Day 1 2026

EAEA General Assembly & Grundtvig Award Ceremony
9 June 2026

EAEA
General Assembly

Venue: Brain Embassy Warsaw – Al. Jerozolimskie 181b, 02-222 Warszawa

Registration and welcome coffee

Welcome remarks

Speakers: Anna Skocz, Lauri Tuomi

Facilitator: Greta Pelucco

Statutory business

Presentation and approval of the 2026 GA Agenda, 2025 GA Minutes, 2025 Activity Report, 2026 Workplan, the 2025 Financial Report and 2026 Financial Plan

Speakers: Dearbháil Lawless, Marta Jendekova and

Oleg Smirnov

Lunch break

Strategic Focus: Building a resilient EAEA together

Introduction to the new EAEA Strategy

Facilitator: Lauri Tuomi

Member dialogue on how to implement the new EAEA Strategy

Discussion tables (TBC):

  • Strengthening resilient adult learning ecosystems
  • EAEA as a community: solidarity, participation, and mutual support
  • Advocacy, visibility, and partnerships in uncertain times
  • Supporting members’ resilience at the local, national, and European levels
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Coffee break

Harvesting the discussion

Facilitators: EAEA board members

Statutory business continued

  • Adoption of the strategy
  • Presentation and approval of membership changes
 

Speaker: Lauri Tuomi 

Concluding remarks

Speaker: Lauri Tuomi 

Facilitator: Greta Pelucco

Transfer to the evening venue

  • Organised transfer to the Warsaw Museum for those taking the museum tour
 

Participation fees: General Assembly

Early bird until end of February:
EAEA members: 40 Euros
Non-members: 60 Euros

Until end of April:
EAEA members: 60 Euros
Non-members: 80 Euros

1st May onwards:
EAEA members: 70 Euros
Non-members: 90 Euros

Grundtvig Award Ceremony

Venue: Museum of Warsaw – Old Town Market Square 28–42, 00–272 Warsaw

Museum tour

The museum tour has limited spaces. Please make sure you reserved your ticket through the Ticket Tailor system.

Grundtvig Award Ceremony and reception

Every year, EAEA seeks out adult learning and education (ALE) projects that stand out for their innovation and excellence. The EAEA Grundtvig Award highlights these projects in 2026, under the theme of “Resilience and Community-Building in Adult Learning and Education.”

This year’s theme focuses on how adult learning and education (ALE) strengthens individual and collective resilience, fosters solidarity, and builds inclusive, connected communities. In times of social, economic, environmental, and democratic challenges, ALE plays a crucial role in empowering learners, supporting communities, and building trust, participation, and cooperation.

We want to celebrate projects that respond creatively to uncertainty, crisis, and change and that show how adult learning can help people and communities not only cope, but thrive. 

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Participation fees / Grundtvig Award: No fees apply

Dinner reception

Venue: Bazyliszek, Rynek Starego Miasta 1/3, 00-272 Warszawa, Poland

Festive dinner

Participation fees / Festive dinner

Until end of April: 60 euros

1st May onwards: 70 euros

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