| Full legal
name of organisation in native language |
Arbejdsmarkeds- og
Voksenuddannannelses- Afdelingen |
| Name of
organisation in English language |
Funen County Administration,
The Department of Labour Market Affairs and Adult Education |
| Acronym |
AVA |
| Country |
Denmark |
| Country code |
DK |
| Organisation
address |
Amtsgaarden Oerbaekvej 100 5220 Odense SOE, Denmark |
| Last and first
name of the contact person |
Bretner Anne |
| Title and
position in the organisation |
Advisor |
| Phone (include
country and area codes) |
(+45) 6556 1430 |
| Fax (include
country and area codes) |
(+45) 6556 1056 |
| E-mail address |
abr@ava.fyns-amt.dk |
| Home page
address |
www.fyns-amt.dk |
Type of organisation (legal status, main areas and type of activity)
The Department of Labour Market Affairs and Adult Education is a
department is a section of the County Funen, one of the 14 regional authorities in
Denmark. The department is in charge of the 10 adult educational centres in this island as
well as activities in the field of job creation and training of unemployed people.
Size of organisation, in terms of the total number of personnel (use full-time
equivalents)
There are 30 employees ( full-time jobs) in the Department of Labour
Market Affairs and Adult Education.
Evidence of experience of the organisation of the women’s
employment issues and experience in international co-operation
The department has initiated research and development in adult education in cooperation
with the adult education centres in Funen. Besides the department is in charge of the Open
Computer Workshop of Women in Odense - an institution which is involved in many
international projects concerning unemployed women. Moreover the department has
experiences with international projects though cooperation with The Association of Polish
Adult Educators and The Association of Lithuanian Adult Educators.
International projects :
Name of the project: Basic course on andragogy and preparation for
development of adult education centres in ten counties in Lithuania. Baltic Small Project
Facility-programme).
Project duration: 1999
Participants: Lithuania:10 counties, 4 municipalities, Denmark: Funen
County.
