09.00

Welcome and Introduction to the Conference Topic
Vida Mohorcic-Spolar, ERDI President (Slovenian Institute for Adult Education) Margerita Defingou, ERGON KEK

Policies in Adult Training and Life Long Learning
Panayiotis Theophanopoulos (General Secretary-Ministry
of Labor and Social Affairs):

10.00

I.   Trends in national adult education policies
      Presentation of the Result of the Grundtvig 4 Project
      "Supporting the development of new learning pathways for adults”

Introduction to the project (Margerita Defingou, ERGON KEK)

-  New trends in widening participation to learning (Jesús Gómez, CREA,
   University of Barcelona)

-  New trends in professional formation and updating in occupations associated    with adult learning
   (Susanne Lattke, German Institute for Adult Education, DIE)

-  New trends in raising demand for learning among adult at risk of exclusion
   (Kathy de Winter, Flemish Center for Basic Education; VOCB)

Discussion

II.    Advocacy for Adult Education

Advocacy Strategies in the UK
(Alastair Thomson, NIACE)

Discussion

13.00

Lunch Break

14.30

III.   Certification of (informal) Learning

Recognition of prior learning” - informal/ non formal
(Loukas Zahilas, OEEK- Vocational Education and Training Organization)

Discussion

16.00

IV.    Policy Developments for supporting Adult Education
        and Training in Greece

Local Multi-Centers for Adult Education in Greece
(Anna Smyrniotopoulou, General Secretariat for Adult Education)

The national training programme for trainers
(Alexis Kokkos, Greek Open University)
 

Procedures for Certifying Qualifications withinthe framework
of Life Long Learning
(Angelos Efstratoglou, General Director of E.KE.PIS-National Certification Center)

Discussion: the Greek experience in the wider European context

17.30

Resume – Conclusion
Vida Mohorcic-Spolar, ERDI President (Slovenian Institute for Adult Education)

18.00

End of Conference