The attached report written by Paolo Federighi, Professor of Adult Education at the University of Florence (Italy) is based on the review of several EU funded research projects under the 6^th and 7^th Framework Programmes for Research.

Referring to the work of institutions such as CEDEFOP, Eurofund, Eurostat and OECD related to lifelong leaning, as well as research by academics in the area, it proposes a number of policy and research priorities to support adult and continuing education.