In Antwerp, the GEWU briefed the meeting on the current educational environment in Flanders where a new Education Minister is proposing a large scale overhaul of the curriculum across the board. The IPA-EPF offered the GEWU broad assistance with communications and lobbying if they required it. The Danish Rights Alliance presented an account of their work in trying to curb the illegal sharing of digital textbooks in Denmark. Another presentation came from the European Education Publishers Group which focused on results of a survey of their members on the use of AI in schools and by educational publishers. Outgoing EPF Chair, Brian Gilsenan initiated a strategic discussion on the structure of EPF meetings and a schedule for 2026. Finally, IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, introduced the process for choosing a new EPF Chair at the London meeting on 19-20 January 2026: a call for nominations for a new Chair and Vice Chair will go out in the near future with a decision to be made in London.
At the African EPF meeting, Samuel Kolawole (Chair of African EPF) and Lawrence Njagi (Chair of APNET) welcomed participants, and Brian Gilsenan, chair of the EPF, was invited to present the work of the EPF.
The meeting was closed by a presentation by Kiarie Kamau, who presented the state of educational publishing in Kenya.