In this edition of the L&W Newsletter, you should note in particular the call for papers regarding the 7th International VET Congress in Bern (see Conferences) and the Thematic issue of ERVET on exploring resilience (see Publications). Also, note the date for the Adult Education Academy in Würzburg (see Programmes and Projects). And don't miss the online webinars on HRD starting 2nd June (see Networks and Organisations)!

Welcome to our first issue of Quest for 2021. This issue features stories about the impact of adult learning programs from around Australia. 

You'll find stories about Australia's adult literacy crisis and how experts suggest we address it, how a small Tasmanian town is opening up opportunities for its residents by teaching them to drive, and how a Wangaratta based adult education centre has revamped a course in foundation skills to help people focus on their personal as well as their educational goals.

In this edition of the L&W Newsletter, you should note in particular the call for proposals regarding the following conferences: Conference of the journal Scuola Democratica on "Reinventing education" online, ICL 2021: Interactive Collaborative Learning in Dresden, GeNeMe 2021: Communities in New Media in Dresden, Cedefop-OECD symposium online (see Conferences), and the call for contributions to special issues of: JOVACET on TVET/adult learning, and the IJHRD on the Impact of Covid19 on HRDM (see Publications). And don't miss the deadline for application for the TVET Leadership Programme (see Programmes)!

Vocational education and training (VET) is an enabler of the digital, green and fair recovery, not the repair shop of social and economic transitions. That was the key message Cedefop Executive Director Jürgen Siebel shared with the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.