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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…