Ms Cláudia Costin, Director of the Center for Excellence and Innovation of Education Policies in Brazil, joined the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in November 2020. Read our interview with her and...
Global health education and emergency response as key topic
UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) member Yeonsu-gu, Republic of Korea, will host the fifth International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC 5), which will take place in autumn 2021. The event will welcome...
On 12 and 13 November 2020, UNESCO learning cities from around the globe met virtually to share strategies, experiences and challenges relating to citizenship education. The event was organized by the UNESCO learning cities of Larissa (Greece) and Yeonsu-Gu (Republic of Korea), supported by the...
On 21 October 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), together with the PASCAL International Observatory (European Centre at the University of Glasgow), hosted the fourth in a series of webinars on ‘Learning Cities’ COVID-19 recovery: From research to practice’, the focus of...
On 25 and 26 November, the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning met virtually to review the Institute’s work over the past year and adopt its work plan and budget for 2021.
Members of the Board expressed...
The Education 2030 agenda recognizes that gender equality requires an approach that ‘ensures that girls and boys, women and men, not only gain access to and complete education cycles, but are empowered equally in and through education.’ But...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong (UIL) has signed a memorandum of understanding with DVV International, the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE) and the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) to further develop the existing...
From 23 November 2020 to 12 February 2021, 46 participants from nine countries will learn how to strengthen alternative and non-formal education for youth and adults in education sector plans. They will take part in an online course offered by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and...
On 16 November 2020, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus the resolution “ Literacy for life: shaping future agendas”. Traditionally introduced by Mongolia, this resolution was co-sponsored by an...
