SIAE NEWSLETTER AUTUMN 2026
SIAE PROJECTS AND EVENTS
- Discover the Opazujmo app: test our new web application and develop your green competencies
- Ljubljana became the European capital of literacy for three days
- Lahko.si: events promoting active ageing already in full swing
- The Study Circle Caravan – a celebration of community learning in Slovenia
LIFELONG LEARNING WEEKS
- 2026 SIAE Award recipients and their lessons for today’s society
- Sunny and lively Lifelong Learning Weeks 2026
- Learning Parade 2026
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- Learning at the heart of the community: what can Slovenia teach us?
- EAEA Annual Conference 2026: Growing Resilience Together
- From the Baltic to the Ljubljanica
SLOVENIAN ADULT EDUCATION SCENE
- Challenges of the Social Activation+ programme and empowering women from different cultural backgrounds
- From the classroom to the world: an Erasmus+ experience that changes perspectives
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SPOTLIGHT
Challenges of the Social Activation+ programme and empowering women from different cultural backgrounds
The Social Activation+ programme for women with a migrant background, funded by the Ministry of Demography, Family and Social Affairs and the European Social Fund Plus, is delivered in Kranj and Jesenice in the Gorenjska region. The programme has become well...
From the classroom to the world: an Erasmus+ experience that changes perspectives
In April this year, six younger adult participants in non-formal education programmes at Žalec AEC took part in an Erasmus+ learning mobility in Spain. It was an opportunity for them to gain new knowledge, grow personally and develop their confidence, language skills...
Libraries as spaces for learning, participation and community
Libraries are increasingly recognised as important learning environments within adult education. Far beyond their traditional role as repositories of knowledge, they are evolving into spaces for dialogue, participation, co-creation and community engagement. A recent...
2026 SIAE Award recipients and their lessons for today’s society
With the announcement of the 2026 Best Lifelong Learning Story on 15 June at the You Can Be an Inspiration! event in Šmarje pri Jelšah, this year’s SIAE Awards came to a close. From among the twelve recipients – bringing the total number to 262 – the public selected...
Sunny and lively Lifelong Learning Weeks 2026
This year we printed the slogan Slovenia, a learning country in large green letters on sunny yellow-orange posters. Perhaps that helped bring sunshine to the key events of Lifelong Learning Weeks 2026, wherever they took place.At the SIAE, we traditionally take on...
Ljubljana became the European capital of literacy for three days
For three days in July, Ljubljana was alive with literacy. The 24th European Conference on Literacy that was named Literacy. The Door to a Better World, was organised jointly by the Federation of European Literacy Associations (FELA) and the Slovenian Reading Badge...
Lahko.si: events promoting active ageing already in full swing
As part of the Awareness-raising for Lifelong Learning project and its Lahko.si campaign, events for adults aged 65 and over were held across Slovenia in the first half of the year. Their aim was to encourage active ageing, greater participation in lifelong learning...
Learning at the heart of the community: what can Slovenia teach us?
In May, we had the opportunity to participate in an Erasmus+ study visit to Slovenia, which focused on adult education and community engagement. Over four days, the organisations we visited and events we attended provided a comprehensive overview of one fundamental...