The International Development in Europe Committee of the International Literacy Association has merged with the Federation of European Literacy Association in January 2018.
The FELA website is under construction
Call for Contributions – International ELINET Symposium 2018
The ELINET Association will host an International Symposium for Improving Literacy Policies and Practices across Europe from July 23rd -24th 2018 in Cologne.
The two day symposium will offer various opportunities to share ideas and perspectives on current and future literacy issues around participation, inclusion and equity. The symposium strives to produce outcomes in terms of statements … Read the rest
The European collaboration goes way back. This is the 20the European Conference on Literacy, so 40 years of networking for literacy. Since the European associations organized all these conferences each organisation wrote a report about their history. Look at the reports at the history of each the associations. And we made a beautiful poster out of this. Look at it and marvel.
The International Literacy Association Award
for Innovative Reading Promotion in Europe 2017
is presented to
Snježana Berak
for an original idea
Croatian prison reading program for parents and children
submitted by the Croatian Reading Association
2 July 2017 at the 20th European Literacy Conference in Madrid, Spain
Doug Fisher President International Literacy Association
Renate Valtin Chairperson International Development in Europe Committee
Justification:
“It … Read the rest
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, you can read the historical overviews here… Read the rest
From a international, European, perspective we are very happy for the election of Bernadette Dwyer from Ireland as the new Vice President of the ILA.
I, a long standing IDEC member, have not discussed this yet with the other IDEC members and so write this as a private person, but I’m sure I’m not the only one, who feels this way.
Jeroen Clemens
Let me … Read the rest
On Januari, 20 we had the Conference Literacy in the digital Age at the Lithuania National Library in Vilnius, Lithuania. We will put as many presentations as possible here to look at and to download. Come back to check if there are any additions.
CONFERENCE: LITERACY IN THE DIGITAL AGE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20th, 2017
The Lithuania National Library, Vilnius
9.00-10.00 Registration… Read the rest
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 to encourage equity through literacy communities: a … Read the rest
Update 15-11-2016 The 3rd Baltic Sea – 17th Nordic Literacy Conference was a great succes. We will share experiences and photos later. In this blog we will share key notes and some of the presentations. Please download and read. Comments are very welcome.
More than 80 presentations you can find on the site of the organisers, FINRA. Further on you can see a few … Read the rest
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 difficulties, particularly dyslexia, for over 35 years and through over … Read the rest