Venue:

Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the European Union

Rue Montoyer 47, Brussels, Belgium

Schedule:  

Registration (13:30-14:00)

EduMAP project’s results and discussion (14:00-17:30)

Coffee break: 15:30-16:00

End of programme: 17:30

Networking: 17:30-18:30 

Preliminary programme: 

• Opening words

Speaker TBA 

• Adult Education as a Means to Active Participatory Citizenship – the EduMAP view

Hanna Toiviainen (University of Tampere)

• Adult education policies and practices in EU Member States and Turkey – the relevance to young adults at risk of social exclusion

Natasha Kersh (University College London) and Paula Kuusipalo (University of Tampere)

• Mapping the good practices of adult education among young adults at risk of social exclusion across the EU

Beate Schmidt-Behlau (DVV International)

• Communicative ecologies and forums for dialogue - how the providers and users of educational initiatives are situated in the flows of information and communication?

Jo Tacchi (Loughborough University) and Kai Pata (Tallinn University) 

• Intelligent Decision Support System (IDSS) - an easy access to the information required to address the needs of vulnerable young adults

Martti Juhola (University of Tampere), Jyrki Rasku (University of Tampere) and Jari Järvinen (Foredata LLC)

• Final discussion/round table on EduMAP’s policy themes & recommendations

Georgios K. Zarifis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) leads the discussion

• End of official programme: free networking and discussion