Programme                           

• The contribution of Adult and continuing education staff to the Lisbon agenda – existing potential and further development needs (Ján Figel, European Commission)
• Adult and continuing education staff – Complexity of the field, activities and profiles (Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein, German Institute for Adult Education/University of Duisburg-Essen)

The workshops deal with different types of activity in adult and continuing education.

• Presentation and discussion of state of art concerning professionality.
• Presentation of best practice examples

Workshop 1: Teaching and Learning
(Chair: Henning Salling Olesen, University of Roskilde/Henning Pätzold, TU Kaiserslautern)
Input: Staffan Larsson, University of Linköping)

Workshop 2: Training and Development
(Chair: Theo van Dellen, University of Groningen
Input: Wim Nijhof, University of Twente)

Workshop 3: Counselling and Guidance
(Chair: Agnieszka Bron, University of Stockholm
Input: John McCarthy, International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy, Strasbourg)

Workshop 4: Policy making and managing
(Chair: Paolo Federighi, University of Florence)

Workshop 5: Organisation and technical support
(Chair: Felicitas von Küchler, German Institute for Adult Education)

Workshop 6: Evaluating and Assessing
(Chair: Pierre Freynet, University of La Rochelle
Input: Romuald Normand, Institut national de recherche pédagogique, Université de Lyon 2)

Keynote speeches:

• Initiatives and Measures of the European Commission contributing to the professional development of adult and continuing education staff
  (Marta Ferreira, European Commission)
• Policy measures and instruments in the field of ACE in Europe (Arne Carlsen, Pedagogical University of Copenhagen)

Perspectives for the future will be discussed in the same parallel workshops as the day before:
Workshop 1: Teaching and Learning
Workshop 2: Training and Development
Workshop 3: Counselling and Guidance
Workshop 4: Policy making and managing
Workshop 5:Organisation and technical support
Workshop 6: Evaluating and Assessing

The workshops shall concentrate on developing recommendations for an improvement of the situation. In the workshops the following elements shall be realised:

• exchange of experience
• collection of ideas for strategies and measures to improve the situation
• formulation of recommendations

Projects and initiatives in the field of professional development of adult and continuing education staff

• Presentation of good practice
• FORUM for new initiatives