Chapter Developing Adult Educators as Professionals and Adult Education as a Profession: Experiences of DVV International throughout the World and within Several Decades

Abstract

In its first part, the article will concentrate on the period when Lalage and DVV International worked almost in parallel in a number of countries with partners in Africa from the 1960s onwards. Both were involved in the professionalisation of adult education and the capacity building of adult educators. The second part looks at recent developments in the DVV International’s portfolio with a more global perspective, but with relevance for Africa or deriving from experiences with African partners.