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EAEA Grundtvig Award 2020

From the network - 11th May 2020

Every year, EAEA looks to adult education projects from Europe and further for their demonstrations of innovation and excellence. The EAEA Grundtvig Award highlights project results that produce new ideas, new partnerships, new methodologies and a new understanding of how we can work in adult education. This year’s theme is access and outreach.

Theme: Outreach and access

Improving wellbeing, wages, self-confidence and social inclusion, adult education can help to promote equality in European society.However, those least likely to access adult education are often the ones that need it most. For many low-skilled adults, education is shrouded by stigma and discomfort. Reaching out to them is key to make learners’ groups more diverse and inclusive. Low-threshold access programmes can help not only in developing the confidence of these adults, but also in providing them with skills or qualifications to develop their employability and careers.

This requires learning providers to be flexible and prepared to tailor education offers to the needs of a large diversity of potential target groups, including, in particular, learners from disadvantaged groups of society, such as disabled learners and learners with low levels of formal education. It also means accounting for changes in learning programmes to make learning more inclusive for all backgrounds, and cultural or religious beliefs. This diversity in adult education is, at the same time, one of the greatest strengths of the sector, as it provides a space and opportunity for inter-cultural dialogue, encouraging integration and inclusion and helping to break down barriers in areas with strong cultural divides or tensions. Good practices from all over Europe show how adult education organisations and providers are making sure that every adult has the opportunity to learn.

Main aims: 

  • To increase participation in adult learning by developing effective strategies for outreach;
  • To raise awareness, at a European level, of successful projects relating to access and outreach for adult learning;
  • To raise awareness of the importance of access and outreach in adult education;
  • To raise awareness of the importance of learner-centred approaches in adult education;
  • To inspire new projects relating to access and outreach in and with adult education.

Why participate? 

All participants gain: 

  • The certificate of attendance;
  • Appearance in the EAEA Grundtvig Award publication that will be distributed in EAEA’s events and networks;
  • International visibility in EAEA’s social media channels and EAEA website.

The winners gain: 

  • Recognition and honour;
  • The certificate of attendance; 
  • A concrete EAEA Grundtvig award (a piece of art or handicraft…);
  • An invitation to one representative of each winning organisation to the EAEA Annual Conference and Grundtvig Award Ceremony in late 2020 (TBC), including travel and accommodation;
  • Key slot in the EAEA Grundtvig Award publication that will be distributed in EAEA’s events and networks;
  • International visibility of the project in EAEA’s social media channels and EAEA website also after the ceremony;
  • Appearance in EAEA’s press-release after the competition.

Apply here before 16 July 2020