Stories

In 2020, the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development in Uganda, with support from DVV International, embarked on the process of revitalizing and broadening ALE data management in order to develop a more compliant and robust ALE management information system.

Because most Moldovian educators have emigrated to other countries, community learning centres are experiencing a huge demand for new specialists. DVV International Moldova therefore reconfigurated the existing curriculum globALE Train of Trainers programme into a concentric structure, based on levels of proficiency.

Within the framework of the annual conference on adult education, the JOVAM robot was presented to the public and the adult education sector in Cajamarca, Peru. Thanks to the financial support and technical assistance of DVV International, an artificial intelligence (AI)-equipped learning companion for work in the adult education sector was created.

In an editorial, Christoph Jost, Director of DVV International, reflects on new societal challenges and the approaches adult education must take to meet them.

In order to include the indigenous languages spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas in educational activities, DVV International initiated a bilingual indigenous education model together with Mexican government partners in 2016. The training focuses on literacy, building communicative skills and teaching the right to lifelong learning.

In the last decade, at least in Europe, ALE was mainly understood as a service to improve people’s potential to get work and offer them some additional possibilities for basic education. DVV International and the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA) initiated the BILDUNG project that intends to provide inspiring and forward-thinking concepts, ideas and good practices for the ALE sector.