Abbreviations
Selected abbreviations are included which occur at least twice in the text.
| AA | Federal Foreign Office / Auswärtiges Amt |
| AAACE | American Association for Adult and Continuing Education |
| PAALAE | Pan African Association for Literacy and Adult Education |
| ADC | Rural Development Association / Asociación para el Desarrollo Campesino |
| AE | Adult Education |
| AED | Adult Education and Development |
| AGI | Adolf Grimme Institute of the DVV |
| AGS | Social Improvement Network / Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialstruktur |
| AKBiEZ | Working Group on Education in Development Cooperation / Arbeitskreis Bildung in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit |
| AKBP | Germany’s Foreign Cultural and Educational Policy / Auswärtige Kultur- und Bildungspolitik |
| AKLHÜ | Association “Learning and Helping Overseas” / Arbeitskreis “Lernen und Helfen in Übersee” |
| ALE | Adult Learning and Education |
| APAL | African Perspectives on Adult Learning |
| ASPBAE | Asia-South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education |
| BMBF | Federal Ministry of Education and Science / Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung |
| BMZ | Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development / Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung |
| CAEA | Chinese Adult Education Association |
| CARCAE | Caribbean Regional Council for Adult Education |
| CEAAL | Latin American Council of Adult Education / Consejo de Educación de Adultos de América Latina |
| CEDEFOP | European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CLADE | Latin American Campaign to Secure the Right to Education / Campaña Latinoamericana por el Derecho a la Educación |
| CONFINTEA | International Conference for Adult Education / Conférence internationale sur l’éducation des adultes |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DANIDA | Danish International Development Assistance |
| DED | German Development Service / Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst |
| DESD | Decade of Education for Sustainable Development |
| DIE | German Institute for Adult Education |
| DOC | Document |
| DUK | German UNESCO Commission / Deutsche UNESCO-Kommission |
| DVV | German Adult Education Association / Deutscher Volkshochschul-Verband |
| EAEA | European Association for the Education of Adults |
| EC | European Commission |
| EFA | Education for All |
| EFA/GMR | Education for All / Global Monitoring Report |
| EQF | European Qualification Framework |
| ETF | European Training Foundation |
| EU | European Union |
| FAL | Functional Adult Literacy |
| FEMNET | The African Women‘s Development and Communication Network |
| FTI | Fast Track Initiative |
| GCE | Global Campaign for Education |
| GRALE | Global Report on Adult Learning and Education |
| GTZ | German Technical Cooperation / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit |
| HE | Higher Education |
| ICAE | International Council for Adult Education |
| ICECU | Central American Institute of Popular Education / Instituto Centroamericano de Extensión de la Cultura |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| IIZ/DVV | Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association / Institut für Internationale Zusammenarbeit des Deutschen Volkshochschul-Verbandes |
| IIEP | International Institute for Educational Planning |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INWENT | Inwent – Capacity Building Germany / Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH |
| IOM | International Organisation of Migration |
| IPE | International Perspectives in Adult Education |
| KANFED | Kerala Association for Non-Formal Education and Development |
| KfW | KfW Banking Group / KfW Bankengruppe |
| KMK | The Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Laender in the Federal Republic of Germany / Kultusministerkonferenz |
| LIFE | Literacy for Life |
| MDG | Millenium Development Goals |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| NIACE | National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales) |
| NILE | Network for Intercultural Learning in Europe |
| NQF | National Qualification Framework |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OWI | East-West-Institute / Ost-West Institut |
| PAALAE | Pan African Association for Literacy and Adult Education |
| PAMOJA | Africa Reflect Network |
| PAS | Pedagogical Centre / Pädagogische Arbeitsstelle |
| PRIA | Society for Participatory Research in Asia |
| REFLECT | Regenerated Freirean Approach for Literacy and Community Techniques |
| REPEM | Gender and Women’s Education Network / Red de Educación Popular entre Mujeres |
| TEACH | Teaching Adult Educators in Continuing and Higher Education |
| TELC | The European Language Certificates |
| TOT | Training of Trainers |
| UGAADEN | Ugandan Adult Education Network |
| UIL | UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UNLD | United Nations Literacy Decade |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UPE | Universal Primary Education |
| USE | Universal Secondary Education |
| VHS | Community adult education centre(s) / Volkshochschulen |
| WEF | World Education Forum |
| WSF | World Social Forum |