Monday 24 April
Literacy and basic skills policies
10.30-12.00 : opening meeting
- Presentation of the seminar and its objectives, Catherine Stercq, Lire et Écrire Communauté française - Belgium
- The European framework of key competences relate to the Lisbon strategy, Annalisa Cannoni, Unit Vocational Training – Adult education European Commission
14.00-15.00 : plenary session : starting with the presentation of a case study
- The Scottish literacy development plan, Prue Pullen, Communities Scotland
15.00 –18.00 : 3 thematic workshops
- The Scottish plan will be the starting point in order to analyse and compare literacy development in other countries according to :
18.00-19.00 : informal discussion providing documentation and information
20h30 : movie (56 min.) Les utopies du mercredi
By Mariska Forrest, visual artist.
Tuesday April 25
Literacy and basic skills practices
9.30-12.30 : morning workshops
- Quality standards in literacy (1st part)
- Ireland : National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) – John Stewart – Claire O’Riordan
- England : National Research and Development – Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC) – Ursula Howard
- Scotland : Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) – Margaret Tierney
- Switzerland : Lire et Écrire Suisse romande – Brigitte Pythoud
- Belgium : Lire et Écrire Communauté française - Frédérique Lemaître
- Literacy teachers training (1st part)
- Northern Ireland : Queen’s University Belfast – Valerie Seabright – Tracey Shelley
- Belgium : Lire et Écrire Communauté française – Nadia Baragiola
- Family Literacy
- Italy : Federazione Italiana per l’Educazione Continua (FIPEC) – Carla Barozzi
- Literacy and exclusion
- France : Association pour l’Enseignement et la formation des Travailleurs immigrés et leurs familles (AEFTI) Savoie – Brigitte Clermonte
14.30-17.30 : afternoon workshops
- Quality standards in literacy (2nd part)
- Ireland : National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) – John Stewart – Claire O’Riordan
- England : National Research and Development – Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC) – Ursula Howard
- Scotland : Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) – Margaret Tierney
- Switzerland : Lire et Écrire Suisse romande – Brigitte Pythoud
- Belgium : Lire et Écrire Communauté française - Frédérique Lemaître
- Literacy teachers training (2nd part)
- Northern Ireland : Queen’s University Belfast – Valerie Seabright – Tracey Shelley
- Belgium : Lire et Écrire Communauté française – Nadia Baragiola
- Literacy curricula Prue Pullen, Communities Scotland
17.30-19.00 : informal discussion
Providing documentation and information
Wednesday 26 April
Literacy and basic skills practices
9.30-12.30 : morning workshops
- Raising awareness campaigns (1st part)
- Belgium : Lire et Écrire Communauté française - Jacques Bosman
L’Illettrisme, Osons en parler (association d’apprenants) – Fabienne Vandermiege
Solid’es (association d’apprenants) – Mickaël Michaux – Mustapha Ternad - Scotland : Communities Scotland – Clare El Azebbi
- Switzerland : Lire et Écrire Suisse romande – Brigitte Pythoud
- Belgium : Lire et Écrire Communauté française - Jacques Bosman
- Literacy writing workshops (1st part)
- Scotland : Communities Scotland – Prue Pullen
Lauder College – Kaye Stewart - Belgium : Lire et Écrire Bruxelles - Karyne Wattiaux
- France : Association pour l’Enseignement et la formation des Travailleurs immigrés et leurs Familles (AEFTI) Marne – Pierre Maréchal
- Scotland : Communities Scotland – Prue Pullen
- Non text literacy
- Northern Ireland : Queen’s University Belfast – Rob mark – Tracey Shelley
- Italy : Unione Nazionale Lotta contro l’Analfabetismo (UNLA) – Carmela Lo Giudice
14.30-17.30 : afternoon workshops
- Raising awareness campaigns (2nd part)
- Belgium : Lire et Écrire Communauté française - Jacques Bosman
L’Illettrisme, Osons en parler (association d’apprenants) – Fabienne Vandermiege
Solid’es (association d’apprenants) – Mickaël Michaux – Mustapha Ternad - Scotland : Communities Scotland – Clare El Azebbi
- Switzerland : Lire et Écrire Suisse romande – Brigitte Pythoud
- Belgium : Lire et Écrire Communauté française - Jacques Bosman
- Literacy writing workshops (2nd part)
- Scotland : Communities Scotland – Prue Pullen
Lauder College – Kaye Stewart - Belgium : Lire et Écrire Bruxelles - Karyne Wattiaux
- France : Association pour l’Enseignement et la formation des Travailleurs immigrés et leurs Familles (AEFTI) Marne – Pierre Maréchal
- Scotland : Communities Scotland – Prue Pullen
- Numeracy
- Northern Ireland : Queens University Belfast – Valerie Seabright
- Ireland : National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) – Terry Maguire
17.30-19.00 : informal discussion
Providing documentation and information
Thursday 27 April
Conclusions
9.30-12.00 : closing session
- Main features produced by the participants during the Seminar Pierre Freynet, Université de La Rochelle – France
- European literacy issues : debate