EAEA’s longer-term objectives are increasing participation in adult education, esp. by raising awareness for the wider benefits of learning; Promoting excellence and effectiveness in policy making and policy implementation through civil society proposals; New methods for engaging new learners and innovation through co-operations, new methodologies and international work.The following activities are planned for: 1. Grundtvig Award & publication of good practice collection on the topic of health (literacy) and adult education 2. / 3. / 4. Conference, policy paper & policy debate on health (literacy) and AE5. Position paper - The Adult Education Manifesto for 21st century Europe6. Workshop on Financing adult education7. Country reports 8. Workshop on adult education and development9. Internal lobbying campaign for a European Year of adult learning10. Exploitation of project results 11. Information and communication strategy12. Membership strategy13. Networking and partnerships with other stakeholders14. Policy advocacy for LLLThe activities all contribute to the general objectives of the call and correspond to the following specific objectives: “Promote excellence and innovation”: all activities“Tackling the low-skills trap”: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10, 11,12,13,14“Supporting a new generation of educators” through a project and a training financed by other sources“Recognising and valuing competences”: 5,6,7,9,10,11,13,14 We expect impacts on recognition of the benefits of AE, on low-skilled adults and more investment for outreach, on validation systems including non-formal adult education, improved AE policies and their implementation on all levels and stronger co-operations between sectors to ensure learners' progress. EAEA will target the European, national & regional policy levels and the AE grassroots level.Members are regularly asked to contact their national, regional or local government to advocate for various AE topics. Members are pro-active and many good results allow EAEA to increase its impact on all levels, as MEPs listen to their national level. EAEA distributes “member’s news” to the network twice a month and “general news” to interested stakeholders 4 times a year and very regularly per social media. Members are informed and consulted on important issues and contribute to the preparation and the execution of activities. The annual membership survey provides the necessary feedback to develop the next work plan. The country reports have proven to feed additional topics and members' contributions.EAEA’s management system reflects our democratic structure. The Executive Board prepares the main strategies and the direction of the association. At the General Assembly, members discuss these strategies and adopt them. The Secretary General is responsible for the management and implementation of the work plan and for all operational tasks within the strategies set by the Board and is supported by staff in 2 offices, Brussels & Helsinki. EAEA will use an integral multimedia approach in promoting its activities and distributing its project and activities results: electronic newsletters, briefings, online questionnaires, press releases, policy papers, statements, social media activities and website info. The EAEA website, as well as EAEA´s Facebook & Twitter are well-known in the adult education sector for providing regularly and on time all necessary information about European & other developments of relevance to AE.