This new book has been published by the Regional Office of DVV International for the use of colleagues who work towards lifelong learning policies and systems in their countries. Apart from a number of interesting articles there are documents from recent conferences in the region that looked at learning cities, adult education and lifelong learning. It is an extended and translated version of the journal Bildung und Erziehung, 4 / 2013 published by Boehlau Verlag.

The British Education Studies Association (BESA) hold an annual conference and in 2014 the conference is to take place at the University of Glasgow.