Adult Education Society on IX ICAE World Assembly

Adult Education Society on IX ICAE World Assembly

icaewaMontreal, June 2015. The Institut de coopération pour l’éducation des adultes (ICÉA) has been mandated by the International Council for the Adult Education (ICAE) to organise its 9th World Assembly which was held at the Université de Montréal from the June 11 to June 13. The University of Montreal was hosted the largest international gathering of civil society in adult education. The participation of the representatives from SEE was supported by regional project of DVV International. Maja Maksimović, an assistant professor in Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Department for Pedagogy and Andragogy and member of Adult Education Society, represented Serbia on ICAE World Assembly as delegate of Adult Education Society. The host organization invited the second person from Adult Education Society, Nikola Koruga to present experiences from Serbia about the concept of the Adult Learning Festival. Participation of the both delegates was vary notable, because the workshop Power in/of adult education, examples about trainers’ professionalization in Serbia and innovative methodological and theoretical approach in this field were presented. The representatives of Serbia were actively participated in preparation of the new ICAE declaration and organization of the event. During the IX ICAE World Assembly the new board were elected by the votes of members including Adult Education Society, which become the member this year. Adopting the new declaration ICAE sent the powerful and clear message of the support to the draft of the sustainable development aim, which addressed education inside the Agenda of sustainable development 2015 – 2030, which will be adopted on the UN summit in New York, on the September this year.