Lifelong Learning is a concept introduced and widely spread since the mid of 90s and is nowadays associated with the recognition of training and learning as a growth for individuals and society as a whole.

In the Knowledge Society an important role is played by HEIs, training agencies and the individual dimension of the conscious person who learns, using a variety of opportunities and strategies, taking advantage of a wide range of educational institutions during lifelong.

In this situation, HEIs and training agencies need to address complex challenges, in particular:

a)     offer the appropriate training opportunities, responding to the needs of current society, especially in terms of demands of the Labour Market, involving stakeholders in the curricular design and development (SME, national and local governments, public and private organizations, etc.)

b)    use tools and strategies in the training pathways that allow for the recognition and certification of informal non-formal learning

This project, participated by a consortium of 20 institutions of HEI (15 Latin American and 5 for Europe), intends to realize and experiment different curricular experiences in Lifelong Learning, involving different local stakeholders and fostering a process able to reflect institutional and societal needs, in order to be effective actors in lifelong learning.

The IIº Project Meeting will focus on the following topics:
1. WP2 State of the art – Presentation and discussion of results achieved;
2. WP3 Methodologycal Framework – Configuration and Validation;
3. Credits & compétences WP7 – 1 Workshop.
4. Administrative  Session.

Agenda

It will be held between 15th and 17th of November 2011, at Barranquilla, Colombia.

TRALL: Kick Off meeting.

From April 13 to 15 was carried out at Buenos Aires Campus of the University of Bologna,  the kickoff meeting of the “Transatlantic Lifelong Learning: Rebalancing Relations” (Trall), funded by the European Commission’s ALFA III, which involves 20 universities and European and Latin American higher education, coordinated by the ‘University of Bologna.

This consortium will focus over the next three years to achieve the objectives of the project Trall, creating a set of activities that involve both academic institutions and various stakeholders, public and private Latin American interested in the promotion of Lifelong Learning (LLL).

The following sites provide additional news about kickoff meeting, published by the project partners:

UNIBO – Buenos Aires

http://www.ba.unibo.it/BuenosAires/Cartelera/Noticias/2011/04/alfatrall.htm

UNIBO – Bologna

http://www.magazine.unibo.it/Magazine/Universita/2011/04/22/Al_via_il_progetto_Trall.htm

UFG

http://www.ufg.br/page.php?noticia=7413

UNNE

http://eluniversitario.unne.edu.ar/destacados14.html

http://www.agentia.unne.edu.ar/

RECLA

http://www.recla.org/noticias/reclapresentasusactividadesenlasededelauniversidaddeboloniaenbuenosaires

UNALM

http://www.lamolina.edu.pe/Gaceta/edicion2011/notas/nota071.htm

UCASAL

http://eneg.ucasal.net/paginas/placas/2011/05-mayo/2011-05-04-alfa3.jpg

UCA

http://www.uc-abierta.uc.edu.py/index.php?id=39