EU education and training policies have gained impetus since the adoption of the Lisbon Strategy in 2000. The approach recognises that high-quality pre-primary, primary, secondary, higher and vocational education and training are fundamental to Europe's success. In a rapidly changing world, lifelong learning needs to be a priority - it is the key to employment, economic success and allowing people to participate fully in society. It enables people at all stages of their lives to take part in stimulating learning experiences, as well as helping to develop the education and training sector across Europe.

On the occasion of the 10th birthday of its pioneer project, Assessing a Voluntary experience-Vaeb (2003-2013), awarded in Helsinki in 2006 for excellent practice in addressing the priorities of the Copenhagen process and promoting an enhanced European cooperation in vocational education and training, the Institute for Research and Information on Volunteering-iriv (www.iriv.net), a private institute specializing in the non-for-profit sector in Lifelong Learning (LLL), is glad to offer a weblog iriv-vaeb.net dedicated to projects on non-formal and informal learning implemented by iriv in France or with European partners since 2003. This pioneering project has enabled the European Commission in 2011, European Year of Volunteering, to officially recognize volunteering as an example of non-formal and informal learning.

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