CONTEXT Stichting Lezen & Schrijven (the Reading & Writing Foundation, RWF) was founded in 2004 and is based in The Hague. It works to raise awareness of low literacy and to support local and national partners in providing accessible literacy courses to adults. In addition to carrying out these two strands of work at the national level, since 2014 RWF has taken on two main international programmes: it is a principal partner in the European Literacy Policy Network (ELINET) and from its Brussels office it carries out the Public Libraries 2020 programme, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. OBJECTIVES The objectives of the project were threefold: 1: To keep informed on the most recent research findings on both adult and child education, in particular literacy. This was to be achieved by attending relevant conferences. 2: To enhance international collaboration. This was to be achieved by organising job shadowing visits. 3: To improve international communication skills. This was to be achieved as a secondary effect through the activities above. PARTICIPANTS As a result of unexpected staff turnover and overlap with other projects, ultimately only one eligible mobility took place. One staff member participated: the international project manager. ACTIVITIES The international project manager attended the European Basic Skills Network annual conference in Ljubljana, 2-3 June 2016. RESULTS, IMPACT AND LONGER-TERM BENEFITS Since only one eligible mobility was ultimately carried out, that was the only activity that yielded results. It provided RWF with highly relevant information on the EU Skills Agenda, which will drive EU policy making in the field of adult basic skills in the coming years. It also strengthened and expanded RWF's European network of relevant partners. Since attending the conference, RWF has intensified its multilateral collaboration with EBSN partners, notably through the so-called 'Special Interest Groups'. The longer-term benefits of this collaboration (e.g. whether they take the form of multi-year KA2 projects) remains to be seen. Finally, while only one eligible mobility was carried out, participating in consultation sessions and seminars organised by the National Agency has nonetheless greatly increased staff's understanding of the Erasmus+ programme and the opportunities it provides.