1. Member of EU-Project: VisuaLearning Kick-off meeting in Bonn 24th – 25th February 2006 Mitglied der German Institute for Adult Education

2. Member of German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) - Member of the Leibniz Association The Institute: - Programmes - Information and Documentation Centre Mitglied der German Institute for Adult Education

3. Member of Leibniz Association 80 non-university research institutes and service facilities funded by both the federal government and the federal states cooperation partner for universities, industry and other non-university institutes connects research and practice

4. Member of The Institute Boards Members: 9 respectively from research and practice Administrative Board: 4 practice, 3 research, 2 federal government, 2 federal states Academic Advisory Board: representatives from research institutions and universities, representatives from the practical field

5. Member of The Institute Organization

6. Member of German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) Academic service institution in the field of Adult Education Task: Interface between research and the field of practice - helps establish the foundations for research and theory - disseminates research results and carries out application-oriented research - develops innovative educational strategies and qualitative standards Member of

7. German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) - supports development of the profession and provides consulting services relating to organisational development processes - analyses structural change - provides consulting in the areas of research, policy-making and the field of practice - represents German adult education internationally, supporting the transfer of knowledge and know-how Member of

8. German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) Target groups - researchers - professionals - politicians Activities/products - conferences and workshops - publications - statistics - R/D projects - designing training courses - consultancy - library Member of

9. Organisation structure New programme-based organisation structure (since July 2003) Programmes - limited in time (5 and 3 years respectively) - own workplan and own budget - defined by content/subject matter - covering the whole field of adult education: Adult Learning AE professionals AE organisations Structural changes in AE Member of

10. Running European Projects at the DIE January 2006 DIE: coordinator of project Professional Administrative Support for Adult’s Learning October 2005 - September 2007 visuaLearning October 2005 - September 2007 DIE: partner in project Managing Quality of Adult Education in Europe October 2004 - September 2006 European Master in Adult Education October 2004 - September 2007 Policies for Regional Valorisation of Education and Training October 2005 – March 2007 European (Network) for Motivational Mathematics for Adults October 2005 - September 2007 European InfoNet Adult Education October 2005 - September 2008 Study on Adult Education Providers January 2006 - December 2006

11. Member of European Academy of Adult and Continuing Education development and implementation of a master‘s degree in adult education in cooperation with German and international universities

12. Member of Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitet Helsingin Yliopisto Universität Duisburg- Essen Universitat de Barcelona Università degli Studi di Firenze Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara Ostravská Univerzita European Master in Adult Education Universität Kaiserslautern European Master in Adult Education - Partners Member of

13. Information and Documentation Centre Editorial Office Theory and Practice of Adult Education, Practice Prospects, Study Texts for Adult Education, Country Portraits Adult Education, Journal REPORT DIE Journal for Adult Education

14. Member of Information and Documentation Centre library – documentation of literature – archives: - 68.000 volumes = the biggest specialized library for adult and continuing education in Germany - all VHS- programs since 1945 internet services: - „Texte online“ (texts online) - links - data base „publications“

15. Member of German Institute for Adult Education Thank you for your attention. German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 38 53113 Bonn Germany T +49 (0)228 3294-306 Monika Tröster (Project coordinator) T +49 (0)228 3294-252 Astrid Feldmann (adminastrative support) F +49 (0)228 3294-399 Fax troester@die-bonn.de feldmann@die-bonn.de www.die-bonn.de