LLinE Lifelong Learning in Europe

Program

Tenth Anniversary LLinE Conference 20 – 22 October, 2005, in Helsinki
What Future for Lifelong Learning in Europe – A Time for Choice


DAY ONE Thursday 20 October

11.20 – 12.00
Registration and check-in

LUNCH at UNITAS Conference Center


Chair: Eeva-Inkeri Sirelius, Secretary General of Finnish Adult Education Association, Vice-President of EAEA

13.00–13.30
OPENING WORDS
Tuula Haavisto, Chair of the Board of KVS Foundation

13.30 – 14.30
KEYNOTE and DISCUSSION

Education for Democratic Citizenship in a Lifelong Learning Perspective
Dr. Reinhild Otte, Germany, Vice-Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee of Experts for the European Year of Citizenship through Education (CAHCIT) of Council of Europe, Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Baden-Württemberg

14.30 – 15.00 COFFEE

15.00 – 16.00
KEYNOTE and DISCUSSION

Adult education and the multi-ethnic, multicultural Europe
Robin Landman, UK, executive director of Network for Black Managers

16.00 – 17.00
POSTER SESSION

17.00 – 19.00
THEMATIC WORKSHOPS ON THE 4 EU THEMES
Employability, Active Citizenship, Social Inclusion, Personal Fulfilment
FUTURE Statement to be devised
Links for background information

20.00
Dinner and Evening Program


DAY TWO Friday 21 October

8.00 – 8.30 Introduction to Study Visits

8.30 – 12.00 STUDY VISITS

8.30 – 10.00
Committee for the Future within Parliament (Employability, Active Citizenship, Social Inclusion, Personal Fulfilment)

10.00 – 12.00
1. Employability Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education
2. Social Inclusion DIAK Polytechnic
3. Personal Fulfilment National Broadcasting Company YLE

12.30 – 13.30 LUNCH

Chair: Professor Kauko Hämäläinen, Director of Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, University of Helsinki, Editor-in-Chief of LLinE

13.30 – 14.30
KEYNOTE and DISCUSSION

Social and cultural issues in promoting effective lifelong learning
Dr. Michelle Selinger, Education Strategist, Corporate Citizenship, Cisco Systems

14.30 – 15.00 COFFEE

15.00 - 17.00
THEMATIC PAPER SESSION
The four themes
Employability
Active Citizenship
Social Inclusion
Personal Fulfilment

17.00 – 19.30 Sauna by the sea

20.00 Celebration of LLinE 10 YEARS
Dinner


DAY THREE Saturday 22 October

9.00–11.00
WORKSHOPS
continue focusing especially on the future aspect, and creating an action plan for the participants to follow after the conference, together with a few likeminded participants. The possibility to continue the discussion in the internet on the LLinE website.

11.00–11.30 COFFEE

11.30 – 12.30
KEYNOTE and DISCUSSION

Help or Hinder: the role of national qualifications systems in promoting lifelong learning
Dr. Patrick Werquin, Principal Administrator, Directorate for Education, OECD

FUTURE Statement - The Vision of Lisbon 2020

12.45
Closing words
Antti Kauppi, Director of Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, University of Helsinki, Co-editor of LLinE

13.15 Departure