EPALE Community Conference 2025: Passages that shape us
Did you know that EPALE is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year? The EPALE Community Conference 2025, held in October, was shaped by this milestone. Under the title Passages, it explored how ALE has changed and where it is taking us next. The event took place...
9th EPALE Regional Conference: Shaping the Future Through the Lessons of the Past
The 9th EPALE Regional Conference, titled Shaping the Future Through the Lessons of the Past, took place in Bled on 25 September. The event offered a space for networking and for sharing knowledge and visions for the future of ALE in South East Europe. The conference...
Knowledge is power, people are the future
At Koper AEC, we never run out of ideas. This year too, we offered participants and visitors a rich programme as part of the Days of Guidance for Learning. Together, we explored new technologies, sustainable practices, languages, creative tools and current...
Education to weave social bonds could help people in poverty
This reflection was prompted by a conference organised by the Institute of Contemporary History in Ljubljana on transitions and life trajectories of older people living in poverty. On 25 September, andragogues, sociologists, psychologists, social workers and...
Manifesto for Adult Learning – with a Slovenian touch
The EAEA, the largest European non-governmental organisation and the voice of non-formal ALE in Europe, has 120 member organisations across 43 countries. It represents over 60 million adult learners. The association advocates accessible non-formal ways of acquiring...
New professional monograph: Foundations of Andragogy
At the end of October, the SIAE published the long-awaited professional monograph Temelji andragogike: teoretični in praktični vidiki izobraževanja odraslih (Foundations of Andragogy: Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Adult Education). Established experts in adult...
Study visit to Finland: innovation in adult education
From 9 to 13 September, a team from the SIAE visited the ALE organisation Keravan Opisto in Finland and the Finnish vocational education and training provider Keuda. The programme included presentations, discussions and campus visits. We gained an excellent insight...
Meeting of national coordinators and lead partners of the second cycle of the PIAAC Survey of Adult Skills in Hamburg
Representatives of the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education (SIAE) and two external collaborators attended an international working meeting with high expectations. The meeting brought together delegates from eight countries participating in the second cycle of the...