Against the background of recent developments in the Arab region, a series of UIL activities is under way to promote learning opportunities and the improvement of skills for young people and adults with financial support from Germany. Special attention is given to North Africa. The concept of...
UIL staff gave a presentation on the CONFINTEA VI follow-up process at a regional conference on community learning centres (CLCs), held in Bangkok, Thailand, 31 August - 3 September. The Conference addressed a key recommendation of the Belém Framework for Action (BFA), to create 'multi-purpose...
El tema de este año del Día Internacional de la Alfabetización (8 de Septiembre) es “La alfabetización y la paz”. Este se hará patente en Nueva Delhi, India, en la Conferencia Internacional, “La alfabetización de las mujeres para un desarrollo incluyente y sostenible”, organizada por el...
All the data of the UIL Documentation Centre and Library’s 30,000 online catalogue entries have been transferred during the last 12 months to UNESDOC, UNESCO’s online catalogue. As of last Friday, users can now either search for UIL holdings in UNESDOC – or widen their search to all UNESCO...
Volume 57, Numbers 1-2, 2011 is a Special Edition, entitled CONFINTEA VI follow-up: The challenges of moving from rhetoric to action, and g uest-edited by Carolyn Medel-Añonuevo, Carlos Alberto Torres and Richard Desjardins.
The edition includes articles that survey the adult education...
Adult education is now considered a mainstream academic discipline in several African countries, and its importance in today’s knowledge and “ideas” economies is growing steadily. It is provided by organisations such as public universities, training colleges, corporate universities and...
At the time of reaching its 60 th anniversary, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) seems younger than ever! This summer UIL is a learning and working venue to as many as six young professionals, which is an unprecedented number of concurrent interns at the Institute. In order to...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (UNESCO/BREDA) are joining forces to give African countries a measurement system for the monitoring and evaluation of non-formal education. From 18–20 July 2011 they ran a second technical...
The second issue of the “CONFINTEA VI Follow-up News” reports on recent activities undertaken in pursuit of the Belém Framework for Action, both within and across countries. In addition to highlighting a series of events at country level, it includes information on the first Regional CONFINTEA...
During a regional consultation meeting in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates, 10–12 July 2011) organised by UNESCO Beirut, around 60 decision-makers and practitioners in basic education, literacy and adult education from 15 countries in the Arab region agreed to reinforce efforts in meeting the...
