Since 2012, the National Coordination Office (NKS) for the European Agenda for Adult Learning in Germany has been anchored in the National Agency Education for Europe at the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (NA at BIBB). It works on behalf of the European Commission and the Federal Ministry of Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ).
The aim of the Coordination Unit is to implement the Agenda for Adult Learning and thus strengthen adult education and continuing vocational training in Germany and Europe. Through its activities and projects, the Coordination Unit provides information on the content and objectives of the Agenda for Adult Learning, thereby bringing European education policy issues and priorities into the national discourse. Among other things, it does this through:
In addition, the NCP is a co-organiser of the German Continuing Education Day and contributes its expertise to various national and European networks.
„Adult education strengthens social cohesion. Promoting this through professional exchange across national borders motivates me.“
The NCP Adult Education Agenda is part of a Europe-wide network of National Coordination Points. At regular meetings in Brussels, representatives exchange information with the European Commission and among themselves on current developments and relevant topics in adult education. The German coordination point is currently part of the European working group on the topic of ‘Innovative Learning Environments’. In the form of online meetings and mutual study visits, the participants in the working group exchange examples of good practice in the design of learning environments.
