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Lifelong Learning and Skills & VET Weeks join forces to boost continuous training

Lifelong Learning and Skills & VET Weeks join forces to boost continuous training

Two of Europe’s premier education initiatives are uniting. Discover how the Lifelong Learning Platform and the European Skills & VET Week are teaming up to champion continuous education, elevate innovative practices, and bring the Lifelong Learning Awards to a bigger stage.

2 Jul 2026

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ANNUAL THEME

The Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) addresses forward-looking issues in the field of education and training on an annual basis. This year’s theme will be explored during different events and meetings at the crossroads between the Cypriot and Irish Presidencies of the Council of the EU, while ensuring that the 2026 Annual Theme provides a new vision for one of the salient issues in education and training, which has been slightly overlooked in recent years: Reimagining validation and...

LLLP General Assembly 2026: from AI in education to new members!

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1 Jul 2026

On 29-30 June 2026, the Lifelong Learning Platform held its annual General Assembly in Brussels. In an extended two-day version, it brought together the whole membership to approve reports, plans and take new substantial decisions, as well as to elect new representatives and engage in forward-looking discussions with decision makers. LLLP High-Level Policy Debate The gathering started on 29 June at the European Parliament, where policy-makers and civil society organisations gathered to...

Check EucA's activities and deadlines!

Early Bird deadline closing soon! - Join ECSAS 2026 Hundreds of student affairs and services professionals will gather in Seville from 11–13 November for the 8th edition of ECSAS 2026. Under the theme “Centering Student Affairs within the Higher Education Ecosystem,” ECSAS will bring together leading voices from Europe and beyond to address the pressing challenges shaping higher education today, from student well-being and international mobility to digital transformation and institutional...

24 Jun 2026

The Power of Many: Civil Society Europe’s Social Media Series on Impactful National Stories

Civil Society Europe —the European coordination of civil society organisations— has started the social media series ‘The Power of Many’. This series showcases impactful stories of civil society organisations at the national level, bringing their voices to the forefront. Every two weeks, a new civil society organisation becomes the protagonist: providing their perspective on how they improve people’s daily lives, how their tasks bridge citizens and the EU, and how being part of an EU network...

9 Jun 2026

Opening VET: Key Takeaways on Open Schooling from the EVBB EU PolicyCamp 2025

The EVBB EU Policy Camp 2025, held at the VET House in Brussels, from the 29th of September to the 2nd of October showed how the open school philosophy is radically transforming VET across Europe. Bringing together educators, policymakers, and VET experts, the three-day event focused not only on policy, but also on practical, community-driven innovation to promote inclusion and sustainability. The central message was clear: VET institutions must become open ecosystems integrated within their...

28 Oct 2025

Cooperation between civil society and schools unlocking more inclusive education

EFIL members are promoting inclusive education by supporting schools with inclusionary best practices for internationalisation of schools...

27 Aug 2025

Podcast

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LLLTalk - S05E01 - Research Meets Practice #1
The second episode of the series "Research Meets Practice" delves into a culture of lifelong and lifewide learning
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LLLTalk - S05E01 - Research Meets Practice #1
This special episode brings you the jointly organised by the Lifelong Learning Platform and the Springer’s International Handbook of Lifelong Learning. Dubbed "Research Meets Practice", this series presents cutting-edge research on lifelong learning to an interested audience. The first webinar took place on 23 May 2024 titled "Lifelong Learning in the Axis of Socio-Political and Economic Environments" and it tackles the global implications for work-based learning in platform economies.
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LLLTalk - S02E03 - The Conference on the Future of Europe
With all the buzz on the Conference on the Future of Europe, we asked Elisa Gambardella, a representative of civil society that sits in the Conference Plenary, to walk us through it. What are the goals, what's been happening since the launch and - most of all - what can citizens still do?
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LLLTalk - S03E01 - Education as public good: the role of higher education
LLLTalk - S03E01 - Education as public good: the role of higher education

There is a new podcast in town! "LLLTalk - EU Education Made Simple" is the new podcast by the Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) that tries to better communicate education to European citizens. The gap between decision-makers and citizens should be bridge, and who better than civil society organisations ought to do it? With short episodes, LLLP will discuss the main issues with the European political agenda in education, training and lifelong learning. 

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