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Tuesday, July 6, 2021 13.00 Welcoming & openingDr. Jörg F. Maas 13.05 Update on Global Network acitivitesDaan Beeke 13.10 Update on website renovationDaan Beeke EURead network:13.15 Austrian BookStart Program, Reinhard Ehgartner13.25 Childrens’ Books Ireland Program, Elaina Ryan 13.35 Questions to presentersModerated by Jörg 13:40 Open mic round for updates within EURead networkModerated by Jörg 13:50 […]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of our members have been actively involved in promoting reading and providing support to families and teachers in their efforts to instill a love for reading in children during these challenging times. Buchklub Austria Medienzentrum in Belgium Children’s Books Ireland We are Children’s Books Ireland and we’re working for […]

On International Literacy Day 2018, the first National Month of Reading Together (NMRT, Slov. Nacionalni mesec skupnega branja) commenced as a joint initiative of nine organisations. More than 250 partners and supporters proved that unity is strength indeed – more than 700 events were organised with more than 100,000 attendees. The NMRT was complemented with […]

When: September 22, 2020 Where: Due to Covid-19 measurements, the meeting will take place via video conference. Agenda 14.00 Welcoming Dr. Jörg F. Maas, Chair of EURead 14.05 KeynoteDr. Katarina Barley, Vice President and Member of the European Parliament 14.15 InterviewProf. Dr. Andreas Schleicher, OECD Director, Directorate of Education & Skills 14.30 EURead network: Examples […]

Our AGM program is online now. Under the motto “Get Europe reading again – Campaigns and Programs”, the 5th Annual General Meeting of EURead will take place from 23rd till 25th of September 2019 at the premises of the Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia to the European Union in Brussels, Belgium (47 Rue Montoyer, B-1000 […]

Under the patronage of Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission 25 reading promotion and literacy organisations from 22 European countries convened at the 4th Annual General Meeting of EURead from October 17-19, 2018 at the Scotland House in Brussels. In keeping with the motto “Public vs. Private? Models of Funding for Reading and Literacy in Europe”, EURead members […]

Given the fact, that more than 73 million Europeans lack sufficient reading skills, EURead, the network for European reading and literacy organisations, organised a forum at this year’s Bologna Childrens Book Fair on ‘How to make Europe read again‘. Joerg F. Maas (EURead and Stiftung Lesen), Ulrika Caperius (Bonnier Carlsen) and Daan Beeke (Stichting Lezen) […]

The third Annual General Meeting of EURead took place from October 18-20 2017 at the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations in Brussels. The meeting brought together experts from the fields of European reading promotion, scientific research, economy and politics including the European Commission. The aim was to continue and foster the exchange of ideas and experience and to […]