E-NEWSLETTER SPRING 2025
SIAE PROJECTS AND EVENTS
- SIAE Awards in a new form
- Skills for the future – dialogues for synergy
- Frank Furedi – Power of Reading: From Socrates to Twitter
- The Book of Peace – where peace, reading and nature connect people in an inspiring story
- From vision to practice: Focus group on Challenges and Opportunities in Self-Directed Learning Centres
- From individualism to community – is this still a challenge?
- Enhancing the inclusion of deaf and hard-of-hearing adults in ALE through guidance
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- Developments at the European level
- Induction into the Hall of Fame and the accompanying conference in Florence
- The SIAE hosted Dr Bernd Käpplinger
- Free movement of knowledge for a better future in Europe
SLOVENIAN ADULT EDUCATION SCENE
- Key Competences – A Path to Success
- Strategic Council for Guidance and a discussion on the accessibility of guidance for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults
- Quality Apple Award 2024 for the Deafblind Association of Slovenia DLAN
- Stories from the Vezenine Factory
LIFELONG LEARNING WEEKS
EPALE
SPOTLIGHT
Key Competences – A Path to Success
The modern world demands constant adaptation and learning as technology evolves at lightning speed, and jobs require far more than just basic skills. At Jesenice AEC, we are implementing the project Key Competences – A Path to Success. Through this initiative, we aim...
Strategic Council for Guidance and a discussion on the accessibility of guidance for deaf and hard-of-hearing adults
In 2024, Maribor expanded its Strategic Council for Guidance in in the region. The Career Centre of the University of...
Quality Apple Award 2024 for the Deafblind Association of Slovenia DLAN
Among other things, we explored the palm signs technique, communication using symbols, objects of reference and various communication boards. We also worked through real-life case studies. For us, this was a valuable opportunity to deepen our understanding of how complex communication systems develop in both children and adults.
Stories from the Vezenine Factory
In December, at the Intergenerational Centre Bled, we presented the results of the study circle Stories from the Vezenine Factory. This event marked the centenary of the Vezenine Bled factory’s founding. Fittingly, the venue stands on the very site where the factory...
Are you interested in what we’re preparing for Lifelong Learning Weeks 2025?
On 15 May, we will celebrate the 30th anniversary of LLW with a central event at the Four Points by Sheraton Ljubljana Mons Hotel. The event is being organised in close collaboration with our long-standing partners, LLW coordinators and event organisers.
Frank Furedi – Power of Reading: From Socrates to Twitter
In 2017, the Slovenian translation of the book Power of Reading by a Hungarian-Canadian academic and Emeritus Professor at the University of Kent was published by the publishing house UMco. As a sociologist, Frank Furedi explores issues related to learning, knowledge...
The Book of Peace – where peace, reading and nature connect people in an inspiring story
Words of peace, cooperation and connection through reading resonated from Urška Hall at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre. At the end of January, we gathered at the Alpe Adria Fair to mark the completion of the Reading in Forest Libraries project and to...
From vision to practice: Focus group on Challenges and Opportunities in Self-Directed Learning Centres
Self-Directed Learning Centres have been part of ALE for over 30 years, providing access to diverse learning materials and resources as well as professional support for self-directed learning.
PUBLISHER: Slovenian Institute for Adult Education
