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The purpose of the conference was to review different concepts of lifelong learning in the higher education sector and find their common ground, exchange good practices in the organisation and practical implementation of lifelong learning, identify points where lifelong learning links with and integrates into national qualifications frameworks, and finally, to take a look at different methods of providing transparency and quality of lifelong learning in higher education.

 The conference was attended by the representatives of EU Member States, the countries of the Western Balkans and the ministries responsible for higher education, as well as experts from higher education institutions. The invited guests included representatives of the European Commission, as well as the EUCEN, EUA, ESU, ETUC and the OECD.

 Materials from the conference

Invitation, programme, speakers' CVs, list of participants

• Keynote address - Manja Klemenčič, postdoctoral fellow at the Minda de Gunzburg Centre for European Studies at Harvard University
• Introduction to the conference themes
  • Pat Davies, EUCEN
  • Kauko Hämäläinen, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, University of Helsinki
  • Bernard Hugonnier, OECD 

• Parallel Working Groups 
  • Working group I - Lifelong learning agenda at the centre of institutional strategies? (Hanne Smidt, András Forgács)
  • Working group II - Lifelong learning practices at HEIs (Mary Stuart)
  • Working group III - Qualifications frameworks and lifelong learning (Sam Allwinkle)

• Plenary session - Universities and enterprises implementing lifelong learning strategies in their regions 
  • Anže Hiršl, Association of Slovenian Employers
  • Boris Dular, Krka, Slovenia
  • Michal Pokorny, University of Zilina, The Slovak Republic

• Reports from Working Groups  

Working Group I    Working Group II    Working Group III

• Conference Conclusions

Dušan Lesjak, Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology, Slovenia