HELLENIC GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
Issue FirstSheet no: 163

September 21,2010

LAW under no. 3879
Development of lifelong leaning and other provisions.
The President of the Hellenic Republic
We issue the following law passed by the Parliament:

CHAPTER A'
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Objective – Scope of application

The objective of the present law is to develop continuous learning, by acknowledging alternative educational routes, the networking of organizations offering continuous learning, and to assure transparency and quality, in order to achieve the connection between continuous learning and employment, the formation of an integrated personality for the students and in general, social and economic growth. The present law regulates the issues regarding continuous learning reaching outside of the standard educational system, including any issues concerning the continuous learning actions conducted by the organizations of the standard educational system. This informal learning is governed by the clauses of the present law only in regards to the aspect concerning the acknowledgment and certification of its results. In particular, the objectives of the present law are the following: […]

Article 2
Definitions

For the application of the present law, the following terms are used:

“Continuous Learning”: Every type of learning activity during the life of a person, aiming to acquire or develop knowledge, skills, and abilities that contribute to the formation of an integrated personality, his employment and growth, to the professional integration and development of the ability of active participation in common affairs, and to the social, economic, and cultural development. It includes formal education, informal education and informal. “Formal Education”: The education offered within the context of a standard educational system,