The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) is an international policy-oriented network providing inspiration, know-how and best practice in lifelong learning at urban level. In 2021, the following dates are key to the work of the network.

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) empowers learners to take informed decisions and responsible actions for environmental integrity, economic viability and a just society. It is therefore key to the future development of cities such as Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, which is a...

The University of Hamburg, Germany, is hiring a junior professor for adult education. The individual will be part of the education faculty’s lifelong learning group, which cooperates closely with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning.

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Over the past 12 months of the pandemic, millions of citizens around the world have ‘unlearned’ old ways of being, while learning new behaviours. For rural communities in India, lockdown created greater reliance on local sources of food, water and preventive health care. For urban communities,...

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) published its 2020 Virtual Annual Report . The report demonstrates how the Institute rose to the...

The “One College Student Per Village” programme at the Open University of China (OUC) is one of the laureates of the 2020...

On 25 March 2021, the new Steering Group of the Global Alliance for Literacy within the Framework of Lifelong Learning (GAL) looked at ways to strengthen literacy in GAL member countries. The alliance’s work plan for 2021, fundraising, advocacy, and a new initiative to strengthen digital...

Adult learning and education (ALE) is key to future development in the Arab States: that was the main message of over 200 participants during regional consultations in preparation for the upcoming seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII). The consultations, hosted by...

School closures brought by the COVID-19 crisis forced countries worldwide to implement distance, technology-enabled and other home-based learning. Students who were unable to return to the classroom because of the pandemic instead often turned to parents, siblings, and other family members for...

This week, more than 300 representatives of civil society organizations and other stakeholders met online to kick off a five-year global campaign to promote adult learning and education (ALE) and make it more visible. ‘We are ALE’ aims to strengthen the voice of ALE and enable civil society...