PACIFICSTREAM

Pacificstream was invited to participate in the Leonardo Life Long Learning workshop at the Congress Centre, 23−28 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS

Thematic Networking Groups Launch Event
08 April 2008

TNG 2: Continuous Development of Teachers, Trainers and Learning Professionals

Notes of discussion
1. This paper sets out the rationale, context and aims of the workshop, and summarises the contributions from speakers and the key themes of discussion.

2. The notes aim to capture the substance of the discussion. The notes do not attribute any views to individuals and do not seek to imply consensus where none was reached. A list of participants is attached as Annex 1.

Rationale and context
3. Faye Lewis, Chair of the group, began by setting out the aims of the group and the purpose of the workshop. It was noted that both national and European policies recognise the importance of a high quality, well trained workforce across the different sectors of lifelong learning. The purpose of TNG2 is to look at the key challenges facing learning professionals, and examine how the Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), and the Leonardo, Grundtvig and Transversal programmes in particular, can help meet these challenges.

4. During the workshop members of the group were asked to consider:
• Who are the learning professionals we are discussing?
• Key challenges facing learning professionals in all sectors of lifelong learning
• How to raise awareness of the Leonardo, Grundtvig and Transversal programmes and to mainstream results
• Focus of the group’s work over the next 6 months and ideas for the next meeting