Objectives

The main objectives of the conference are to design the future LLL University, to validate prospective views, to discuss the change strategy and to promote some emerging practices. The conference will disseminate the results of BeFlex Plus and discuss recommendations in the formulation, development and implementation of LLL at the European level, but also at the university level.

The conference, which is being held just before the meeting of the Bologna ministers in Leuven-Louvain in April 2009, is seeking to answer some of the many questions posed by the implementation of LLL universities. Recommendations and proposals will be formulated to the Ministers’ conference.

Content

The programme comprises presentations, workshops and a roundtable on how to transform our universities into LLL institutions, concerning 3 topics:

• the strategy: possible approaches, economic models, values, organising and financing the transition process;
• impacts on the structural, organisational and pedagogical aspects of the university;
• the roles, needs and requirements of external stakeholders.

The results and recommendations from the BeFlex Plus project will be integrated into these discussions and validated by the conference participants.

Follow this link to the Conference site