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It explains adult education as publicly funded learning for adults beyond statutory training and identifies stakeholders ranging from policy makers to practitioners. 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Lisbon, as in the Lisbon Agenda, is the destination, the compass and the journey driving developments in education and training systems in the EU member states. This paper sketches some of these developments and sets out their implications for adult education stakeholders in Ireland from now until 2010. Adult education is understood as publicly-funded provision for adult learning in statutory and other agencies, outside of the statutory training sector. Adult education stakeholders are understood to include policy makers, practitioners, participants, theorists and commentators.  \nDevelopments in Adult Education in Ireland pre–2000– The Role of the European Social Fund (ESF)  \nUp to the year 2000, statutory sector adult education stakeholders’ main experience of the EU was as a funder, through the European Social Fund (ESF), of programmes such as Youthreach, Senior Traveller Training Centres, VTOSand PLCs. The benefits arising included responses to local individual and collective learning needs; a blurring of boundaries between education and training; certification opportunities; progression opportunities; staffing of services and in-career development opportunities.  \nBut the way theESF operated (O’Connor 1998) also brought opportunity costs for adult education. Most notable is the resultant programme rather than service infrastructure, giving rise to a compartmentalised ‘egg carton’ model of provision (Keogh, 2003) . Limited integration across the various stand-alone programmes results in limited pooling of resources, limited staff mobility,  \nreduced flexibility, and, most critically, possible restrictions on learner progression within and beyond existing provision. In addition, the relative lack of emphasis on support services within ESF meant that adult educational guidance was not addressed until the publication of the White Paper on adult education in 2000.  \nDevelopments atEU Level post–2000–Implications for Adult Education in Ireland  \nBy 2000, adult education provision in Ireland funded by the Department of Education and Science could be said to have been the result of what, in an associated context, O’Connor (1998) termed ‘the interaction of basically unrelated events, rather than . . . some overall plan’. The Learning for Life: White Paper on Adult Education (Government of Ireland 2000) provided a framework for expanding provision for ‘those most at risk’ and since 2000 ESF support has been key to the implementation of the strategy set out in the White Paper.  \nEarly in 2000, atEU level, the heads of state and government, meeting in Lisbon within the European Council, had set the goal that by 2010 the EU should become ‘the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world … with more and better jobs and … greater social cohesion’. The Lisbon goals covered research, education, training, Internet access, ebusiness and reform of Europe’s social protection systems. Access to lifelong learning was recognised as having a vital role in the achievement of the Lisbon goals.  \nSince 2000, these top-level policy guidelines have given rise to a structured set of initiatives designed to improve quality and strengthen co-operation in education and training across the EU. Two specific policy initiatives merit mention, the concrete objectives initiative and the lifelong learning initiative.  \nConcrete Objectives of Education and Training Systems  \nThe Lisbon European Council called for reflection on the concrete objectives of education systems, focusing on common concerns while respecting national diversity. It also defined a new approach to political co-ordination: the ‘open method of co-ordination’(OMC) which would draw on tools such as indicators and benchmarks as well as on compariso","cbCaicZBj1n2oxD3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicZBj1n2oxD3","pdf",385424,"English","# Developments at EU level: Lisbon and the adult education agenda\n## Adult education before 2000 and the role of the ESF\n## Adult education after 2000: lifelong learning initiatives and EU policy goals\n## Concrete objectives and the open method of co-ordination (OMC)","[{\"question\":\"How does the paper define adult education in Ireland?\",\"answer\":\"Adult education is presented as publicly funded provision for adult learning delivered through statutory and other agencies outside the statutory training sector.\"},{\"question\":\"What was the impact of ESF-funded programmes before 2000?\",\"answer\":\"The ESF enabled responses to learning needs, expanded opportunities for certification and progression, and supported staffing development; however, the programme-led approach created a compartmentalised model and limited integration.\"},{\"question\":\"How do post-2000 EU policy goals affect adult education stakeholders in Ireland?\",\"answer\":\"Lisbon-related frameworks and the White Paper support structured initiatives, and ESF assistance becomes key to implementing strategies for expanding provision, especially for people most at risk.\"}]","Adult Education in Ireland - The implications of developments at European Union level | PDF",1792067003,23]