Uwe Gartenschlaeger, M.A, studied History, Political Science and Philosophy at the Universities of Berlin and Cologne. In 1995 he joined DVV International, the Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association. Within the institute, he held the positions of Country Director in Russia and Regional Director in Central Asia and Southeast-Asia Since 2019, Uwe Gartenschlaeger is DVV International’s Deputy Director and President of the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA), the main European ALE network with around 120 members from 43 countries.