Anno Stockem, Managing Director of C3L - Center for Lifelong Learning, was elected as the spokesperson for the Northern Regional Group of the German Association for Advanced Scientific Training and Distance Learning (DGWF) at its annual meeting on 27 April 2017. His deputies on the spokesperson council are Sabine Riemer from the Coordination Office for Further Education at Bremen University of Applied Sciences and Silke Reblin from the Centre for Further Education at Emden/Leer University of Applied Sciences. The DGWF is an association with over 325 institutional and personal members from universities and continuing education institutions. In addition to the members from Germany, around 15 members from other European countries, in particular Austria and Switzerland, are also involved. Further information can be found on the DGWF website .