Lifelong Learning Week from the 26th to 29th of November 2012

EUCIS-LLL invites you to the Lifelong Learning Week from the 26th to 29th of November 2012
“Rethinking skills: A civil society perspective”, 26-29 November 2012, Brussels
The aim of Lifelong Learning Week, organised for the first time in 2011 by EUCIS-LLL, is to raise awareness on the social dimension of education and training, as the important factor to reach the headline targets of Europe 2020 in this field. With this year edition, we would like to tackle topics such as active inclusion, social innovation, equity and social cohesion in all forms of education and training, with the intention of putting an emphasis on the development of peoples’ skills and competences, as prerequisite to enable full participation in society in its civic, social and economic dimensions.
Monday 26 November
Introducing Historiana – History Education and 21st Century Competences-Based Learning
Schedule: 16:30-18:30. Venue: European Parliament, Jozsef Antall Building, room 6Q1. Organiser: EUROCLIO, Ritesh Kowlesar
EUROCLIO presents its programme Historiana, Your Portal to the Past, an on-line multimedia tool that offers a framework for comparing and contrasting the impact on and responses by Europe’s nations to a range of different events and developments which have shaped Europe from the distant past to modern times. This online tool to teach and learn history is a result of EUROCLIO’s 20-year-long commitment to improve excellence and equity in education, a pillar of the new EU policy framework. Cocktail reception: Celebrating 20 years of EUROCLIO
Tuesday 27 November
SOLIDAR-Eurofound conference “Active Inclusion and Social Innovation”
Schedule: 10:00-16:00. Venue: EESC, room TRE7701. Organiser: SOLIDAR-Eurofund
Facing new challenges: how social innovation contributes to active inclusion

• Agenda of the EUROFOUND-SOLIDAR conference
• Invitation to the conference
• Registration

Parents –Pivot in Lifelong Learning
Schedule: 16:30-18:00. Venue: EUCIS-LLL Events room. Organiser: EPA
During this workshop, EPA will present its activities and look at parents as providers of informal learning and partners of the formal education system that progress in parallel by non-formal learning. The winner of EPA’s ALCUIN-Award 2012, the Austrian programme “Parents’ Health Platform” (Plattform Elterngesundheit) will be introduced by the initiator Ingrid Wallner. This initiative is an encouraging example of how to bridge the sectors and co-operate with education, health, social and other policy fields.
Wednesday 28 November
EUCIS-LLL Public Hearing on “Basic Skills for Inclusive Growth: A civil society perspective”
Schedule: 9:30-12:30. Venue: EESC, room VM3. Organiser: EUCIS-LLL
As the Commission is about to release a Communication on “Rethinking Skills in Europe” partly aiming to raise the level of basic skills, EUCIS-LLL will dedicate a public hearing on the role of basic skills in lifelong learning strategies in a context of crisis, on 28th November in Brussels. Contributing every day through grassroots initiatives to equip people with the right competences to become fulfilled, active and employed citizens, civil society can help framing the concept and fostering basic skills in lifelong learning strategies. The public hearing will include the presentation of three cases studies from EUCIS-LLL members, followed by an open discussion with the participants and representatives from the EU Institutions. Programme. Registration.
Round table on “Building learning societies: Recognition and validation of learning outcomes of social work and volunteering”
Schedule: 14:00-16:00. Venue: EESC, 74 rue de Treves, 7^th floor, room TRE7701. Organiser: SOLIDAR – CEMEA
Currently one can observe a severe increase of inequalities in Europe: more than 120 million people are living in poverty or are threatened to fall into poverty and 14 million young Europeans are not in employment, education and training (NEETs). In order to diminish inequalities and to promote the well-being of our society at large, the inner potential of communities has to be unlocked. The promotion of Learning Societies in which each member’s personal contribution is being utilised, and knowledge, skills and competences are both shared and developed has to be at the core of this endeavour. SOLIDAR and CEMEA invite you to discuss with education and training practitioners, social service providers, representaties of EU Institutions and researchers how recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning outcomes can be better integrated into policy strategies on national and European levels. Programme. Registration. More information.
EUCIS-LLL LifeLong Learning Week 2012 Cocktail Reception
Schedule: 18:00-20:00. Venue: EUCIS-LLL office. Organiser: EUCIS-LLL
Thursday 29 November
Workshop on “Technology Enhanced Learning with Game Based Learning”
Schedule: 11:00-13:00. Venue: EUCIS-LLL Events room. Organiser: ETDF
Past editions
Lifelong Learning Week “Different Pathways to Learning”, 14-17 March 2011, Brussels
“Different Pathways to Learning”, Permanent Exhibition, 14-17 March
During the Week, EUCIS-LLL and its members organised an exhibition on “Different pathways to learning” within the European Parliament aiming at raising awareness on Lifelong Learning and on the various actors that contribute to make it a reality for all European citizens. EUCIS-LLL members held stands organised by sectors and organised several animations. A cocktail reception took place on 16^th March hosted by Marie-Christine Vergiat (GUE), member of the European parliament and sponsor of the LifeLong Learning week.
Round table on investing in New Skills and Competences, 16 March
A special focus of the Week was to ring the alarm bells on austerity measures that particularly endanger the equity and efficiency of our education and training systems. EUCIS-LLL co-organised together with SOLIDAR a round table with MEPs on “Investing in New Skills and Competences: the social dimension of education and training” on 16th March 2011. Chaired by Doris Pack, it gave a possibility to more than 120 stakeholders to establish a dialogue on promoting investment on skills and competences development amongst socially and economically vulnerable groups.
Public Hearing on transnational learning mobility, 17 March
It was also an opportunity to launch a debate on the impact and added value of learning mobility schemes for learners of all ages and from all levels and sectors. EUCIS-LLL public hearing on “The impact and added value of transnational learning mobility to develop personal, social and civic competences” was held on 17^th March 2011 at the European Economic and Social Committee. Around 70 participants exchanged ideas and practices and came up with some policy-recommendations on competences as well as on mobility programmes.