A functional partnership of the public, private, and civil sectors in developing adult learners' skills is crucial for the success of all actors' policy implementation and efforts in lifelong learning and adult education.

Adult education represents a partnering field and shared responsibility of various actors: authorities, employers and employees, economy and professional associations, other associations, educational institutions, and individuals.

Therefore, a local partnership should be a joint response of the mentioned actors to the challenges of the social-economic development and needs of individuals and companies for knowledge and skills, as well as, a primary mechanism of planning and developing professional education and training of adults.

It is necessary to establish a long-lasting dialogue between government, employment office, educational institutions, employers, and civil society, and to improve the ability of all actors to jointly elaborate and implement strategies and plans in line with the needs of the economy and, thus, fight the unemployment and inactivity more effectively.

Since 2019, the joint activities of DVV International and the Association for Local Development Initiatives ALDI have aimed to establish institutional cooperation in adult education and make it a powerful engine of developing this field in three administrative units: Bosnia-Podrinje Canton Goražde, Sarajevo Canton, and Brčko District BiH.

• Two memorandums on cooperation signed between members of the network/local partnership, in Bosnia-Podrinje Canton Goražde in 2019, and in Brčko District BiH in 2020

• Action plan for building capacities of the partnership's members in Bosnia-Podrinje Canton Goražde (BPCG)

• Needs analysis conducted in Brčko District BiH and Sarajevo Canton with recommendations for the development of the institutional partnership

• Capacity building activities implemented for the members of the partnerships

• A multimedia room renovated, equipped, and opened in Goražde to be used for regular meetings and joint actions of the local partnership in BPCG

• A web platform for monitoring adult education implementation in BPCG established.