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25. 5. 2026
30 years of Self-Directed Learning Centres: celebration, reflection and shaping the future
In December, we celebrated three decades of organised self-directed learning in Slovenia. The event, Tailored Learning for Adults: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow, brought together more than ninety...
15. 4. 2026
The Spring Issue of the SIAE Newsletter in English: Learning Brings People Together, Strengthens Communities, and Opens Up New Opportunities
We invite you to read the latest issue of the SIAE Newsletter. It highlights key developments in the field of adult education in Slovenia and across Europe. This issue offers inspiring insights into...
14. 4. 2026
31st Lifelong Learning Weeks in Slovenia Shine Like the Sun
Less than a month separates us from this year’s Lifelong Learning Weeks (LLW). Last year’s were something special – the 30th anniversary edition. That’s why we combined the events into a Central...
26. 3. 2026
New professional monograph: Foundations of Andragogy
At the end of October, the SIAE published the long-awaited professional monograph Temelji andragogike: teoretični in praktični vidiki izobraževanja odraslih (Foundations of Andragogy: Theoretical and...
19. 3. 2026
Manifesto for Adult Learning – with a Slovenian touch
The EAEA, the largest European non-governmental organisation and the voice of non-formal ALE in Europe, has 120 member organisations across 43 countries. It represents over 60 million adult learners....
17. 3. 2026
The ABC of Environmental Learning 5: Local Peaks, Global Learning
Mountain landscapes are more than dramatic backdrops, they are powerful learning environments. This webinar series brings together educators, researchers, mountaineers, and community practitioners....
best practices, community-based learning, distance learning, EKP1, learning environment, mountains, sustainability, teaching methods, The ABCs of Environmental Education, training, VITR
11. 3. 2026
Meeting of national coordinators and lead partners of the second cycle of the PIAAC Survey of Adult Skills in Hamburg
Representatives of the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education (SIAE) and two external collaborators attended an international working meeting with high expectations. The meeting brought together...
5. 3. 2026
This time, we explored examples of innovative learning environments in Slovakia
In the Summer edition of the SIAE Newsletter, we wrote about the Third EAAL Forum 2025, held at the Rog Centre in Ljubljana. It was dedicated to presenting Slovenian examples of innovative learning...
EAAL, innovative learning environments, SIAE, SIAE Newsletter
19. 2. 2026
A call for 10 minutes of reading a day
Numerous studies show that reading is extremely important for the healthy and successful development of children and young people. It is also highly beneficial for adults. It helps us deal...
12. 2. 2026
SIAE Reading Club: A journey through stories, cultures and emotions
The SIAE Reading Club began in autumn 2023, so this year we entered our third season. In the second season, from September 2024 to June 2025, we read six books. The authors’ origins and geographical...
6. 2. 2026
Knowledge, connection and inspiration at the Festival of the Third Age
At the 2025 Festival of the Third Age (F3ŽO), we once again felt and celebrated the power of lifelong learning. Under the slogan We are all one generation, the festival reached out to everyone. More...
Festival of the Third Age (F3ŽO), lifelong learning, SIAE, SIAE Newsletter
29. 1. 2026
Exploring new opportunities at the Days of Guidance for Learning 2025
The 21st Days of Guidance for Learning, coordinated at the national level by the SIAE, are now successfully behind us. All 35 ISIO Centres and Self-Directed Learning Centres organised 180 events in a...
adult education, adult learning, awareness-raising, Days of Guidance for Learning 2025, lifelong learning, SIAE Newsletter