The workshop “Continuing Vocational Training Survey: relevance, lessons learnt and ways forward”, is to take place at Cedefop in Thessaloniki on 29-30 June 2009. Cedefop, in collaboration with Eurostat, is organising a workshop to support and contribute...

Lifelong learning in England, Wales and Northern Ireland is often taken to refer to learning that takes placed after the young person has finished formal education and training. In Scotland lifelong learning has a broader ‘cradle to grave’ definition....

Strategies for adult education in Latvia are defined by the Concept of Adult Education of Latvia (Pieaugušo izglītības koncepcija), the National Lisbon Programme for 2005/2008. Adult education should satisfy both the need for personal development and...

In Italy, there are two systems that provide adult education. The first falls under the responsibility of the Ministry of Education. The second, which provides continuing vocational training ( Formazione Professionale Continua ) for adult workers, is...

Continuing vocational education and training (CVET) is a rapidly growing part of the Irish VET system. It caters for a diverse range of learners and fields of learning and takes place in a range of locations, including Institutes of further education,...

Access to lifelong learning has seen a colossal expansion in the past decades. Numerous private education and training institutions have been established, aiming specifically at adults and the state co-finances nine Regional Centres for Lifelong Learning,...