Conference at „1 DECEMBRIE 1918“ UNIVERSITY OF ALBA IULIA, 22–24 November 2026
Agenda
DAY 1 – Sunday, 22 November, 2026
Arrivals and Dinner/Networking
18:00 Dinner and networking
DAY 2 – Monday, 23 November, 2026
European ambition: From Lifelong Learning to Systemic University Lifelong Learning (ULLL) Reform
09:00 – 10:00 Registration & welcome coffee
10:00 – 10:15 Opening
Valer-Daniel Breaz, University of Alba Iulia, Romania: EU.ACE European University for Academic Continuing Education: The case for ULLL as a fourth key commitment of the Bologna Process, the Romanian perspective
10:15 – 10:45 Setting the scene: Why ULLL, why now, why the Central/East-Europe perspective?
Daniel-Mihai Melinte, University of Alba Iulia, Romania: How policy and trusted guidance can help translate commitments into practice.
Tatiana Turchina, Moldova State University, Republic of Moldova: What Moldovian higher education institutions need to make the Union of Skills work.
10:45 – 11:30 Keynote: ULLL and the European Policy Agenda
Patrick Werquin, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France: What higher education institutions can contribute to a European ULLL system: focus on Recognition and Validation of Prior Learning (RVPL), qualifications and qualifications frameworks, and micro-credentials
11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break
12:00 – 13:30 Interactive working panel I: ULLL and regional partnerships
Séamus Ó Tuama, University College Cork, Ireland
in conversation with
Seraina Mohr,
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland and
Tatiana Turchina,
Moldova State University, Republic of Moldova
13:30 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:30 Interactive working panel II: Recognition and Validation of Prior Learning (RVPL)
Patrick Werquin, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France
in conversation with
Lori Petruskevich,
Educational Consultant, Ireland and
John West,
Expert Education and Skills, England
16:30 – 16:45 Coffee break
16:45 – 18:15 Interactive working panel III: ULLL, micro-credentials and Certificates of Advanced Studies: design, quality assurance, recognition, stackability and pathways to advanced university level LLL qualifications
Monica Bravo Granström, Weingarten University of Education, Germany
in conversation with
Teresa Torregrosa,
University of Alicante, Spain and
Nikolas Hatz
Andrassy University Budapest, Hungary
19:00 Dinner
DAY 3
Research/academic visits/networking and departures
Follow-up activity: A workshop towards a methodological guide for Romanian universities, aligned with the May 2025 MEC framework, will take place 10–12 December 2026.