Useful links
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elearningeuropa.info
Key issues on new learning processes and educational use of technology.
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European Vocational Training Association
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Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds
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Churchill and Friend
Provides training and consulting to organizations wishing to improve policies and practices concerning disabled customers and employees.
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MENCAP
Understanding learning disability. MENCAP works with people with a learning disability, their families and carers.
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NASCENT - Network Against Social Exclusion / New Tasks
Transnational experience in the field of social exclusion and vocational training by gathering and analyzing a wide number of project in six Member State.
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European Commission Site on Lifelong Learning
The European Commission's site on Lifelong learning can be accessed with this link:
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Memorandum on Lifelong Learning
In this site you can also find the Commission's "Memorandum on Lifelong Learning".
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European Commission's Communication on Lifelong Learning
You can access the European Commission's Communication on Lifelong learning, the Press Release and Support Documents as well as statements of the Commissioners responsible for education and employment and social affairs at this link:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/life/index.html#comm -
The Commission's Support and Implementation Schemes
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ItrainOnline
The ItrainOnline initiative aims to assist civil society organizations (CSOs) and other development actors in developing countries to confront the challenges posed by new information and communications technologies. In seeking to overcome skills gaps in development, it connects people and know-how with the needs of ICT learners and trainers.
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Social Partners Put Together "Framework of Actions for the Lifelong Development of Competencies and Qualifications"
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the Union of Industrial and Employer's Confederations of Europe (UNICE), and the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UEAPME) have put together a "FRAMEWORK OF ACTIONS FOR THE LIFELONG DEVELOPMENT OF COMPETENCIES AND QUALIFICATIONS".
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Other Useful Links:
www.lifelonglearning.co.uk: United Kingdom government supported website for the encouragement, promotion and development of Lifelong Learning.
www.cedefop.gr: European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
www.trainingvillage.gr: The European Training Village
www.etf.eu.int: The European Training Foundation
www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_33723_1_1_1_1_1,00.html: The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Contribution to Lifelong Learning.
www.coe.int: The Council of Europe
www.ilo.org: The International Labour Organisation
www.unesco.org/education: UNESCO
www.life-learning.net/: An information Network on all Aspects of Lifelong Learning