20 years of Nordic – Lithuanian cooperation

Lifelong Learning perspective,NVL, Antra Carlsen

The develeopment of LLL cooperation

• 1992 - 2000• Loose networks

with many small actors, depending on central coordination and support

• 2000 - 2010• More concentrated

and negotiated / agreed upon projects and initiatives

• Dynamic and independent networks, BUT few

Competence developmentdecade: 1991-2000

• Summer Academies• NGO leader training courses• 7 NGO network meetings• Civil servant exchange• Scholarships in AE• Environmental education• Courses in AE

methodology and organisation

Capacity building in cooperation 2000-2003

• Nordic - Baltic module-based Further Training for Adult Educators

• AE competence descriptions

• Agreed minimum set of criteria for becoming an AE-or and assessment procedure

Sharing the NO-BA experience and new level of cooperation 2000-2005

ALLA – Adult Learning for Local Action;

N-W Russsia network

AGADE – A Good Adult Educator in Europe, EU Grundtvig project

Success factors• An open invitation: come, look, learn together and

develop your own path• Sharing - ”you get what you give”• Genuine interest in change• Generous support • Meeting places• Continuity and at the same time constant development• Process is important

and results motivate• Genuine and balanced

needs of network members

2005 – Norden as a winner region

New quality of cooperation and paradigm shift to learning outcomes

2005-2010

• JAVAL - Joint Actions in Validation of Learning (Nordplus)

• EØS-project on validation (Vox/Vitautas Magnus University)

• Survey on Non-formal learning and NQFs (NO-BA network)

Current priorities• Nordic Competence triangle:

education – research - innovation• EU Action Plan and key-message

”One step up”• Competence discussion: from knowledge to competences from thought to action that is creating value

Context for competence discussion – issues of cooperation• Future structures for adult learning• Laws for Sustainability & Seamless education• Validation and certification• Pedagogy - new knowledge and new roles• Distribution and new arenas.

Who should control the supply?• The question of responsibility:

me, the employer and society• Financing - sharing costs

NVL www.nordvux.net