This publication was updated in February 2026 to reflect the new strategies and initiatives of the European Parliament and the European Commission after over one year in office. This will consider the forward-looking discussions for preparing the 2028-2034 financial cycle as well as future initiatives of the 2024-2029 Commission. The first edition was published in 2015.

The guidebook is a seasonal publication updated with the new European Parliament and European Commission power dynamics. Who is who in the EU? Where does education and training fit? Where does civil society fit? How can CSOs voice their concerns in the sector? Discover it in the 2025 edition!

In 2024 the LLLP focused on “21st challenges for the educator profession: call for system change” as the annual theme, as well as engaging with different stakeholders through advocacy work, events and strengthening partnerships with members. Take a look at what happened in 2024 and get to know our work!

In this position paper, the Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) investigates the challenges and diversity of the educator profession.

The 4th edition of the LLLAB took place in Brussels around LLLP's Annual Theme "21st century challenges for the educator profession; a call for a system change" in partnership with Visit Brussels and the European Parliament.

The 14th edition took place on 18-22 November 2024 and held the overarching theme of “21st century challenges for the educator profession: a call for system change” In 2024, LLLPlatform is dedicating its advocacy efforts on the educators considering how since 2019, their situation, in fact, worsened.

Every seven years the Lifelong Learning Platform publishes a Feasibility Study on National Lifelong Learning Platforms. This has been first launched in 2011, followed up by a second edition in 2018, and a third one in 2025.

In 2023 the Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) focused on “Key competences for all: a lifelong learning approach” as the annual theme, as well as engaging with different stakeholders through advocacy work, events and strengthening partnerships with members. Take a look at what happened in 2023 and get to know our work!

On 27 November 2023, education and training stakeholders at EU level were reunited by the Lifelong Learning Platform with the support of the Directorate General for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport for the annual European Lifelong Learning Stakeholders Forum. After five years in which the European Education Summit replaced the traditional format of the Forum, this year’s edition saw the support of the European Commission as well as the inclusion of the outcomes of the Forum in the Summit discussions.

In this position paper, the Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) investigates the importance of funding in education and training, its sources and its impact on access to learning and on the quality of the learning provided. Securing education as a human right implies a responsibility of states to fund a system in which all learners are welcomed, supported and aided to develop holistically and fully.