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Learning for Well-Being

Advancing a vision of ‘Learning for Well-being’ in partnership with other actors of society

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Supporting children: a critical and sound investment

Supporting children today to improve their prospects of a brighter tomorrow is a critical social as well as economic investment that European foundations are making for the future.

Learning for Well-being: A Policy Priority for Children and Youth in Europe, 27 February 2012

The Learning for Well-being Consortium of Foundations in Europe is holding a full day conference for the launch of their Policy Glossary.

EFC Children and Youth Funders Group meeting, Brussels, 22-23 September 2011

The programme will feature discussions on early-childhood development and evaluation.

Pledges for the European Year for Active Ageing: everybody has a role to play

Stakeholders voiced their commitments to promote active ageing at the EU high level conference "Towards the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations

Learning for Well-being Consortium Meeting on Policy Glossary - 26 May 2011

The L4WBC invites foundations to participate in its session prior to the EFC AGA & Conference, for the purpose of reviewing the draft policy glossary it is developing with foundations interested in contributing to its development and dissemination.

Learning for Well-being Consortium Convenes Expert Consultation

The Learning for Well-being Consortium convened a highly successful expert consultation on 26-27 November, with the aim of generating concrete feedback on the first draft of the ‘Learning for Well-being’ Policy Glossary.

Purpose

The members of the Consortium aim to inspire and engage policy makers, foundations and other stakeholders in Europe to listen more to children and young people, and to take more initiatives with them for their well-being in their learning environments (as underlined in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child).

Goals

Policy-makers, NGOs, businesses and foundations become increasingly aware and take action to improve ways in which learning environments through their development can support the well-being of children and young people, such as: early years education and care; school and out-of-school activities (including educational activities); information and communication technology and media; local communities /local community development;
family; hospitals, clinics, local surgeries; other support systems.
Girls and boys are involved and actively participate in all the different activities in an age appropriate way.
More and more foundations, European institutions and stakeholders are engaged in supporting the vision of ‘Learning for Well-being’.

Please click here for a presentation of the Consortium’s Plan & Vision.

Background

The Consortium was established at meetings in Brussels on the 2 July and 11 September 2009. The founding group are all members of the European Foundation Centre. They are Bertelsmann Stiftung, Evens Foundation, Freudenberg Stiftung, Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace, Robert Bosch Stiftung and the Universal Education Foundation.The guidelines and outline plan were agreed and the first members of the Steering Committee elected. The Chair is Daniel Kropf (Founding Chair and Executive Director of UEF) and the Vice-Chair is Corinne Evens (President of the Evens Foundation). The Secretariat is coordinated by the European Institute of Education and Social Policy.

For more information or to join the group, contact the Secretariat at the European Institute of Education and Social Policy at gordon@eiesp.org or arjomand@eiesp.org.

Visit the Learning for Well-being Consortium website to find out more and get involved.