On 16 September 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), together with the PASCAL International Observatory, hosted the third webinar in the series ‘Learning cities’ COVID-19 recovery: From research to practice’. This latest webinar meeting looked at the challenge of...
Family literacy programmes can be a lifeline for disadvantaged parents and caregivers who are struggling to support their children’s learning during the pandemic, write Anna Kaiper-Marquez and Esther Prins, in the latest UIL blog post.
A recent New Yorker / ProPublica...
The 2020 World Cities Day on 31 October, with the global theme ‘Valuing our communities and cities’, will underline the key role of local communities, at the heart of building sustainable and resilient cities, and further advocate for the importance of people-centered approaches for urban...
Heads of State and Government, ministers from over 70 countries and international partners met online in an extraordinary Global Education Meeting convened by UNESCO, the governments of Ghana, Norway and the United Kingdom on 22 October and adopted a...
On 7 October 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) together with the UNESCO Bangkok and Almaty offices, organized a webinar: ‘Open and distance education to promote learning and skills development throughout life’. It was the second webinar of the series in the (virtual)...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is further expanding its Collection of Lifelong Learning Policies and Strategies , with two recent additions from the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (...
On 30 September 2020, the Representation of UNESCO in Brazil, in partnership with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the UNESCO Chair for Youth and Adult Education, launched the Portuguese translation of the fourth Global...
On 19 September 2020, the UNESCO Learning City of Évry-Courcouronnes in France launched the Micro-Folie digital museum and space for educational activities designed with and for the city's inhabitants. This project is supported by the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with a dozen...
New York: On 8 October 2020, UNESCO presented the UN Secretary-General’s report on Literacy for life, work, lifelong learning and education for democracy at the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly.
Addressing the...
The COVID-19 crisis has forced countries around the world to implement distance, technology-enabled and other forms of home-based learning. Learning within families and across generations is key in this context. Learners who were unable to return to the classroom because of the pandemic instead...
