Over the past two decades adult education has fallen out of focus in Tanzania. In a joint effort, DVV International, who started activities in the country in 2021, and the National Ministry of Education, Science and Technology are working to revitalise the sector and the national adult education programme.
The Municipal Centre for Adult Learning and Education in Chisinau, Moldova, started its first courses in July 2023, while its German counterpart, the Abendakademie (Evening Academy) Mannheim has a history of 120 years. Mannheim and Chisinau are twinned-cities and the two ALE-institutions have started a close cooperation of sharing and learning to strengthen community-based adult learning and education.
Freddy, the longest-lasting and highest-energy tropical cyclone ever recorded worldwide, hit Madagascar, Mozambique, and Malawi. Adult learning and education can integrate preventive measures like reforestation into its curricula and equip communities and individuals with the necessary skills and knowledge on how to be prepared for disaster, master early warning systems, evacuation procedures, and disaster kits.
MOJA Adult Education Platform is expanding to become part of the African Continental Project (ACP). With 54 countries and multiple languages, it is no small challenge to bring the diverse African ALE community together. However, this is exactly what the ACP is seeking to do.
Representatives from universities, ministries and training institutions in Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia, are participating in the Curriculum globALE Master Training Programme in 2023. After the training, these Master Trainers will take the lead in establishing a well-informed training of trainers structure in ALE and push the professionalisation agenda forward.
Andean Meeting VI towards a transformative and integral ALE put an emphasis on the capacity of ALE to combat machismo. The meeting took place in Bogotà, for the first time in hybrid mode. It was attended by government representatives, civil society organizations, academics, and private sector representatives, from Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, and Germany.
