The 4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy “Searching for a Common Language” 16-21 January, 2020 in Tallinn, Estonia was a great success. Let’s look back. The organisation makes this easy for you: You can see many presentation on this presentations page From FELA you can see the presentations of Jeroen Clemens, Marie Ernestová, Ann-Sofie…
In two weeks the 20th European Conference on Literacy starts in Madrid. We are very proud of this. Since the European associations organized all these conferences we decided at our last meeting to write a 2 page report about the history of each the associations. If you are interested in our history,…
As President of Spanish Reading and Writing Association (AELE), I am pleased to announce the CALL FOR PAPERS for the upcoming XX European Conference on Literacy 2017 in Madrid, Spain, to be open until December, 18, 2016. For specific information about XX European Conference, see http://aelemadrid2017.com/en/xx-european-conference/ This edition of European Conference, with the main theme “Working together…
Dyslexia and the growing influence of dyslexia-organizations is a matter of concern in the US. The official program says: “In this session, two distinguished scholars, one from the United States and one from Germany, will present their perspectives on research relating to dyslexia. Professor Donna Scanlon has done systematic research on children’s reading development and…
Call for Project ideas for 2017: Skills are Key! Dear Madam, Dear Sir,Do you have a great idea for an innovative European Project on tackling skills challenges? Does it align with the priorities of the New Skills Agenda for Europe? Whether it is in higher education, school or vocational education and training, adult education, youth…
The purpose of the International Literacy Association Award for Innovative Reading Promotion in Europe is to recognize, celebrate and reward innovative work for reading promotion in Europe carried out by or for a European national reading association affiliated to the International Literacy Association. The IDEC initiated Award is presented at the European Conferences. The…
© ELINET 2015. A Task Force of ELINET members, chaired by Renate Valtin, Germany, has developed a European Declaration of the Right to Literacy. Go to Elinet website for full details. The declaration is available to download in different languages. Why a literacy declaration? In Europe we face serious literacy challenges: one in five 15-year-olds and…
In Reading Today, July/August 2014, we find IDEC members figuring prominently on the Award pages. Thanks to Pehr-Olof to point this out to us. Reading Today July/August 2014 Volume 32, Number 1 Now available online! Ulla Britt Persson received a IRA Mayann Manning Outstanding Volunteer Service Award (p.29) And Renate Valtin and Meeli Pandis are mentioned…
In many parts of the world children cannot go to school, because they are to far away from any school. Louis Soriano came up with a very interesting solution, the Biblioburro. The Biblioburro is a traveling library that distributes books to patrons from the backs of two donkeys, Alfa and Beto. The program was…
Dear friends. A very happy new year for all the IDEC and FELA friends and all the other visiters of the IDEC website. We discussed the use of new media frequently. In the Januari Leadership meeting we will discuss this further. To get a head start I suggest to go to the Daily Post…