The Institute for Child and Learning Support in the Foundation for Educational Services is organising a two-day National Family Literacy Conference on the 12th and 13th of September at the Coastline Hotel, Malta. This conference will include the participation of a number of family literacy tutors participation in the P.E.Fa.L. Project.

P.E.Fa.L. is short for Parent Empowerment for Family Literacy. It is an international project carried out with the support of the European Community in the framework of the Socrates programme. Malta is co-ordinating this project in collaboration with the participating partner countries, namely Belgium, England, Italy, Lithuania, Rumania and Spain. The aim of the project is to implement family literacy programmes in these countries by adapting the Hilti and Id f’Id experience in Malta to different European settings, forming a network of mutual supportive learning communities that lead to adult empowerment and lifelong education opportunities.