The launch of the Observatory website is part of the follow-up of CONFINTEA VI in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and other relevant  institutions of the region defined in November in Mexico City  the main functions of the Observatory: to collect and disseminate objective, reliable and relevant information on the status and progress of youth and adult education in the region; to monitor public policies for youth and adult education in the region; and to establish a baseline of content for comparative study. Read more here (Source UIL).

EAEA´s advocacy work paid off as MEP´s voted for increasing the budget for adult learning and keeping the Grundtvig subprogramme for adult education on board in the forthcoming Union Programme for Education, Training, Youth and Sport (YES Europe), previously known as Erasmus for All. Please find the statements and more on decisions, changes and next steps in EAEA´s press release.

UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being.

Cedefop continues to work on common EU tools and principles in education and training. Its two most recent briefing notes discuss recent developments in National Qualification Frameworks, and on progress toward eliminating barriers between education and training subsystems within each country.

The Grundtvig In-Service training "European Adult Education and Lifelong Learning - Introduction for the younger staff", organised and hosted by EAEA, took place in Brussels during 15-19 October 2012.