1. World Teachers’ Day EPALE celebrates 5 October 2016 0476323703
With the support of the Erasmus+ Programme
of the European Union

2. ON THE AGENDA 0476323703 #worldteachersday
11.05 h: 'Adult education for the 21st century‘
12.00 h: Video Live&Learn project
12.15 h: Belgian coordinators for the European Agenda for Adult Learning 
13.00 h: Lunch
14.00 h: Video Live&Learn project
EPALE as a learning tool, Wilhelm Vukovich
The Big Learning Week, Ghislain De Bondt
The flipped classroom, Gaëlle Boulet
15.00 h: Speeddating to share 21st century proof good practices
15.45 h: Celebration and goodbye drink
#worldteachersday

3. European context / Belgium
Adult education:
European context / Belgium
Michèle Mombeek
Liesbet Vermandere
Chantal Pierlot

4. Adult Education: European context / Belgium
Liesbet Vermandere – nat. Coordinator Flemish Community
Michèle Mombeek – nat. Coordinator French speaking Community
Chantal Pierlot – nat. Coordinator German speaking Community

5. ADULT EDUCATION European context
ET 2020 benchmark : 15% participation
6,8% in Belgium
Importance of LLL
Caterpillar: skills for jobs (retraining units)
Migrants need French/Dutch/German as a second language
Grandparents who want to support their grandchildren

6. Two important points for improvement
identity/visibility
integrated approach: improve coordination, effectiveness and coherence with other policy areas

7. Let’s zoom in on Belgium…

8. Fragmented institutional and political situations

9. Identity/Visibility Many actors in the field of Adult Education
different angles;
different focus;
complementarity as a strength;
own specificities (objectives, targets, …)

11. But what about the learners’ perspective?
Qualifications and employment areas (bassins de vie)
Consortium de Validation des Compétences
Employment
Services of Arbeitsamt
Integration
OKOT
Inburgeringstrajecten
Onderwijs aan gedetineerden
Civic participation

12. The crucial role of the teacher/trainer
The learner in the driver’s seat! Thanks to the modular system
Important difference with compulsary education: coaching, guiding, …
Take into account the skills and competences of the learner
Being a teacher is a team sport: use the complementary
strengths of the actors in the adult education field…

13. The crucial role of the teacher/trainer
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14. karine.nicolay@epos-vlaanderen.be michele.mombeek@cfwb.be
With the support of the Erasmus+ Programme
of the European Union