The 10th eucen European Conference was held in Kortrijk, (BE). It was hosted by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Universite Ch. de Gaulle Lille 3, FCEP.

Programme:

Thursday 26th October

Introductory session for participants coming from organisations that are new or future members of eucen and for anyone attending a eucen activity for the first time.

Friday 27th October

Morning Session
Opening of the Conference
Welcome address: Rector of the K.U. Leuven Campus Kortrijk I
Introduction of the conference theme:Rector of the K.U. Leuven Campus

Plenary Session
Presentations and panel discussion by the Director of the Ministry of Education of the Flemish Government, by the president of a large enterprise and of the Kortrijk Chamber of Commerce, by the director of a social profit organisation.
1. What can the government do to meet the needs of a region for continuing education, how can it stimulate a mentality open to continuing education?
2. Continuing education as part of a strategy in the economic and social development of a (transnational) region: what do industry and business expect from the university? how to develop an effective collaboration?
3. The role of university continuing education in social organisations. Continuing education as a tool in developing employment policies, emancipatory strategies, in education to citizenship etc. 

Afternoon Session in Lille (France)
Seminar organised by the Universite de Lille 3 – FCEP Transnational cooperation and meeting the needs of neighbouring regions. The added value of transnational cooperation;opportunities and difficulties. Actions in continuing education supported by the European Community: the case of Interreg, the role of eucen.

Saturday 28th October

Morning Session Plenary Session

The policy of the K.U. Leuven: presentation and panel discussion What strategy can be developed by a university to meet the need for education and training of a region: the balance of supply (results of recent research) and demand (needs of a region)

Workshops:

Subject groups on specific contexts for continuing education: a brief introduction given in order to start up a discussion on methods to identify the real needs and the appropriate ways to meet them; on designing, implementing and evaluating university continuing education:
1.meeting the needs of professions
2.teaching school teachers
3.language learning for specific courses
4.designing new learning environments
5.how the needs in a region could be met by organising open and distant learning.

Afternoon Session in Bruges
1.Company visit to BN-Bombardier-Eurorail Discovering policies on continuing education policies of a large enterprise or
2.Seminar organised by the Regional Development Institute. How to meet the need for continuing education in a region?

Sunday, 29th of October

Reports of eucen working groups
Workshop with demonstration on how to use INTERNET

For further information, please contact eucen.