A previous European project, the Regional Project delivered a basic toolkit that informs the developments in the DIMA project. The toolkit is available at http://www.regionalproject.eu/pdf/TOOLKIT.pdf.
The toolkit was very well received at the 13th European Week of Regions and Cities (OPEN DAYS) hosted in the European Committee of the Regions’ premises, known as the ‘Meeting Place’ in Brussels on 12-15 October 2015. The programme is available at this site.
The project partners were the Agency of Adult and Further Education is run under the auspices of the Lower Saxony League for Liberal Adult Education (nbeb), The Hungarian Ministry for National Economy, SVIMEZ Italy, the Regional Economic Development Agency for Šumadija and Pomoravlje Ltd (REDASP) Serbia, IDP European Consultants Brussels, Academia Istropolitana Nova (AINova) Slovakia, and the Department of Adult and Community Education Maynooth University.
Through this project I became aware of inclusive policy making in Adult Education is across Europe. While there is a richness in European and OECD policy documents the
documents in a number of countries are prepared by elites and executives to satisfy transparency and funding requirements. However they are removed from learner needs and activist aspirations.
However that is a topic we will return to anon.
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