The EU Grundtvig Programme
The Grundtvig programme focuses on the teaching and study needs of learners taking adult education and ‘alternative’ education courses, as well as the organisations delivering these services.
It aims to help develop the adult education sector, as well as enable more people to undertake learning experiences, notably in other European countries.
Objectives
The specific aims of the Grundtvig programme are to:
- increase the number of people in adult education to 25 000 by 2013, and improve the quality of their experience, whether at home or abroad;
- improve conditions for mobility so that at least 7 000 people per year by 2013 can benefit from adult education abroad;
- improve the quality and amount of co-operation between adult education organisations;
- develop innovative adult education and management practices, and encourage widespread implementation;
- ensure that people on the margins of society have access to adult education, especially older people and those who left education without basic qualifications;
- support innovative ICT-based educational content, services and practices.