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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · 8d

📌 Discussions with other speakers, including from our
members Obessu & EVBB, were key in order
to highlight how countries are (or not) working together
to explore opportunities and challenges.

What's next?
🔗 Stay tuned and dive into EVTS report: www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/news/vet-...

Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · 8d

Some key topics addressed at the Forum for VET
teachers included:

👥 The attractiveness of teacher professions
📲 Digital tools and digital transformations
🌱 Green skills and competences
👩‍🏫 Mentoring and tutoring for younger teachers
✔️ Quality assurance mechanisms

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · 8d

Last week we attended the @cedefop.europa.eu Fourth Policy Learning Forum in Thessaloniki! 🇬🇷

At the Forum, Cedefop launched its European
Vocational Teacher Survey (EVTS), outlining the main
challenges & opportunities for VET teachers'
continuous professional development in Europe.

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · 15d

📖 We were present at the Science for Sustainable Education Policy Forum at the Lithuanian Parliament, where we presented the results of the BRiDGE project!

Read more about it in the article below!

thebridgeproject.vdu.lt/blog-posts-n...

Forum Science for sustainable education policy took place at Lithuanian Parliament - News & Events - The BRiDGE project

As the end of the BRiDGE project approaches, a closing event has been organised on September 19 with the support of Lithuanian authorities bringing together researchers, policymakers and civil society...

thebridgeproject.vdu.lt

Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · 15d

📣 Quick wrap-up from the European @unescouil.bsky.social Learning Cities gathering in Ville d'Évry-Courcouronnes!

LLLP & @eucen-eu.bsky.social support the creation of a European network of Learning Cities & look forward to seeing +cities joining this movement promoting a #LifelongLearning culture!

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · 21d

📣 Attention teachers!

Are you feeling overwhelmed or confused about how to use AI with your students? 🧐

Join EUIPO's online teacher training on 25 September and prepare to guide your students confidently in the age of AI!

Register using this link: tinyurl.com/52h3phne

It's not just about AI's impact on students but students' impact with AI

Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · 22d

Mark your calendar! ⏰

On 14 October, our member ECSWE will lead the discussion on media literacy & the impact of digital environments in young people during a policy event at the European Parliament hosted by MEP Victor Negrescu.

Find out more and save your spot below!

ecswe.eu/event/qoc-ta...

QoC-Talk 97: Media literacy, DigComp 3.0 and HERMMES - European Council for Steiner Waldorf Education

Join the conversation on the responsibilities of education, parenting and policy-making in protection of young people from negative impacts of online environment and social media.

ecswe.eu

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · 23d

📣 On 25-26 September @cedefop.europa.eu will be launching the European Vocational Teacher Survey (EVTS) on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) of VET teachers and trainers.

More information in the link below on how to join the event ⬇️

www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/events/fo...

Fourth Policy learning forum: Launching the European Vocational Teacher Survey (EVTS)

The main aim of the EVTS is to provide new evidence on the opportunities, experiences, challenges and other factors affecting the CPD of representative samples of teachers working in initial VET schoo...

www.cedefop.europa.eu

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · 23d

Did you know Take care is the first ever EU project dedicated to supporting mental health and well-being in the circus arts sector? 🎪 👥

FEDEC, one of LLLP's members is leading this project that raises awareness, provides training and best practices on mental health.

Info: www.fedec.eu/en/take-care

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · 24d

Food 🍲 + adult learning opportunities 🧠 + inclusion 👥 = a workshop you don't want to miss!

Save the date for this online workshop organised by @eucen-eu.bsky.social within the Food Includes project on 30 September!

Get to know the project: foodincludes.eu
Register: tinyurl.com/485jf9ae

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Food Includes: International Virtual Workshop. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · Sep 8

Did you know this year is LLLP's 20th anniversary? 🎈

Thank you Iris from ESU for your wishes! 🎂

Stay tuned because we have a lot of great things planned to celebrate #LLLP20 🤩

youtube.com/shorts/TREHV...

Thank you Iris from @EuropeanStudentsUnion for your wishes for LLLP! #LLLP20 🥳 #shorts #education

YouTube video by Lifelong Learning Platform

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · Sep 8

📣 Mark your calendar!

If you are interested in quality assurance, human rights, intersectionality and youth work, this event is for you!

Join the launch of the "Quality Assurance Handbook" on 16 September in Brussels!

Save your spot: form.typeform.com/to/xVPBeBji

Quality Assurance Handbook Launch Event. How to apply an intersectional and human rights-based approach to the evaluation of youth projects

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · Sep 3

Very grateful to be invited by @earlalleu.bsky.social to their Brussels meeting 2025 to discuss with our regional partners about the impact of the recent EU developments in education & training on our work as well as strengthening contacts with our members & their members. 💪🤩

#UnionOfSkills #MFF

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · Sep 3

🗣️ The "SPEAK OUT- Together for a safer circus" project, of which one of our members, FEDEC was part of, created a toolbox with resources on consent, how to spot harassment and prevent gender-based discrimination.

Check the toolbox in the link below:
www.fedec.eu/en/speak-out...

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AGE Platform Europe @ageplatformeu.bsky.social · Sep 1

📢 New #AccessibleEU Event on accessible education

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, September 9 | Time: 9:30 - 14:00 (EEST)
📍 Format: Hybrid
🗨️ Accessibility: Accessible venue. Captioning in English and International Sign System.

📝 Register and view the agenda here: 👉 bit.ly/3HYZgKq

Don't miss out!

AccessibleEU Event - Enhancing an Accessible Educational Ecosystem
AccessibleEU is hosting a workshop ahead of the 18th International Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe (AAATE) at the European University Cyprus.

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · Sep 1

📣 Save the date for EVBB's EU Policy Camp 2025!

This year's edition will highlight how VET systems can become more open, collaborative, & inclusive, ensuring that every learner has access to meaningful, connected, & future-ready vocational education.

More here ➡️ www.lllplatform.eu/event-detail...

EVBB EU Policy Camp 2025 | LLLPlatform

Following the success of previous editions, the 2025 EVBB EU Policy Camp will bring together over 150 participants from across Europe to explore one of the most pressing and promising themes in VET: O...

www.lllplatform.eu

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · Aug 27

🗣 As every month, this is your moment to catch up on all things #LifelongLearning with our newsletter LLLP Insights!

August's edition is all about #inclusion in education! You don't want to miss it!

📩 Subscribe now to receive the full version tomorrow in your mailbox: eepurl.com/cCi02P

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · Aug 26

Meet Harry Otter & Wateracy! 🦦 💧

@volonteurope.bsky.social is part of the project that unites young people from Romania, France, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Poland at the centre of water justice...while being led by the amazing Harry Otter.

Read more below ⬇️

www.lllplatform.eu/post/if-wate...

“If water could speak…” – The story of wateracy, education and resilience

Imagine a future where the rivers whisper no more, where the sea grass beds have turned to dust and where generations forget the feel of water on their skin.That future is not a fiction: it is arrivin...

www.lllplatform.eu

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SOLIDAR & SOLIDAR Foundation @solidar-eu.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚀 We’ve joined the Erasmus+ Coalition, a network of 80+ EU orgs pushing for a stronger, more inclusive Erasmus+.

💪 Advocacy, impact, and a vision for the future of learning in Europe.

🔗 More on the Coalition: bit.ly/4li23fn

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · Aug 22

Thank you David and @alldigital.bsky.social for celebrating 20 years of LLLP! 🎈

#LLLP20

youtube.com/shorts/Sw1rG...

We keep celebrating #LLLP20! Thank you @AllDigitalEU for being a part of LLLP! 🥳 #shorts

YouTube video by Lifelong Learning Platform

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · Aug 19

During this year's General Assembly we welcomed two new members to our Platform! 🎉

Get to know them below ⬇️
www.lllplatform.eu/post/meet-ll...

Meet LLLP's newest members: the European Basic Skills Network and the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation

On 2 July, the Lifelong Learning Platform celebrated its annual General Assembly in Brussels. During the General Assembly, LLLP welcomed two new members: the European Basic Skills Network (EBSN) and t...

www.lllplatform.eu

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Erasmus Student Network @esn.org · Jul 31

The #ESNsurvey is now accepting answers until August 31. 🗓️

Help us make the #student voices heard & improve #mobility for all the generations to come ➡️ esnsurvey.org

The respondents of the #survey get a chance to win a stay at Meininger Hotels, Ryanair voucher or Interrail Global Pass! 🏆

If you were not able to fill out the ESNsurvey yet, you can now do it by 31st of August! Fill out the survey and get a chance to win a stay at Meininger Hotels, Ryanair voucher, or Interrail Global Pass. esnsurvey.org"

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OECD Social @oecdsocial.bsky.social · Jul 22

Despite efforts to improve access, participation in adult learning remains very uneven across countries.

See latest OECD analysis ➡️ oe.cd/trends-adult-learning

Survey of #AdultSkills
#PIAAC
#SkillGaps

@oecdeduskills.bsky.social

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Civil Society Europe @eucivilsociety.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨 The proposed long-term EU budget is out: how does it hold up for civil society? Read our reaction: bit.ly/4kWIV6L

We welcome several aspects, yet remain concerned about the overall size and structure, and civil society’s weakened involvement.

#EUCivilSociety #MFF

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Lifelong Learning Platform @lllplatform.eu · Jul 23

📣 The European Commission's proposal for the next MFF 2028–2034 is out...What happened to the Erasmus+ budget? What comes next?

💥 Read our main takeaways below & share the Erasmus+ Coalition common demands for a stronger Erasmus+: tinyurl.com/ycxsthpj

#ErasmusPlus #MFF #EUBudget