From March 23 to 27, Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library hosted an international Erasmus+ programme visit, bringing together representatives (teachers and adult learners) from three adult language schools in Spain. The guests arrived from the Canary Islands – the towns of Santa María de Guía and Los Cristianos – as well as from the….. Read More

With the Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library of Panevėžys County actively participating in Erasmus+ programme activities and implementing an accreditation project in the field of adult education, opportunities for international cooperation are steadily expanding. Not only library professionals from the Panevėžys region, but also library volunteers and adult learners take part in training visits to various….. Read More

Since 2014, by actively participating in the Erasmus+ programme, the Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library has not only been organising job shadowing visits for staff members, volunteers and adult learners, but also hosting groups from other European countries taking part in the Erasmus+ programme. Since 2023, the library has already served as a host….. Read More

The Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships project “Teaching English to Elderly” (T.E.T.E.), implemented in 2004, was coordinated by the Latvian non-governmental organisation Vecmaminas.lv, with the Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library participating as a project partner. The project provided an opportunity for international partners to share good practices and learn from one another, thereby promoting adult education across Europe…… Read More

From 25 to 28 November 2025, an international seminar titled “Erasmus+ Program & Epale: a window of opportunities for Public Libraries, as Adult Education Providers” took place in Brussels. The event focused on the role of public libraries in adult education and on the opportunities offered by the Erasmus+ and EPALE programmes. Organised by the….. Read More

From 4 to 7 November, specialists from the Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Panevėžys County Public Library and twelve municipal libraries of the Panevėžys region participated in a job shadowing visit at the Municipal Library of Prague and its branches. The visit took place as part of the Erasmus+ Adult Education Accreditation project. A total of 17 library….. Read More

On the 22nd–23rd of October, Coordinator of Adult Education Activities Virginija Švedienė participated in the EPALE (Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe) Community Conference in Brussels, having been delegated by the Education Exchanges Support Foundation as one of the most active EPALE Lithuania users. This year’s conference, dedicated to EPALE’s 10th anniversary, symbolically connected the….. Read More

As part of the Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library Erasmus+” accreditation project in the field of adult education, a group of the most active members of the Bitė Book Club visited Barcelona in October. The host organization was the Lithuanian-Catalan Association – a non-governmental cultural and educational exchange organization that promotes ties between Lithuania….. Read More

Storytelling art training took place at the Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library as part of the “Erasmus+” programme’s adult education accreditation project, organized together with municipal public libraries of the Panevėžys region. The training was led by an invited expert from Germany – professional storyteller Richard Martin. Thirty specialists from the Panevėžys region storytelling….. Read More