ALADIN Workshop held at the ICAE World Assembly

During August 9–12, 2001, an ALADIN workshop took place at the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) World Assembly in Jamaica: 'Adult Learning Documentation and Information: Building the Network', focusing on strengthening ALADIN.

Conclusions and General Recommendations

1.  Develop a comprehensive training approach that includes:

• Fellowship opportunities to enable persons to set-up adult learning documentation centres in their own countries;
• Training of trainers who can provide training in setting up adult learning documentation centers and documenting grassroots activities;
• Development of training materials on setting up documentation centers and documenting grassroots experiences that can be adapted to local situation.

2.  Create an e-Mail Listserv of ALADIN members to provide a forum to exchange ideas, pose questions, and share experiences.

Recommendations to the ICAE

3.  Cooperate with UNESCO Institute for Education* in strengthening ALADIN, particularly by:

• Using existing ICAE networks to identify additional ALADIN members, especially in those areas where none have yet been identified;
• Linking to National Adult Learners’ Weeks to raise awareness about ALADIN and the need to increase grassroots documentation efforts.

4.  Raising awareness about existing grassroots documentation efforts through articles in ICAE and ICAE member publications.