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About us: We are... the International Institute of the German Adult Education Association the instrument of international solidarity of the 1000 German community adult education centres a specialist adult education organisation with over 140 staff worldwide non-profit making and non-governmental a member of EAEA (European Association for the Education of Adults) and ICAE (International Council for Adult Education) We work with... local, national and regional partners and adult education institutions and associations throughout the world, with whom we have cooperated since 1973 on national programmes We aim to... support the establishment and development of continuing education institutions in developing countries and countries in transition foster the exchange of information and expertise in Europe and worldwide provide training, advice, and learning materials and media on global, intercultural and European policy issues Our main areas of work are... literacy and basic education adult education and participation initial training for adult education professionals new media and materials environmental education and agriculture poverty reduction and income generation initial and continuing vocational training health education and Aids migration and integration education for women and men national, European and global adult education policy and funding Our main sponsors are... the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) the German Foreign Office (AA) the European Union (EU) the World Bank