When implementing the project, the following goals were in focus: • The Association of Folk High Schools and Folk High Schools' capacity to operate in liberal education has significantly increased through network and development activities. These activities directly support the better functioning of the members' trainers and executive staff, leading to a more versatile learning environment for Estonian adult learners and a higher quality of education. • The focus topics of the project were: o online teaching; o supporting the learning of learners with a low level of education; o organisation of online learning; o quality assessment and protection of interests.
The Association of Folk High Schools in Estonia is the umbrella organisation of folk schools and folk high schools operating in Estonia, thus operating in adult education. As an umbrella organisation, ERL's principal activities are to support and develop the network of folk high schools, relying on the operating principles of folk high schools that ERL approves. There are three ways to contribute to strengthening the network in the critical area - the quality of folk high schools, joint marketing and networking between schools. Activities are based in Estonia About the development and communication strategy of the Union of People's Universities 2018 – 2023 (updating 2024-2030) and the interest protection plan 2024-2034. An essential task of the Union is also to conduct quality assessments for its members. For this, the EQM system and its passed public universities are awarded the EQM quality mark. Folk universities are open to adult learners of all ages, who are offered the opportunity to study in many different fields. This project most directly contributes to achieving the first two strategic goals. The focus topics of the project are selected to meet the needs of member educators and executive staff based on 1) online teaching