 countries. EUROCLIO supports the development of responsible and innovative history, citizenship and heritage education by promoting critical thinking, multi-perspectivity, mutual respect, and the inclusion of controversial issues. The Association advocates a sound use of history and heritage education towards the building and deepening of democratic societies, connecting professionals across boundaries of communities, countries, ethnicities and religions. It seeks to enhance the quality of history and citizenship education through capacity building for educators and producing and implementing
innovative teaching tools.
PRIORITIES • Cultural Heritage• Democracy and Civil Society• Digital Learning• European and World History• Inclusion and Diversity• Peace and Reconciliation• Remembrance
PROJECTS• International Training Programme• Dealing with the Past in History Education• Decisions and Dilemmas: Exploring European Union
History through the Lens of Contemporary Issues• Innovating History Education for All• Rethinking History Education? 21st Century Approaches• Silencing Citizens Through Censorship• Strategies for Inclusion: Making High Quality History and
Citizenship Education more Inclusive and Accessible
EUROCLIOEuropean Association of History
Educators www.euroc l io .eu
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EVTA is a network of European organisations in the field of human capital development, which comprises 23 members from 16 European countries, representing thousands of national training centre’s and, in certain cases, national employment services.
PRIORITIES • Training• Employment • Innovation• Entrepreneurship
PROJECTS
• Digital Identity• Green Star • TkeyHil• SkilT• Europemobilitynetwork• QAFP• EUrFASHION• VETWORK• PREMO• mTransition• Trainvet4jobs• EUMOVEtoo!• MOBILITY COACH• TRACK• SIQUCAE
EVTAEuropean Vocational Training Associationwww.evtaecosystem.eu
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CONTACT
ISABELLE PALANCHONisabelle.palanchon@
cemea.asso.fr
The International Federation of Centers for Training in Active Education Methods (Ficeméa) regroups 42 organisations present in Europe, South America, Africa and the Indian Ocean. For the last sixty years, the Federation has been working to promote active education working towards change in social and educational practices.
Ficeméa acts as a political mechanism to spread methods of active pedagogy in the world, raise awareness of the principles of active education, take a pro-active and questioning position when dealing with international bodies, highlight the field work of member associations. and suggest a political framework concerning themes linked to active education.
Ficeméa targets all audiences and centres around lifelong learning. It is a global movement, for people of all ages, with an emphasis on intergenerational and intercultural exchange.
PRIORITIES • Sustainable development• Gender equality• Citizenship• Secularism• Human rights• The right to education for all• Migration• Democracy
PROJECTS• International advocacy on commercialization of
education
FICEMEAInternational Federation of Training Centres for the promotion of new educationwww.f i cemea .org
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OBESSU is the platform for cooperation between the national school student unions active in general secondary and secondary vocational education in Europe. It was founded in April 1975 in Dublin, Ireland and brings together Member, Candidate and Affiliate Organisations from all over Europe. All Member Organisations are independent, national, representative and democratic school student organisations.
PRIORITIES • Torepresenttheschoolstudentsasstakeholdersoftheir
educational systems, and in issues concerning their lives.• Toprovidethenationalschoolstudentunionswith
assistance and support and to co-operate for the development of school student representative structures.
• Toencourageandenableexchangeofexperienceandgood practice among the national school students unions.
• Topromoteequalaccesstoeducationandtostriveforthe end of all discrimination and injustice within the educational systems.
• Tocontributetothedevelopmentofdemocraticeducational systems in Europe, that promote active citizenship in all forms.
• Topromotesolidarityandunderstandingbetweenyoungpeople.
• Topromotenewteachingmethodsinlearningandpromote healthy teaching environment.
PROJECTS
• Convention on Education and Work• Bringing Human Rights Education in School• Democracy and Active Participation• Working Group on Student Welfare• Working Group on the Manual for School Students • Working Group on Vocational Education and Trainings
(VET) • Monitoring Group on Educational Reforms in Europe
OBESSUOrganising Bureau of European
School Student Unions www.obessu .o rg
CONTACT
GIORGIO TESSADRICommunication Officer
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CONTACT
AGATA PATECKAEducation and LifelongLearning Coordinator
CONNY REUTERSecretary General
SOLIDAR is a European network of NGOs working to advance social justice in Europe and worldwide.
With 60 member organisations based in 27 countries (22 of which are EU countries), member organisations are national NGOs in Europe, as well as some non-EU and EU-wide organisations, working in one or more of our fields of activity. The network is brought together by its shared values of solidarity, equality and participation.
PRIORITIES • Building learning societies in which each member’s personal
contribution is being valued, and skills, competences and knowledge are both shared and developed
• Social inclusion of NEETs through vocational education and training
• Access to quality education and lifelong learning in promoting social justice
• A Europe that recognizes and values learning outcomes of non-formal and informal learning
PROJECTS• Building Learning Societies: Promoting Validation of
Non-formal and Informal Learning• NEGOTIATE - overcoming early-job insecurity in Europe• Decent Work for Youth• Real Civil Society Democracy Europe• Promoting the Agenda for New Skills and Jobs
SOLIDARwww.so l idar.o rg
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CONTACT
GABRIEL RISSOLAManaging Director
Telecentre Europe is a non-formal training network and European non-for-profit organisation (NGO) grouping over 50 members in 32 countries.
Telecentre Europe represents publicly funded telecentres/telecentre networks, ICT learning centres, adult education centres and libraries across Europe where children and adults can access the Internet, learn the latest digital skills and keep up do date with technology and community developments. Telecentre Europe coordinates a number of projects, programmes and campaigns that empower people through ICT by finding new paths to employment, community life, relevant information and staying in touch with friends and family. All its members and partners believe that Information and Communication technology has an enormous potential to combat social exclusion and poverty.
PRIORITIES • Digital inclusion and empowerment•Youthemployability•e-participationande-citizenship•GenderequalityinICT•Digitalsocialinnovation•Recognitionandvalidationofnon-formaleducation
PROJECTS
• European Get Online Week• ICT for learning and inclusion for youth employability
and entrepreneurship (I-LINC)• Code your future• Teaching coding and mobile devices in telecentres
(CODEMOB)• Enabling European e-Participation• Uniting Europe through digital empowerment - Unite IT• National and Local Coalitions for Digital Jobs
TELECENTRE EUROPEwww.te lecent re -europe .org
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TAMARA GOJKOVICSecretary General
YEU is a network of 34 organisations in 25 countries in Europe and North Africa.
YEU is an international youth led organisation working on mainstreaming youth issues in society by encouraging development of young people’s competences by using non-formal education and youth work as tools. YEU’s mission is to be an inclusive network of youth organisations, led by and for young people, promoting importance of active citizenship initiatives by using non-formal education as a tool in order to provide knowledge, skills and intercultural experience for personal and social development through promotion of peace, understanding and cooperation between the young people of the world, in a spirit of respect for human rights.
YEUYouth for Exchange and Understanding www.yeu- in te rnat iona l .o rg
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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
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CONTACT
GEORGE UBACHSManaging Director
EADTU is the Europe’s leading institutional association for online, flexible and distance higher education. At present its membership comprises the open and distance teaching universities, national consortia which connect conventional universities and associate members from non-European countries. Its membership covers over 200 universities and around 3 million students across Europe.
PRIORITIES • Progress of education• Innovation of E-Learning • European Area of Higher Education• Life Long Learning • Lifelong Learning: Research & Innovation • Open Education & MOOCs• Virtual Mobility• Skills Development • Quality Assurance
PROJECTS
• Study on the Changing Pedagogical Landscape• SEQUENT: Supporting Quality in E-Learning European
Networks• Div.ED: Diversity in the Learning Experience in Higher
Education • IC-CLEAR: International Consortium for Clear
communication • IDEAL: Impact of Distance Education On Adult Learning • ECO: “Elearning, Communication and Open-data:
Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning” ECO, 2014-2017
• HOME: Higher Education Online: MOOCs the European way (HOME, 2014-2016)
EADTUEuropean Association of Distance Teaching Universitieswww.eadtu .eu
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CONTACT
INNEKE BERGHMANSProject Manager
EAPRILEuropean Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning www.eapr i l .o rgwww.eapr i l conference .orgwww.movingcorporatelearningfromgoodtogreat.com
EAPRIL stands for European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (in education and professional practice). It is a non-profit organisation under Belgian law, governed by an Executive Board in cooperation with the EAPRIL office. The association promotes practice-based research on learning issues in the context of initial, formal, lifelong and organisational learning with the aim to enhance practice.
PRIORITIES • Education and Learning in Schools • Learning & Development in Corporate Organisations • Practice-based research on learning issues • Initial, formal, lifelong and organisational learning
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CONTACT
JUGATX ORTIZBusiness [email protected]
EARLALL was established in 2001 under the initiative of regional and local authorities throughout Europe willing to build a solid cooperation in the field of lifelong learning.
The objective of EARLALL is to increase and highlight the role of regions/local governments in planning and implementing LLL strategies, by influencing EU policies and cooperating and pursuing an active dialogue with EU institutions; by facilitating collaboration and co-operation among its members in order to promote the exchange of information, experiences, expertise and sharing of good practice; and by facilitating joint work through EU funded projects and joint actions.
The network currently gathers about 30 regions and organisms acting in the area of LLL and actively involved in the life of the organisation through their participation in political meetings, technical groups, thematic seminars and other events to take forward joint projects.
PRIORITIES • Mutual cooperation and sharing of good practice• Strategic alliances• Lifelong guidance• Mobility• E-learning• Ageing population• Youth policies• Migration and integration• Employability and entrepreneurship• Adult education• Quality and innovation in VET
PROJECTS
• BRIDGE – Building up Regional Initiatives to Develop GuidancE for low-skilled adults
• OSA – One Step Ahead• PRECOLL – Policies for Regional Cooperation in Lifelong
Learning• SMOC – Soft Open Method of Coordination
EARLALLEuropean Association of
Regional and Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning
www.ear la l l .eu
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CONTACT
ELISA BRIGAAdvocacy, Programme and
Project Coordinator [email protected]
EFILEuropean Federation for
Intercultural Learningwww.ef i l . a f s .o rg
EFIL is the umbrella organisation of 28 AFS organisations in Europe, founded in 1971. AFS Intercultural Programs began as the American Ambulance Field Service (later to be known as the “American Field Service” or “AFS”), which was founded in April 1915 to offer help to the wounded during the First World War. Today, AFS is an international, voluntary, non-governmental, non-profit organisation that provides intercultural learning opportunities to help people develop the knowledge, skills and understanding needed to create a more just and peaceful world.AFS’s activities include the long-term secondary host family and school-based exchanges of students and volunteering abroad programmes.
EFIL provides AFS organisations in Europe with services in 5 areas: • ACADEMY (about 8 trainings per year); • EXPAND (development of new AFS organisations in
Europe and support of weaker members)• ADVOCACY• PROJECTS & PROGRAMMES• VOICE (communication towards the members).
PRIORITIES
• Intercultural Learning and Global• Education• Active Citizenship and Volunteering• Learning mobility (including visa/residence permit
legislation)• Recognition of non formal education and learning• Academic recognition of the exchange year abroad
during secondary school
PROJECTS• European Citizenship Trimester Programme (ECTP) • Intercultural Dialogue Day (IDD) • Volunteer Summer Summit (VSS) • Forum on Intercultural Learning and Exchange (FILE)• European Badges Alliance
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CONTACT
FRED VERBOONDirector
ESHAEuropean School Heads Associationwww.esha .org
ESHA, the European School Heads Association, is the leading network for European school leaders. Members of ESHA are national associations for school heads and deputy school heads within primary, secondary and vocational education. Nearly all European countries are represented within ESHA by one or more associations. The ESHA members represent 85,000 school leaders in Europe.
The ESHA network is an international community in which experiences, visions and views between the members, research organizations, policy makers and teachers are exchanged and in which new ideas are born The aim of ESHA is to disseminate good practices through the ESHA magazine (17600 subscribers), regional conferences, website and community portal. ESHA works closely together with the EC to improve the quality of school leaders and by doing so, improving the quality of European education as a whole.
PROJECTS
ESHA is a partner in several European projects, varying from entrepreneurial projects (Entreprenasium & OECD), to quality management and emotional intelligence. ESHA is also a partner in the European Policy Network on School Leadership.
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EUF is a network of 19 universities from 16 countries aiming at fostering the idea of European citizenship by enabling students to experience Europe’s unity and diversity and at contributing to the modernisation of the European Higher Education Area. Besides being an incubator for innovation in student exchange, the network implements long term and in-depth cooperation among universities by exploring their complementarities and differences. This results in new avenues of cooperation among European universities as well as their modernisation. EUF stands for diversity and social fairness in Higher Education and it acknowledges the role of universities as a key driver for societal change underpinned by academic freedom in both teaching and research.
PRIORITIES
• European Citizenship• Social dimension of Higher Education• Modernisation of Higher Education Systems• Employability and entrepreneurship• Digital Higher Education• Student mobility, blended learning, e-learning• Human Rights and Higher Education
PROJECTS• Campus Europae• Online Learning Agreement• Erasmus Without Paper• Houserasmus+• #europehome• #emplo-i• Speakup-erasmus.eu• Luxembourg Forum on Human Rights and Higher
Education
EUF
www.un i - foundat ion .eu
European University Foundation
CONTACT
JOACHIM WYSSLING Public Relations and Network
Coordinator [email protected]
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The European Federation for Catholic Adult Education – Federation Européenne pour l’Éducation Catholique des Adults (FEECA) is an european network of national umbrella-organsisations of catholic adult education. Actually FEECA has 10 members. FEECA see their task in the effort in human dignity and the human right of holistic education in a pluralistic european society. FEECA provides an opportunity for an exchange of experience between the members, organises conferences, symposia and seminars and invites to participate in education programmes. FEECA maintains contacts with national and international church and public institutions and participates actively in education policy. FEECA works closely with the European Office for Catholic Youth and Adult Education.
PRIORITIES • Active citizenship• Quality education• Mobility• Active ageing• Social inclusion
FEECAEuropean Federation for Catholic Adult Education
www.feeca .eu
CONTACT
ANDREA HOFFMEIERVice-President
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CONTACT
DANIJELA JOVICGeneral Coordinator
European and international network for vocational circus arts training. Founded in 1998, the European Federation of Professional Circus Schools (FEDEC) is a network of 41 professional circus schools and 14 circus arts organisations located in 24 different countries (Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States). FEDEC’s main vocation is to support the development and evolution of pedagogy and creation in the field of circus arts education.
PRIORITIES • Circus and performing arts education recognition• Skills, qualifications, artistic creation and employment• Definition and recognition • Continuous training of teachers, directors• Non formal and informal learning and mobility experiences
PROJECTS• CIRCLE - Encounters between FEDEC schools• ESCALES - Analysis of student mobility in circus arts • INTENTS – Strategic Partnership for the definition
of the profession of circus arts teacher and the recognition of its skills
• MAILLONS - Skills Development Workshop for Educational and Artistic Directors
• MIROIR - Survey and dialogue between employers and young circus arts professionals
• SAVOIRS - European profile of the circus teacher• RE:CIRC – Applied research to pedagogy, education
and creation in Circus Arts
FEDECEuropean Federation of
Professional Circus Schoolswww.fedec .eu
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CONTACT
LILIANE ESNAULT Project Manager
FREREF
www.f re re f.eu
FREREF was created in 1991 as an initiative of several European Regions. The network currently gathers about thirty Regions and Regional bodies and organisms acting in the area of LLL. It is associated to several other European Networks such as EUCIS-LLL, EARLAll, The Committee of Regions, The European Association of Regions.
The objective of FREREF is to promote and support the real and concrete development of LLL at Regional and European levels, by enabling interregional cooperation based on practice sharing and peer learning, and by reinforcing the links between the regional actors and the European context, which is strongly and rapidly evolving regarding LLL (Lisbon strategy, Copenhagen process, etc.).
The collaboration between actors relies on a triptych: decision makers – field operators – researchers, which guarantees the soundness of work, the efficiency of processes, and the relevance and legitimacy of proposals.
PRIORITIES • LLL• Network of Regions and Territories• Territorial alliances• Learning alliances• Learning Paths• Accompaniment• Evaluation• Innovation
PROJECTS• LLL-Hub• eMovA• AcroJump• LLL-Wings• TUDWA
• EuroAprentissage• OPIR-ECVET• MOBIVET-REGIO• Regio-LLL
Foundation of European Regions for Research in Education and Training
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Founded in 1994, the International Association of Educating Cities (IAEC) is a non-profit Association, constituted as a permanent collaborative structure uniting local governments committed to the Charter of Educating Cities, which is the road map of the cities that comprise it. Any local government that accepts this commitment can become an active member of the Association, regardless of its administrative powers. The Association has 478 member cities in 36 countries on all continents.
PRIORITIES • To proclaim and champion the importance of education in
the city.• To publicise the educative axes of the political projects of
the member cities.• To promote, inspire, foster, and assure compliance with the
principles of the Charter of Educating Cities (Declaration of Barcelona) by the member cities, and provide advice and information to the members on fostering and implementing the same.
• To represent the members in the undertaking of the purposes of the association, in relating to and collaborating with international organisations, states, territorial entities of all kinds, so that the IAEC can be a valid, significant interlocutor in the processes of influencing, negotiating, decision-making and the drafting of documents.
• To establish a relationship and collaboration with other associations, federations, bodies or territorial networks and, especially, with cities, in similar, complementary or competing areas of action.
• To cooperate in all territorial areas within the framework of the purposes of the Association.
• To boost the deepening of the Educating City concept and its specific applications to the policies of Cities through exchanges, encounters, shared projects, congresses and all types of activities and initiatives that reinforce the links between the member cities, in the area of the bureaus, territorial networks, thematic networks and other bodies.
IAECInternational Association of
Educating Citieswww.edc i t i es .o rg
CONTACT
MARINA CANALSSecretary General
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ICCInternational Language Association
www. icc- languages .eu
The International Language Association groups professionals from all areas of language education and intercultural communication promoting excellence in the teaching and learning of languages by defining professional standards and disseminating these standards and practice to the widest possible public. It represents 25 members located in 12 countries worldwide.
PRIORITIES • Linguistic and cultural diversity • Social Cohesion • Democratic citizenship • Accessible education• Well developed language competences
PROJECTS
• EUROVERSITY NETWORK• PICT: Promoting Intercultural Competence in Translators• Chinese4Eu: CHINESE FOR EUROPEANS• The ELTACS project (European Language Teachers
Assessment and Certification Scheme) • The LeTS GO portal • The PELLIC project: aims to create a virtual learning
environment • The Tell Me How! Project promotes and disseminates the
European Language Portfolio for the Blind and Visually Impaired
CONTACT
ELLINOR HAASE Co-Chair
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ISCA is a democratic, non-governmental and not-for-profit umbrella association with 41 European member organisations and 140 member organisations world-wide.
ISCA’s tag line is MOVING PEOPLE. This means we are delivering capacity building and promoting cross-sector collaboration to ultimately increase citizens’ involvement in sport and physical activity. As an international umbrella organisation for sport for all, ISCA has been at the forefront of development and implementation of activities of specific European relevance. This can be seen by our long presence as a reliable partner and financial beneficiary of European Commission co-funded activities.
PRIORITIES • Education• Physical Activity for all ages• Active and Healthy life-style• Moving Europe• Cross-sector collaboration• Grass roots sport• Youth Projects• Sport Participation• Movement Culture
PROJECTS• SANTE Sport Action Network Europ• MOVE Week 2014 – Flagship event for NowWeMOVE
Campaign.• MOVE Quality • MOVE Transfer • EuroVolNet• Good Governance in Grassroots Sport • ACTIVE Network
ISCAInternational Sport and Culture Associationwww. i sca-web.org
CONTACT
JACOB SCHOUENBORG Secretary General [email protected]
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MENON is a European research and innovation network, working since 15 years to foster and smoothen innovation processes in areas such as education and lifelong learning, international S&T cooperation, knowledge society, social inclusion. We do so by facilitating the understanding of societal change processes, by engaging stakeholders in decision-making processes, and by offering evidence-based recommendations for policy and practice, at local, national, EU and international level.
MENON represents a rather unique integration of multidisciplinary expertise and “innovative thinking”, drawing on a comprehensive and diverse knowledge base combining research methods and their application, network development and implementation, policy analysis and valorisation of innovative practices.
PROJECTS
• CRe-AM - Creativity Research Adaptive roadMap• DISCUSS- European Platform for Communities of
Practice in Lifelong Learning• Go-Lab - Building a global online science labs network
for inquiry learning at school• Inspiring Science Education• VETWORK - Strenghtening the relation between VET
and the world of work• VMPass - Implementing Recognition of Virtual Mobility
and OER Learning through a Learning Passport• eMundus - Fostering international Higher Education
collaboration though ICT and open education
MENONwww.menon .org
CONTACT
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UEFUniversal Education Foundation
www. learn ingforwe l lbe ing .org
The Universal Education Foundation was established in the Netherlands in 2004 as an advocacy foundation, working in co-creative partnerships, to inspire people to listen more to children and young people and to take more responsibility and initiative towards their holistic development, enabling them to live in harmony with themselves, others and the world at large.UEF’s vision is Learning for Well-Being (L4WB), which is defined as “learning to realise one’s unique potential, through physical, emotional, mental and spiritual development, in relation to oneself, others and the environment.” UEF believes that Learning for Well-being is the process and approach needed for people and societies to thrive.
The operational offices of UEF are in Brussels and Ramallah. The core team members and partners come from Europe, the Middle East and North America and are highly experienced professionals from the education, youth, health, mental health, culture, family policy and social sector working on research, advocacy, policy and training.
Over the past years, UEF has been building relationships around the L4WB perspective with an array of organisations in the fields of education, learning, and child welfare. which were prelude to the explicit creation of a L4WB Community (formalized in a meeting in January 2015 in Caux, Switzerland). Through Learning for Well-being, UEF and its parners, lead initiatives in the following activity areas: Measuring What Matters (Research and Assessment), Sharing What Works (Networking and Sharing of Good Practice) and Cultivating Capacities (Training and Capacity Development).
PRIORITIES • Engaging Communities: Self-organised, multi-
sector communities catalysed by Learning for Well-being
• Cultivating Capacities: Individuals and organisations have the competence and tools to operate holistically and systemically.
• Sharing What Works: Examples of good practice inspire a more fulfilling way of living.
• Measuring What Matters: Developing holistic models for assessment of children and adults for use in multiple sectors
CONTACT
LUIS PINTO Programme Manager
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CONTACT
ESME CLIFFORD ATSBURY Communication Officer Esme.CliffordAstbury@
volunteeringmatters.org.uk
Volonteurope is an international network promoting volunteering, active citizenship and social justicein Europe and beyond. Volonteurope works at all levels, from the local to the international, and across the public, private and third sectors. We facilitate exchange, foster collaboration, and carry out research and advocacy.Volonteurope currently has over 50 members in more than 20 countries across Europe. Established in the Netherlands in 1981, Volonteurope’s Secretariat is hosted by Volunteering Matters, the UK’s leading volunteering charity in policy and practice. Volonteurope is also involved in Erasmus+ projects, working with young people with fewer opportunities, developingvolunteer and volunteer management training, and introducing innovative approaches tocitizenship education; an EU Aid Volunteers technical assistance project, aiming to prepare volunteeringorganisations to deploy volunteers abroad; and Advocacy work on a number of issues including migration, social protection and sustainabledevelopment.
PRIORITIES • Vision: Volonteurope’s vision is of a world in which the
principles of inclusiveness, collaboration, sustainability and fairness guide thinking, behaviour and practice in Europe, resulting in genuine social justice for all.
• Mission: Volonteurope’s mission is to work collaboratively with our members and partners to champion the role of volunteering and active citizenship as pathways for social justice in Europe and beyond.
PROJECTS• Active Citizens for the Common Good• EU Youth Ambassadors• Valuing Volunteering• Rural Isolation of Citizens in Europe
VOLONTEUROPEwww.vo lonteurope .eu
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WHY BECOME
A MEMBER?
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MEMBERSHIP BENEFITSThe Lifelong Learning Platform was created in 2005 as a permanent platform of cooperation and dialogue for lifelong learning actors. It is the only European platform where initial, vocational and continuing education and training, adult education and non-formal education representatives work together. The Lifelong Learning Platform is not a classic network; it has a specific role to play and provides significant added value to its members.
enables exchanges of practices and expertise
We offer you a forum for cooperation between education and training actors, where you can find new partners to build and share innovative projects in the educative sector. We bring together actors from VET, adult education, higher education, youth and schools as well as networks of local authorities, parents, educators, HR professionals and school heads. Building partnerships across sectors is a pre-condition to build learning societies and is highly valued as a prerequisite for successful initiatives for instance within Erasmus+.
The Lifelong Learning Platform...
gives a voice to your concerns and connects you
We send strong messages to EU institutions via expert groups, public hearings, advocacy campaigns and the European Parliament «LLL Interest Group». You can echo your priorities in our position papers too. We also provide support in your own advocacy activities and give visibility to your flagship initiatives during our events, in our publications and at meetings with decision-makers. Every year i.e. we organise a Survey on Erasmus+ in order to voice beneficiaries’ concerns and contribute to its improvement. The Lifelong Learning Platform has become a key player in the field, recognised and appreciated by all EU institutions. Benefit from this privileged partnership!
promotes a more democratic, civic and social Europe
We advocate for stronger consultation and participation processes for all stakeholders at all levels. European organisations benefit directly from those actions as it opens doors for their own sector. We are a member of different civil society groups and members can benefit from this privileged position in order to push forward and promote a more democratic, civic and social Europe.
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offers updated information on key issues
We always make sure that you are always aware on what is going on in the education and training sector via our internal mailing list, alerts, newsletter and our regular policy briefing notes to increase the impact of your policy work and improve your chances to build strong Erasmus+ applications. Our newsletter is recognised as a valuable source of information in the field of lifelong leaning with almost 7000 subscribers and offers a great opportunity for members to share their initiatives.
offers peer learning and capacity building activities
Currently three working groups are active: the validation task force, the Europe 2020 working group and the Learning for Well Being task force. Members can request to set up a thematic working group in order to deepen cooperation areas. The key messages that emerge are communicated to the EU via our position papers and directly to EU representatives during the meetings. You can also benefit from our trainings on writing quality project applications and our peer learning sessions on various topics.
What do our members say about us?
According to our 2014 membership survey, members seem to be highly satisfied with the quality of our services. Reliable and up-to-date information about the latest EU developments in the field is the greatest added value for our members. Political priorities on which the Lifelong Learning Platform works and our impact on policy-making are in line with members’ expectations and allows our members to make their voice stronger «in Brussels». Our advocacy actions are useful for members especially our efforts for the recognition of non-formal and informal learning. Connecting with peers and policy-makers and potential project partners is also highly valued.
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Contact us to find out more about the platform and the
application procedure!
Our outreach in numbers
36 European organisations in education, training and youth representing more than 50 000 educationals institutions and associations more than 61 000 pageviews on our website in 2014
more than 6 800 subscribers to our newsletter
more than 3 400 likes on our Facebook page
more than 1 350 followers on Twitter
Who can become a member?
Our members are European organisations active in the conception and elaboration of policies in the field of lifelong learning. Organisations interested in joining have to be composed of organisations from several European countries, have a legal personality and operate non-profit making activities. Furthermore, applicants should engage in the promotion of general interest and contribute to educational process as well as to socio-economic cohesion.
ABOUT USTHE LIFELONG LEARNING PLATFORM
The Lifelong Learning Platform, previously called European Civil Society Platform on Lifelong Learning (EUCIS-LLL), was born in 2005 as a response from civil society organisations to the definition and implementation of a European policy in the field of education and training in the so-called «Open Method of Coordination».
In 2001 already, several educational networks had come together to share their experience and expertise and to react to the Europe-wide consultation on the EU «Lifelong Learning Memorandum». This cooperation became systematic when the Platform was established as a permanent organisation in 2005. For 10 years now, the Lifelong Learning Platform has played a key role in structuring and increasing the input of civil society on the «Education and Training 2020» and «Europe 2020» strategies and their ancestors.
Today funded by the Erasmus+ Programme, the Lifelong Learning Platform was acknowledged by the European Commission in 2009 as a “unique representation” of lifelong learning of the various education and training actors organised at EU level, and in 2011 as “in a unique position to support European networks in education and training to work collectively at European, national and local levels and to contribute to a structured policy dialogue within the open method of coordination in education and training”.
Gathering 39 member organisations, the Lifelong Learning Platform is today the most legitimate interlocutor of the European institutions in the field of lifelong learning. The Lifelong Learning Platform continuously defends the need to implement a dialogue across educational sectors and between stakeholders and public institutions at all levels, regional, national and European.
ValuesThe platform fosters a vision of lifelong learning that promotes equity, social cohesion and active citizenship. It believes that the objectives of education and training should not only be described in terms of employability or economic growth but also as a framework for personal development. It is essential to raise awareness on the fact that lifelong learning should include a large range of learning settings and create more complementarity and continuity between formal, non-formal and informal learning.
VisionThe Lifelong Learning Platform is a tool to promote a holistic vision of lifelong learning, from cradle to grave, that is not limited to formal education but integrates non-formal and informal learning. By bringing together actors from all sectors and levels of education and training, The Lifelong Learning Platform contributes to an increased flexibility between systems. By encouraging an exchange of knowledge, it aims to build a citizen’s voice on education and training issues but also to propose concrete solutions to make lifelong learning a reality for all.
Objectives
Pursuing an active dialogue with European institutions
Enabling exchanges of best practice, experiences and expertise
Disseminating information on key issues in the lifelong learning sector
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