Welcome to our new members: Cooperatives Europe, garagErasmus Foundation and Lie Detectors
During our General Assembly on 29–30 June, we welcomed three new members to our network. All three organisations share our commitment to building a better future for the lifelong learning community. In this article, we take a closer look at who they are, what they do, who they work with, and why their work makes our platform more diverse and stronger. garagErasmus Foundation garagErasmus Foundation is a professional network of the Erasmus Generation that aims to contribute to a...
28 Jul 2026
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...
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
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
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
Podcast


LLLTalk - S05E01 - Research Meets Practice #1

LLLTalk - S02E03 - The Conference on the Future of Europe
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.



































