L4D Learning for Democracy

PREFACE
This policy brief has been prepared by the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies
(IPTS) in collaboration with DG Education and Culture, Directorate A, Unit A1 (Lifelong
Learning: contribution to the Lisbon process).
The IPTS contribution to the strategic policy work of DG EAC consists of techno-economic
research and prospective analyses on the use of ICT for creativity, innovation and lifelong
learning for all. Studies on the impact of social computing on

(1) formal Education and Training and

(2) informal Learning Communities have been carried out, and a total of four
policy briefs are foreseen.

Two of these were published in 2008: