Each year, the LLW is carried out in accordance with the annual LLW Action Plan prepared by the LLW team at SIAE and confirmed by the LLW National Committee. Traditionally, the plan consists of two groups of activities:

• National coordination of LLW:
  - Conceptual and developmental work
  - Cooperation with the network of LLW coordinators and providers of events
  - National promotion (media and visual promotion)
  - International cooperation
• Organisation of national LLW events:
  - SIAE awards for outstanding achievements in adult learning
  - National opening with the presentation of awards and national press conference
  - Adult education colloquium

Specialities of LLW 2010 (official date: 17 - 23 May; broader scope: between 1 May and 30 June 2010):

• it is LLW's 15th anniversary which has been marked by a travelling show and a survey on the understanding of the lifelong learning concept of learning;
• around 500 LLW events were linked to the European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion;
• the leading theme of another 150 events - among them also the national LLW opening - was related to the International Year of Biodiversity.

Other LLW 2010 events focused on one of the following leading themes defined by the network of coordinators and providers of events:

• 15 years of the Slovenian Lifelong Learning Week (around 830 events),
• Lifelong learning in the culture of reading (around 925 events),
• Lifelong learning and people with special needs (around 330 events),
• Education tailored to the needs of economy - the keyword is collaboration! (around 230 events),
• Non-governmental organisations - creating, linking and sharing knowledge (around 300 events),
• Lifelong learning and family, intergenerational learning (around 430 events).