From 15 September to 30 November 2021, 51 participants from 11 Arab States took part in capacity-building training to strengthen alternative and non-formal education for youth and adults (ANFE) in education sector plans (ESPs). The training was provided by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong...
The third capacity-building workshop on ‘Strengthening education systems from a lifelong learning perspective’ by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the Shanghai Open University (SOU) has drawn to a close. With it, an important phase of lifelong learning policy development...
Members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) are requested to submit their biennial progress report by 17 January 2022.
According to the UNESCO GNLC membership concept note , this biennial report is...
Creating a global culture of lifelong learning will be key to addressing the challenges faced by humanity, from the climate crisis to technological and demographic change, not to mention those posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inequalities it has exacerbated. Only if everybody – young and...
On the occasion of Germany’s National Reading Aloud Day on 19 November 2021, the country’s Prison Library Support Group (Förderverein Gefangenenbüchereien e.V.) in cooperation with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), the Ministry of Justice of the German State of North Rhine-...
On 8 November 2021, a capacity-building workshop on ‘Strengthening education systems from a lifelong learning perspective’ kicked off. Co-organized by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and Shanghai Open University (SOU), the workshop brings together more than 50 stakeholders,...
The Futures of Education report is a chance to depart from our current ‘unsustainable path’ in education, and build new relationships, with each other, with the planet, and with technology, writes David Atchoarena, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in his latest...
The new issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning marks the centenary of Paulo Freire’s birth – a significant anniversary for scholars of education, as well as for many...
The United Nations COP26 climate conference is an opportunity not only to galvanize political leadership but also to reflect on the role of education and the contribution of lifelong learning to climate action, writes Paul Stanistreet, Head of Knowledge Management and Communications at the...
On 29 October 2021, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning launched its publication 'Inclusive lifelong learning in cities: Policies and practices for vulnerable' groups at the book fair of the fifth International Conference...
