News 2009

CONFINTEA VI (December 1-4, 2009 in Brazil) marks a good oppportunity to pause and look back on the beginnings of ALADIN, a direct follow-up activitiy of CONFINTEA V in 1997. The recollections of those early days by ALADIN funding member Eva Piorkowski (then Kupidura) can be downloaded in PDF-format.

This basic powerpoint presentation can be used for introducing ALADIN.

In July 2009, the IGNOU School of Extension and Development Studies launched for the 2009 session a Post-Graduate Diploma in Adult Education (PGDAE) that is based on PALDIN. The PGDAE aims at promoting professional development and capacity building in the area of adult education with an emphasis on participatory adult learning documentation and information networking at national and international levels.

It consists of the following five compulsory courses:

• Understanding Adult Education
• Policy Planning and Implementation of Adult Education in India
• Knowledge Management, Information Dissemination and Networking in Adult Education
• Educational Research
• Practical Work

For further information, please visit the PALDIN website

A new ALADIN poster has been designed for CONFINTEA VI. It is available free of charge from the ALADIN Co-ordinator or can be downloaded in PDF-format.

A box to promote the new ALADIN Website has been developed. You may download the box in PDF-format and publish it in your newsletters, on websites or any other kind of publication.