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Koen DePryck

CVO Antwerpen & Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Belgium - Brussels & Antwerp

Biography

Prof. Dr. Koen DePryck teaches’ innovation of education’ and related subjects such as ‘educational economics’ and ‘research and teaching for sustainable entrepreneurship’ at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and at ADEK University of Suriname. He is chairman of the consortium of Adult Education Providers in the Antwerp region in Belgium and is himself director of one of the larger centers, with a focus on integration education and second language learning, second chance to learn (vocational education), higher professional education and entrepreneurial competences. He is advisor on education to the Organization of American States. He publishes and lectures extensively on evolutionary aspects of learning, the use of ICT in education, formal and informal learning, the challenges of demographic shifts, etc. His initiative, the School of the XXIst Century, is a worldwide network for organizing environmentally, socially, economically, ecologically, culturally and institutionally sustainable education focused on learning for sustainability and sustainability of learning.