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This paper presents a comparative examination of four local learning centres that provide learning opportunities throughout life in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece and Turkey. The paper aims to assess some of the strengths and weaknesses of different types of local learning centres and partnerships in South-Eastern Europe-in line with the value and impact of the Lisbon strategy for developing multipurpose local learning centres for 'bringing learning closer to home' - in order to draw some conclusions on how to promote greater collaboration and a culture of co-operation, in an area where a lifelong learning culture is still underdeveloped, compared with that in other parts of the European Union.

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The professional development and the improvement of the quality of adult learning staff have been recognised as priorities at European level. However, at European and national levels there is not always a clear view of the competences needed to fulfil the professional tasks in adult learning, partly due to the diversity of the field. The aim of the study reported here is to develop a set of key competences which can function as a reference for Europe and which can be used by Member States on a voluntary basis. This report contains the outcomes of the study. Chapter one presents as an executive summary the set of key competences developed for adult learning professionals. Chapters two to six contain the report on the study on key competences of adult learning professionals. Chapters seven and eight provide information about the sources and literature used in this study. In the last chapter a short description is given of the educational programs and job descriptions used to ground the set of key competences in empirical reality. These educational programs and job descriptions have been taken up as case studies in the report. Show less