Evaluation of the project “Adult Education in South – East Europe”

Evaluation of the project “Adult Education in South – East Europe”

Evalucija Belgrade, March 2009. The Adult Education Society, dvv international – Project Office Belgrade, welcomed the evaluation experts Mr. Wolfgang Schur from the German Adult Education Association (dvv international) and Mrs. Ph.D. Susanne Lattke from the German Institute for Adult Education as guests. The motive for this visit was the evaluation of the project “Adult Education in South – East Europe”. During their stay the experts were able to get acquainted with the broad work of the Adult Education Society as well as the effects of their work. In order to illustrate and clearly show the full range of activities by the Society, several visits with partner organizations in Belgrade, East Serbia (Bor – city and county) and Vojvodina (Backa Palanka, Novi Sad) were organized. In Belgrade meetings with representatives of the National Labor Office, the Institute of Pedagogy and Andragogy, the Department of Andragogy (Faculty of Philosophy, University Belgrade) and the Ministry of Education were arranged, during which the multifaceted co-operations with these institutions was presented. The evaluators were also received by the Education Minister, Ph.D. Žarko Obradović, with whom the future Adult Education Strategy as well as the Adult Education Action Plan were discussed. Furthermore during this meeting is was reported about the upcoming conference “Adult education – an opportunity for the socio-economic development of Serbia – in view of CONFINTEA VI”.