4th Regional exchange of experiences of trainers in adult education

4th Regional exchange of experiences of trainers in adult education

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAZlatibor, October 2015. The fourth Regional exchange of experiences of trainers in adult education was organized in cooperation of Adult Education Society and DVV International, Office in Sarajevo. The meeting was held at Zlatibor Mountain, in Hotel“Ratko Mitrović” for 20 participants (10 from each countries). The training realised during the two working days. The topics were proposed by participants and two sessions were led by external trainer Tiffany Joy Ross, the actress from USA, who lives in Belgrade. This time the visits hadn’t been included into the program. The content of the training was adapt to the needs of participants and current challenges in adult education, like refugee crisis. The session Intersectionality and the role of education in deconstruction of privileges tended to move the trainers focus on the position of the unprivileged groups and their position in adult education. The session about conflict resolution models introduce participants how to solve the conflict situations. Self-education was the important topic for establishing community learning initiatives, which can immediately react on educational needs. At the end of the training the five possibilities for closing the learning and group processes was introduced. The trainers were encouraged to test a new approaches and do group and individual reflections on their work. The rich discussion and active participation had shown that the training fulfil high expectations set up by previous trainings. Finally, the evaluation clearly shown that there is a need for continuation of this kind of exchange.