{"id":28058,"date":"2018-08-30T16:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acs.si\/?page_id=28058"},"modified":"2023-03-01T12:09:55","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T11:09:55","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.2&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Slovenian Institute for Adult Education (SIAE) is the central public institute and umbrella institution for adult education in the Republic of Slovenia which was founded by ordinance on establishment on 27 September 1991.<\/p>\n<p>The fundamental purpose of our operations is to develop the field of adult education in line with the<a href=\"https:\/\/arhiv.acs.si\/dokumenti\/ReNPIO_2013%E2%80%932020.pdf\"> Resolution on the Master Plan for Adult Education in the Republic of Slovenia for 2013\u20132020<\/a> and other national and European strategic documents and development guidelines on adult education. Our powers and responsibilities are also stipulated in the statutory provisions governing education, principally the Organization and Financing of Education Act and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uradni-list.si\/glasilo-uradni-list-rs\/vsebina\/2018-01-0222?sop=2018-01-0222\">Adult Education Act<\/a> (2018).<\/p>\n<p>Since 2012, our role has also been that of the national coordinator of the <a href=\"http:\/\/register.consilium.europa.eu\/pdf\/en\/11\/st16\/st16743.en11.pdf\">European Agenda for Adult Learning<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/SL\/TXT\/PDF\/?uri=OJ:JOC_2016_484_R_0001&amp;from=SL\">EAAL<\/a>). By working on various research, programmes and projects and events, we participate in the development of the culture of lifelong learning and more specifically the culture of adult education. We inform both the domestic and international professional and broader public about our work.<\/p>\n<p>We establish ties with both policy-makers on the national and international levels and other adult education and pedagogy practitioners as well as coordinators and participants of various projects, adult education institutions and learners in Slovenia and beyond. We work actively as part of international organisations in all areas of our operation.<\/p>\n<p>We prepare and implement more than 40 educational programmes for around 800 participants, adult educators per year. The basis for the successful inclusion of participants into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/en\/fields-of-work\/training-of-adult-educators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our programmes<\/a> is formed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/en\/fields-of-work\/research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">research<\/a> and development projects that are well-received both at home and abroad. We work on increasing the accessibility of education for educationally disadvantaged adults. In doing so, we develop the foundations to support learning (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/en\/fields-of-work\/guidance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guidance<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/en\/fields-of-work\/validation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">validation<\/a>) and continuously upgrade our educational programmes in terms of quality. We contribute to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/en\/fields-of-work\/awareness-raising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the broader awareness<\/a> of the accessibility and importance of lifelong learning and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/en\/fields-of-work\/non-formal-learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">non-formal learning<\/a> that boost an individual&#8217;s quality of life and improve education as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slovenian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"Andrago\u0161ki center Republike Slovenije je osrednji javni zavod in krovna ustanova za izobra\u017eevanje odraslih v Republiki Sloveniji, ustanovljen z Odlokom o ustanovitvi z dne 27. septembra 1991.\r\n\r\nOsnovni namen na\u0161ega delovanja je razvijanje podro\u010dja izobra\u017eevanja odraslih skladno z <a href=\"https:\/\/arhiv.acs.si\/dokumenti\/ReNPIO_2013%E2%80%932020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resolucijo o Nacionalnem programu izobra\u017eevanja v Republiki Sloveniji (2013\u20132020)<\/a> ter drugimi nacionalnimi in evropskimi strate\u0161kimi dokumenti ter razvojnimi usmeritvami v izobra\u017eevanju odraslih. Na\u0161e pristojnosti in odgovornosti dolo\u010dajo tudi zakonski predpisi v vzgoji in izobra\u017eevanju, predvsem Zakon o organizaciji in financiranju vzgoje in izobra\u017eevanja in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uradni-list.si\/glasilo-uradni-list-rs\/vsebina\/2018-01-0222?sop=2018-01-0222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zakon o izobra\u017eevanju odraslih (2018)<\/a>.\r\n\r\nOd leta 2012 dalje delujemo tudi v vlogi nacionalnega koordinatorja Evropskega programa za u\u010denje odraslih (EPUO). Z razli\u010dnimi raziskavami, programi, projekti in dogodki sodelujemo pri uveljavljanju kulture vse\u017eivljenjskosti u\u010denja ter znotraj te \u0161e posebej izobra\u017eevanja odraslih. O tem obve\u0161\u010damo tako doma\u010do kot mednarodno strokovno in \u0161ir\u0161o javnost.\r\n\r\nPovezujemo se tako z oblikovalci politik na nacionalni in mednarodni ravni in drugimi nosilci andrago\u0161ke in pedago\u0161ke stroke kot s koordinatorji in udele\u017eenci razli\u010dnih projektov, ustanovami za izobra\u017eevanje odraslih in u\u010de\u010dimi se posamezniki v Sloveniji in \u0161ir\u0161e. Na vseh podro\u010djih delovanja dejavno sodelujemo v mednarodnih organizacijah.\r\n\r\nNa leto pripravimo in izvedemo ve\u010d kot 40 izobra\u017eevalnih programov za pribli\u017eno 800 udele\u017eencev, izobra\u017eevalcev odraslih. Podlaga za uspe\u0161no vklju\u010devanje udele\u017eencev v na\u0161e programe (link) so raziskave (link) in razvojni projekti, ki odmevajo v doma\u010dem in mednarodnem okolju (link). Skrbimo za pove\u010danje dostopnosti izobra\u017eevanja za u\u010dno prikraj\u0161ane odrasle (link). Pri tem razvijamo temelje za podporo u\u010denju (link ISIO\/vrednotenje) in stalno nadgrajujemo svoje izobra\u017eevalne programe na podro\u010dju kakovosti (link). Prispevamo k \u0161irjenju zavesti o dostopnosti in pomenu vse\u017eivljenjskega u\u010denja ter neformalno pridobljenega znanja, ki vi\u0161ajo kakovost \u017eivljenja posameznika in izbolj\u0161ujejo dru\u017ebo kot celoto.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/o-nas\/osebna-izkaznica-centra\/\">OSEBNA IZKAZNICA<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/o-nas\/vizija-in-poslanstvo\/\">VIZIJA IN POSLANSTVO<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/o-nas\/organiziranost-in-organi-acs\/\">ORGANIZIRANOST IN ORGANI ACS<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/o-nas\/ijz\/\">INFORMACIJE JAVNEGA ZNA\u010cAJA<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/o-nas\/kdo-smo\/\">KDO SMO<\/a>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.si\/o-nas\/kje-nas-najdete\/\">KJE NAS NAJDETE<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28058","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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