Challenges:

• Adults in the third age period.
• Improving employment prospects of young people.
• Overcoming the exclusion of various vulnerable groups.
• Respecting and caring for intercultural diversity of the population.
• Coping with economic crisis and decline in the standard of living.
• Providing education and knowledge for different life roles of individuals.
• Training of adults for working with advanced information and communication technology.
• Integrating of sustainable and ecological themes into education.
• Promoting of lifelong learning culture for all inhabitants of the region.
• Preparing programs that will respond to the needs of target groups, of modern society and of economy and creating quality learning environment.
• Encouraging independent (self) learning and education.

Opportunities:

• Relatively good educational structure of the population of the region.
• Rich and diverse offer of educational opportunities.
• Integrating different providers of adult education in the region.
• Integration and establishing partnerships - local, national and international.
• Geographic location.
• Intergenerational integration and transfer of knowledge between generations.