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Feels like a long time since I posted something to the wonderful Gemmers. Here's the latest EU publication on adult education and how it plugs into economic and social cohesion policies. Enjoy Essex From: Kay Smith Sent: 08 September 2013 20:35 To: Steve Johnson Cc: Essex Havard Subject: FW: [EAEA] European Commission's new publication on adult education Hi Steve Can we flag this up in the next issue of the blog thanks From: David Hughes Sent: 08 September 2013 10:53 To: Directors; Management Team Subject: FW: [EAEA] European Commission's new publication on adult education fyi David Hughes Chief Executive NIACE 07813 031050 Follow me on Twitter @davidhNIACE ________________________________ From: Aura Vuorenrinne [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 30 August 2013 11:40 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: [EAEA] European Commission's new publication on adult education Dear all, The European Commission has recently published a book "Adult and continuing education in Europe: Using public policy to secure a growth in skills". Here the description from EC's website: Adult and continuing education has the dual function of contributing to employability and economic growth, on the one hand, and responding to broader societal challenges, in particular promoting social cohesion, on the other. Companies and families support important investments that have, to date, ensured important growth in both skills and the ability of the European population to innovate. Thanks to this commitment, Europe today has a wealth of organisations specialising in adult and continuing education. The sector has grown in importance, both as an increasingly significant player in the economy and in view of its capacity to respond to the demand for learning by the knowledge economy. As this book shows, adult and continuing education has a critical role to play in ensuring Europe copes with the phenomenon of education exclusion, which, repeated year after year, generation after generation, undermines social cohesion and the growth of employment. Public policies must respond to two strategic challenges: to encourage the propensity to invest in adult and continuing education and to guarantee the reduction of educational exclusion. You can download your free PDF copy at EC's website: http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/kina25943enc.pdf Have a nice weekend! Best, Aura [Kuvaus: EAEA_logo_pieni] Aura Vuorenrinne Communications Officer European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) The Finnish Lifelong Learning Foundation Cygnaeuksenkatu 4, FI-00100 HELSINKI Tel: +358 40 511 24 75 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, www.eaea.org<http://www.eaea.org/> The European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) is the voice of non-formal adult education in Europe. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +