Peter Jarvis, leading adult educator and pioneer of adult education scholarship, has passed away.
Peter was a gifted teacher and scholar whose numerous published works are among the most cited in the field of lifelong learning. He was also an enthusiastic promoter of scholarship and,...
UNESCO’s 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report, Migration, displacement and education , was released in the presence of the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay in Berlin on 20 November. The report shows that the number of migrant and refugee school-age children around...
The pedagogy of one of the most influential philosophers of education of the twentieth century, Paulo Freire, was the focus of a recent congress dedicated to his work. The three-day congress took place from 9 to 11 November 2018 at the University of Hamburg and was co-organized by the UNESCO...
The Global Alliance for Literacy within the Framework of Lifelong Learning (GAL) held its general meeting in Mexico City the 12 November 2018, reaffirming the importance of literacy for the well-being of our societies and renewing its...
Literacy is a human right and an essential component for people to be able to exercise their fundamental rights. For this reason, the world’s governments of today must underscore efforts to share our experiences and implement policies that focus on the most disadvantaged populations.
Otto Granados, Minister of Education, Mexico
The death of Albert Ballin on this day in 1918 marked the end of the life and career of one of history’s greatest shipping magnates. The Hamburg native is regarded as the inventor of modern cruise shipping, but what ties him to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)...
The fifth meeting of the Global Alliance to Monitor Learning (GAML), which is coordinated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), was held in Hamburg on 17 and 18 October. Delegates, including representatives from more than 20 developing countries, shared progress and considered proposals...
Key literacy stakeholders in Ethiopia have been trained to develop and implement family and intergenerational literacy and learning approaches. The training took place in Adama, Ethiopia, from 29 September to 3 October 2018.
The five-day practice-oriented workshop engaged district...
‘Learning cities are really drivers of change. I hope that many more communities around the world will become learning cities and contribute to lifelong access to quality education and learning opportunities’ – Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education
National delegations from Indonesia, Kenya, Namibia and Viet Nam take steps to advance on lifelong learning.
