This annotated bibliography is designed to inform vocational education and training specialists in Europe of new publications on lifelong learning. The 394 publications included are organized into four sections. Section 1 is organized by the following key themes: (1) skill development (literacy, learning to learn); (2) human and financial resources (human resources, financial resources, training leave); (3) learning innovation (teachers and trainers, work-related training, higher education, specific target groups, e-learning, open and distance learning); (4) validation of prior learning; (5) guidance and counseling; and (6) community-based learning. Sections 2-4 are organized by the following key themes: (1) transversal themes (active citizenship, employability, partnership); (2) the situation at the European level (European policy, national policy documents, specific policies of member countries of the European Union/European Economic Area, Central and Eastern European countries); and (3) the situation at the international level (international organizations, Africa, Asia, the United States and Canada). Each entry contains some or all of the following items: title (along with a rough English translation for publications not written in English or French); authors; publisher; publication city and date; number of pages; ISBN/ISSN number; and descriptors from the "European Training Thesaurus." The addresses of the members of REFER, the European network of reference and expertise, are appended. (MN)