20 years of Nordic –
Lithuanian cooperation
Lifelong Learning perspective,
NVL, Antra Carlsen
The develeopment of LLL
cooperation
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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 development
decade: 1991-2000
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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 modulebased 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
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