European Association for the Education of Adults

EAEA is a member of the Social Platform, ICAE (International Council for Adult Education), Lifelong Learning Platform, UNESCO Liaison Committee and Council of Europe

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Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

140,000€

194,027 € (Source: EC - operating grant and projects)

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Working group on adult education, working group on citizenship

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We currently have 137 members in 44 countries, and we know as well that most of our members send on our information to their members and partners acting as multipliers.

The manifesto has been the most important publication of the year.

The other important publications were the policy paper on health and adult education as well as the Grundtvig award brochure on the same topic.

The new EAEA website was launched at the beginning of 2014. The EAEA website builds a valuable source of information on adult education policy developments Europe wide. It gives an update about the currently political news, projects and events. It is constantly updated with the most recent news, events and developments in the adult learning sector and had around 1,000 unique visitors per week.

Social media involvement
In order to serve all the interested parties with fast information flow, EAEA is present on Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, Imgur and YouTube. EAEA created an Imgur channel in 2014 in order to showcase all its conference pictures in one same place.

The EAEA Newsletter and media releases
The quarterly EAEA electronic newsletter has 2208 subscribers, and it goes to members, adult educators, policy makers, managers in adult education, learners and stakeholders in all European countries and beyond. In addition to the general newsletters and mails, we target 1.051 policy makers through letters and e-mails which build part of the daily policy advocacy work we aim to do.
The policy newsletter goes to 1.051 policy - and decision-makers on European and national levels, while we have a specific Brussels mailing list reaching 115 stakeholders.

Policy statements
In 2015, EAEAs policy statements were produced in electronic version and then sent regularly to policy makers at European and EU level as well as national level. Hard copies were also distributed at events Europe wide. Members are encouraged to translate them into national languages in order to serve as policy and lobby instruments at national level towards their public authorities or other stakeholders. EAEA also relies on their contacts with their governments, decision-makers and other stakeholders to advance the lifelong learning agenda. Executive Board members and the secretary general also participate in meetings at national level, contributing to disseminating EU policies.

EAEA events
Our events serve both the membership, broader adult education community and policy makers and build a platform for exchange, discussion, networking, dissemination of project results and creative development of new ideas.

Inputs in conferences and workshops
EAEA is often invited to present EAEA’s positions and ideas at conferences and we present the EAEA point of view during discussions or working groups.

EAEA, together with Lifelong Learning Platform, has created an Interest Group for Lifelong Learning with a number of MEPs. More information can be found at http://www.lll-interestgroup.eu/

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The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.

• Date	12 Nov 2020	Location	online
  Subject	Social dialogue
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Andrea Nahles (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	European Transport Workers' Federation European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions UNI Europa industriAll European Trade Union EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS European Federation of Public Service Unions European Trade Union Committee for Education Niezależny Samorządny Związek Zawodowy "Solidarność" Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro FH Europe Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique - Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond

• Date	02 Oct 2020	Location	online
  Subject	Social dialogue
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit
  Portfolio	Jobs and Social Rights
  Attending	Andrea Nahles (Cabinet member)
  Other Lobbyists	EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF BUILDING AND WOODWORKERS European Transport Workers' Federation European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions industriAll European Trade Union European Federation of Public Service Unions European Confederation of Police

• Date	13 Sep 2018	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Meeting with the EAEA Executive Board to discuss adult education with a particular emphasis on social inclusion
  DG	Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
  Attending	Joost Korte (Director-General)

• Date	24 Sep 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Adult learning
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Marianne Thyssen
  Portfolio	Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility
  Attending	Julie Fionda (Cabinet member)

• Date	25 Feb 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Lifelong Learning
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen
  Portfolio	Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness
  Attending	Aura Salla (Cabinet member)