The Lifelong Learning Platform - European Civil Society for Education, a pan-European civil society network gathering 40+ European networks in all sectors of education and training, and youth, promotes a holistic idea of lifelong (and life-wide) learning, inclusive and flexible learning environments and active engagement of citizens in shaping and modernising education and training systems in Europe.

The series of World Conference on Adult Education implemented by UNESCO and its partners met for CONFINTEA VII in June in Marrakech this year. The first was in Helsingör in 1949, followed in a twelve year cycle by Montreal in 1960, Tokyo in 1972, Paris in 1985, Hamburg in 1997, and Bélem in 2009.