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Thank you for registering for the Community Education in a Time of COVID19 event. An online link will be sent to your email before the start of the event. If you have any issues please contact Barry Dolan, AONTAS Communications and Membership officer at: bdolan@aontas.com

Community Education in a Time of COVID-19

Community Education in a Time of COVID-19: responding and building back better together for community education Date: Monday, 12th October 2

By AONTAS - The National Adult Learning Organisation

Date and time

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 03:00 - 05:00 PDT

Location

Online

About this event

Introduction:

AONTAS will hold an event in Longford Women’s Link on Monday, 12th October that will highlight the value of community education from the practitioner and learner perspective. We will showcase the diversity of community education and how it effectively responds to local needs. This event will call for specific funding for community education and will launch our community education census.

Aims and Objectives:

• To demonstrate the value and impact of community education as an inclusive model of adult learning

• To demonstrate the diversity of community education provision and how it responds to local needs

• To highlight the need for autonomy of funding

• To highlight the need for COVID19 funding support for non-statutory community education (submission)

• To demonstrate the work of AONTAS and the Community Education Network (CEN)

Audience:

• Policy makers and funders

• AONTAS members

• AONTAS Community Education Network (CEN) members

• Community education providers in Northern Ireland

• Adult learners

• Adult education tutors and practitioners

• Academics

Organised by

AONTAS - The National Adult Learning Organisation

AONTAS is Ireland’s National Adult Learning Organisation for adult and community education providers and adult learners. It promotes the value and benefits of adult learning, and advocates on behalf of the adult and community education sector. Founded in 1969, it is an independent NGO, with 400 members nationwide. In addition to promoting adult learning in Ireland, AONTAS is the national coordinating body for the European Agenda for Adult Learning, which is aimed at increasing participation in lifelong learning across the EU, enhancing policies and supports for adult learners, and gathering and disseminating best practices.

 

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