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

As part of the Erasmus+ programme accreditation project in the field of adult education, the Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library, together with partners –12 municipal public libraries in Panevėžys region – organized a job shadowing visit to the Konrad Martin Haus Adult Education Centre in Naumburg, Germany, from the 15th to the 18th  of….. Read More

As part of the Erasmus+ accreditation project in the field of adult education, the Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Panevėžys County Public Library hosted a visit from a group of invited experts from the Intercultural Language Centre based in Dublin from July 29–31. The library welcomed the school’s founder and director, Dr. Peter Sheekey, along with four volunteers…… Read More

On June 24–26, Virginija Švedienė, the coordinator of adult education activities at the library, and volunteer Dr. Jūratė Baltušnikienė participated in the 9th international library congress “BiblioCon 2025”. The main theme of the event was “Libraries – for Democracy.” “BiblioCon” is the largest annual event for librarians and information professionals from German-speaking countries, attracting specialists….. Read More

On June 16–18, specialists from the National Library of Greece and adult educators from the Ilirska Bistrica Adult Education Center in Slovenia visited the library.This visit was part of projects implemented by the organizations they represent under the “Erasmus+” program. The participants were interested in the library’s potential as a community space, informal adult education….. Read More