Online event "​​​​Adult Learning and Education – way forward in system building​"

We have the pleasure to invite you to take part in the online event "​​​​Adult Learning and Education – way forward in system building​" organised by the Governance Learning, Action and Dialogues (GLAD) network of the European Training Foundation (ETF).

Date: 20 January 2026
🕛 Time: 11:00 – 12:30 CET 
📍 Format: Online via Zoom. Register HERE to get the zoom link. 

Please find the detailed Agenda of the online event: HERE

This GLAD webinar, which is part of the cycle dedicated to the governance of Adult Learning and Education (ALE), will put the system approach at centre stage. The system approach differs from treating ALE as a collection of separate programmes or as a set of participation rates. Systems of adult learning are complex, multi-level configurations in which interdependencies between education provision, labour market dynamics, and welfare policies give rise to outcomes that single interventions alone cannot generate.  

This was one core conclusion of the High-Level Round Table ‘A Framework to drive Adult Learning Reforms. Advancing Lifelong Learning in the context of EU accession and neighbourhood’ organised by the ETF and DVV International in November, 2025.
The webinar will draw from the event’s key question – how can countries develop Adult Learning Systems (ALS) that simultaneously raise participation and reduce inequality? – and the resulting Policy Brief that elaborates the answers emerged through the panels and interactive sessions, a social theatre performance and the celebration of country successes.  

The ETF and DVV International are pleased to host in the webinar Ms Jasna Jovanovic (Montenegro) and Mr Jan Kalenda (Czech Republic) who will speak about the three-layer governance architecture of ALS comprising legislation, strategic planning and financing, with specific examples of progress made in Montenegro. 

All participants in the webinar are invited to address questions and contribute own experience regarding ALE legislation, strategic planning and financing depending on country contexts and governance traditions.  

The webinar language will be English, with interpretation into BCMS, Albanian, Ukrainian and Romanian.