What is EPALE?
EPALE is a multilingual, open community for teachers, trainers, researchers, academics, policymakers, and anyone professionally involved in adult education in Europe. EPALE is funded by the European Commission. The platform is the latest initiative in the ongoing commitment to the quality of adult learning in Europe. The community idea is central to EPALE. For the exchange of adult learning content, the platform offers news, blog posts, a resource center, events, and courses.European Commission

What is a Community of Practice (CoP)?
A Community of Practice (abbreviation CoP) is a practice-based community of people who face similar tasks and want to learn from each other. The CoP is one of the most prominent terms in the discussion about collectives dealing with knowledge and learning. Indeed, most of what employees learn, and thus what a company or organisation knows, results from the interactions between “knowledge workers” – in our case, adult educators. Communities of practice are precisely such associations of experts who exchange information on their topic in an organisation context. Typical properties of such a community are:- A community of practice has a topic or a focus of content.
- The members of a community of practice are like-minded people who want to help each other, learn together and exchange ideas.
- The community produces results that shape the daily work in the company (practice).
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