Formation Continue du Supérieur

On 19 October 2002, 12 Hungarian higher education institutions formally established MELLearN Network (Hungarian University Lifelong Learning Network), as an initiative of the management of the University of Debrecen and the Lifelong Learning Centre of the University of Debrecen, within the frameworks of a THENUCE European Socrates / Erasmus programme. The registered Hungarian higher education network - as the Hungarian member of the international EULLearN Network (European University Lifelong Learning Network), currently operating with 22 members, generates and co-ordinates pedagogical, educational, research activities of public utility.
Every year the General Assembly of the Association elects 3 members for Presidency from the official legal representatives, the rectors of member institutions or more exactly - following an initial tradition - of the 12 foundation members, for a 3-year term, based on the official, alphabetical list of higher education institutions of the Ministry of Education. Every year members of the Presidency choose a President among themselves for a 1-year term.
Sources of income of MELLearN
a) membership fees; b) returns from organized events; c) financial support of sponsoring/advocating members ; d) subsidies obtained from projects; e) turnovers of economic ventures.

Los pasados 28 y 29 de julio se celebró en Río de Janeiro el III Encuentro Internacional de Rectores Universia donde más de 1100 rectores debatieron la proyección de la Universidad y su capacidad de respuesta ante las demandas de la sociedad, bajo el lema “La Universidad del Siglo XXI: Una reflexión desde Iberoamérica”.
En 2005 se celebró el I Encuentro Internacional de Rectores en Sevilla con la asistencia de 500 rectores, y cinco años después tuvo lugar en Guadalajara, México, el II Encuentro Internacional de Rectores Universia con la asistencia de 900 rectores recogiendo sus conclusiones en la “Agenda de Guadalajara”.
La elección de Río de Janeiro como sede del III Encuentro se realizó en consideración a la conmemoración de los 450 años de la fundación de la ciudad, en reconocimiento a la importancia y calidad del sistema universitario brasileño -con 220 universidades formando parte de Universia- y al protagonismo y liderazgo creciente de Brasil en el mundo.
Durante el Encuentro se analizó el futuro de la Universidad, su capacidad de respuesta a las demandas de la sociedad actual y de favorecer las relaciones entre universidades iberoamericanas y del resto del mundo. Se debatió sobre el futuro de la sociedad, un futuro que depende de la formación de los jóvenes.
La Carta Universia Río 2014 recoge las conclusiones del Encuentro.

48 universidades ya son miembros de RUEPEP y 15 entidades son socios colaboradores
La Red Universitaria de Estudios de Postgrado y Educación  Permanente (RUEPEP) quiere llegar a tener la máxima representación entre las universidades españolas y otros centros especializados en formación permanente. Las universidades españolas pueden asociarse como socios de número de la Red. Día a día van llegando nuevas solicitudes para adherirse. Puedes consultar el listado completo de Universidades Miembros.
También se pueden asociar como socios colaboradores  otras empresas , entidades o profesionales interesados en el campo de la formación permanente. Éstos son actualmente nuestros Socios Colaboradores.
Si aún no nos conoces y quieres saber más sobre nosotros, consulta los objetivos de la Red y nuestros estatutos. Y si estás interesado en adherirte a RUEPEP, aquí encontrarás toda la información sobre cómo asociarse.

Swissuni promeut la formation continue universitaire par une coopération concrète entre tous les services de formation continue universitaires et, cela, plus particulièrement par :

• un échange d'informations et d'expériences
• un travail collaboratif entre organisations (universitaires ou non) et institutions, sur le plan national comme sur le plan international
• le soutien du réseau européen de la formation continue universitaire
• une collaboration avec la Conférence des Recteurs des Universités Suisses (CRUS)
• la mise sur pied de projets communs concrets
• la maintenance d'une banque de données commune qui englobe l'offre de formation continue de tous les membres.

Swissuni réunit les responsables de service des formations continues de toutes les universités suisse (Bâle, Berne, Fribourg, Genève, Lausanne, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, St Gall, Zurich, EPFL, EPFZ et également les universités de la Suisse italienne ainsi que les études à distance, comme le centre d'études de Sierre). Les responsables de ces services de formation continue, de même qu'un représentant de la Conférence des Recteurs des Universités Suisses (CRUS, invité permanent) collaborent sur la question de la formation continue et coordonnent leurs activités. Tous les membres se rencontrent trois à quatre fois par année sous la direction d'un-e président-e et d'un-e vice-président-e. Madame Geneviève Auroi-Jaggi (du service de la formation continue de l'Université de Genève) a présidé de 2002 à 2005, Monsieur Klaus Burri (du service de la formation continue de l'Université de Zurich) de 2005 à 2008 et Monsieur Hansruedi Frey (du centre de formation continue de l'EPFZ) de 2008 à 2011. Dès 2011, la présidence est confiée à Madame Suzanne de Jonckheere (du service de la formation continue de l'Université de Genève). Suite...

The Universities Association for Lifelong Learning supports policy and practice across the UK higher education sector in part-time/flexible provision, employer engagement/work based learning, and community engagement.
About UALL
The Association acts as a consultative body for policy formulation and advocacy, representing the sector to government departments, funding bodies and national higher education organisations across the four nations of the United Kingdom. UALL provides a forum for the active exchange of ideas and good practice and undertakes research. Members represent all aspects of the sector, within and beyond universities, both in the UK and internationally, from senior managers to practitioners, and with interests ranging from public and employer engagement to lifelong learning. More...

One important role for FACE is to facilitate the exchange and dissemination of information and practices in Lifelong Learning and Continuing Education. By promoting collaboration and innovation between providers and practitioners FACE aims to support and encourage a socially inclusive framework for Lifelong Learning, challenging exclusion and fostering full participation. As a large multi-sector network we play a key role as a pressure group, service provider, staff development forum, national policy shaper, information service, event organiser.

A Brief History of FACE
FACE, originally entitled the Forum for the Advancement for Continuing Education, was formally established as an educational charity in 1993. Prompted by the abolition of the binary divide in HE, the development of FACE was part of a raft of significant changes in HE. Where there had been universities and polytechnics (and an earlier incarnation of FACE in the Polytechnic Association for Continuing Education) now polytechnics became independent of local authorities and were granted university charters with powers to award degrees and to undertake higher level research. At the same time there was growing recognition that continuing education, in all its manifestations, was central to economic growth and social inclusion. More...

The National/Regional Networks that are members of EUCEN currently are:

Current Projects

• COMMIT - Committing to the social dimension in universities
  Project 539519-LLP-1-2013-1-BE-ERASMUS-ESIN. COMMIT intends to increase commitment to the social dimension of higher education and support strategies for increasing attainment. The project builds on the work of a previous project – ALLUME – which developed 3 self evaluation tools for universities to review their strategy for implementation of a comprehensive and coherent LLL university. This COMMIT project will review those 3 tools, refining and adapting them and adding new features which take on board a wider and clearer idea of the social dimension of HE; it will also design and develop a new tool for monitoring attainment in HE and integrate these tools in HEIs management systems.
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  Connect-VET: Vocational education and training connecting HE and rural companies
  Leonardo da Vinci, Transfer of Innovation. Submission ID 542692. This project coordinated by the University of Helsinki -Ruralia Institute- will focus on transferring and further developing organisational innovations in the VET sector. The existing good practices for SME-VET-HE/R knowledge chain together with selected models will be piloted in the nature-based entrepreneurship (NBE) sector in 5 countries and based on the pilots long term co-operation plans made. In each country the aim is to form "a trinity" VET-SMEs-HE/R to carry out the piloting.
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  TALOE - Time to Assess Learning Outcomes in eLearning
  Project 543097-LLP-1-2013-1-PT-KA3-KA3MP. This project coordinated by the University of Porto intends to provide a practical tool to suggest an adequate e-assessment strategy. EUCEN's role will be connected to the Exploitation of the project and also to Dissemination.
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  PACE - Project actors community in Europe
  Project 543137-LLP-1-2013-1-AT-KA4-KA4MP. This project coordinated by dieBerater seeks to establish a platform for the partners from projects to share, develop and disseminate existing project support products. EUCEN's role would be mainly linked to the Dissemination package in this project.
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  PACT - Project actors capacity training in Caucasus
  Project 544047-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-GE-TEMPUS-JPGR. The main aim of this project coordinated by the David Tvildiani Medical University (Georgia) is to successfully transfer existing knowledge funded by the EU for project developers in the Caucasus Region and sharing experience of EU-universities in project development. EUCEN will co-lead the Dissemination package of this project.
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  VALERU - Validation of non-formal and informal learning in Russian HE
  Project 544405-TEMPUS-1-2013-1-AT-TEMPUS-SMHES. This project coordinated by the University of Krems intends to build capacity in VNIL in Russian HEIs in line with the EU2020 strategy. EUCEN will co-lead the Dissemination package, including the co-organisation of the final conference of this project. More...