17-22 November 2015, SEAMEO CELLL hosted the BLDC 2015. BLDC is an annual course offered by the Asia South Pacific Association for Basis and Adult Education (ASPBAE). This course is ASPBAE’ commitment to the promotion of education for all and life long learning. It is part of ASPBAE’s long-term multi-level strategy to build and expand the “leadership corps” in the region, committed to advancing the right of all to learn, and to promoting the learning needs and interests especially of the most marginal groups.

Specifically, the program aims to contribute towards improving the effectiveness and capability of ASPBAE and the education movement in the region, further strengthening the adult education network, and ensuring leadership succession within ASPBAE.The BLDC 2015 welcomed 34 participants from 19 countries in Asia and South Pacific. The participants had the chance to discuss about

• The overview of the Adult Learning Principles;
• Lifelong Learning Perspectives;
• European Context of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning;
• Education 2030;
• Gender Equality and Education;
• Education Advocacy: Platforms and Spaces;
• CECs and CLCs in Vietnam;
• Funding at DVV International: Concept and Practice;
• Learning Exchanges.