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:
  • political aspects
  • local partnerships
  • methodologies and action patterns

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 (1^st 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 (1^st 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 (2^nd 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 (2^nd 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 (1^st 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
• Literacy writing workshops (1^st 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
• 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 (2^nd 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
• Literacy writing workshops (2^nd 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
• 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