LLLPLATFORM - ACTIVITY REPORT 2016
ABOUT
THE LIFELONG LEARNING PLATFORM
The Lifelong Learning Platform is a non-profit
umbrella organisation, which brings together
40 European and international networks
active in the field of education and training.
They represent more than 50 000 educational
institutions (schools, universities, adult education
and youth centres, etc.) or associations (involving
students, teachers and trainers, parents, HRD
professionals, etc.) covering all sectors of formal,
non-formal and informal learning.
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VISION The Platform promotes a holistic vision of lifelong learning, from
cradle to grave. By bringing together actors from all sectors and levels of
education and training, the LLLPlatform embodies this idea, and contributes
to ensure flexibility without losing continuity, between formal, non-formal and
informal learning. By encouraging an exchange of knowledge, it aims to build
a citizen’s voice on education and training issues but also to propose concrete
solutions to make lifelong learning a reality for all.
VALUES The platform fosters a vision of lifelong learning that promotes
equity, social cohesion and active citizenship. It believes that the objectives of
education and training should not only be described in terms of employability
or economic growth but also as a framework for personal development. It is
essential to raise awareness on the fact that lifelong learning should include
a large range of learning settings and create more complementarity and
continuity between formal, non-formal and informal learning.
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• Pursue an active dialogue with European institutions
The Platform advocates for a stronger consultation and participation of
organised civil society, in order to involve educators and learners in the
decision-making process.
• Enable exchanges of best practice, experiences and expertise
The wide range of stakeholders the platform gathers allows it to offer its
members a broad range of point of views and knowledge in order to build
innovative solutions.
• Disseminate information on key issues of lifelong learning
The Platform provides regular and updated information on policy developments
that impact education and training, as well as on topics of common interest
in Europe. It helps its members in their advocacy actions and in delivering
common messages.
• Promote a more democratic, civic and social Europe
This means raising awareness of lifelong learning, ensuring a broad transmission
of knowledge, developing individuals’ competences and teaching the skills that
will allow one to enter the labour market, all factors that will help us build an
open society thanks to citizens’ empowerment.
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