Fields of work
Development of the adult education (AE) system:
- expert analyses,
- research,
- evaluation studies providing expert grounds for the development of the AE system;
Development of quality in AE:
- development of approaches to self-evaluation and external evaluation,
- counselling and training of people responsible for the development of quality,
- providing related professional literature;
Information and guidance in AE:
- providing guidance to individuals and institutions,
- developing and monitoring guidance centres (IGAE project),
- guidance corner (SLO only),
- database of publicly valid AE programmes;
Adult education training:
- devising and implementing training programmes for work in adult education and for supporting the implementation of development projects in practice,
- development of teaching materials and new approaches to training;
Adult literacy:
- research,
- development of literacy programmes for different target groups (family, rural, workplace, people with special needs),
- training of literacy teachers;
Development of non-formal learning:
- study circles (SLO only),
- reading circles,
- learning exchange,
- self-directed learning,
- project learning for young adults,
- lifelong learning centres;
Validation of non-formal learning:
- portfolio,
- e-portfolio,
- APL,
- training of counsellors and evaluators;
Promotional activities:
- promotional campaigns and events – Lifelong Learning Week,
- awards for outstanding learning achievements,
- Adult Education Colloquium,
- bulletin Novičke, series of professional literature, monographs, video and multimedia publications,
- miscellaneous small promotional material;
AE information support:
- Survey on adult education providers and programmes in Slovenia (SLO only),
- databases and indicators,
- expert library,
- SIAE website,
- intranet.