UNESCO is launching an unprecedented public survey to gain insights into global sentiment on the major challenges that threaten peace around the world today and the solutions needed to address them. The results will assist UNESCO in setting the global agenda on these issues over the next decade...
A new UNESCO issue note, produced by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the Section of Education Policy at UNESCO Headquarters, aims to support education policy-makers and planners in ensuring the quality of learning is maintained in the context of the current pandemic, now and...
As part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on 13 May reflecting on prisons and prison education in the context of COVID-19. Insights were shared by representatives of prison...
UNESCO recently launched its Futures of Education initiative to reimagine knowledge and learning in an increasingly complex world. The use of the plural, futures, is deliberate to acknowledge a rich diversity of ways of knowing and being...
On 6 May 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on open distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). Presentations were provided on open and online learning for...
The right to education is particularly important in the prison environment, as inmates often come from disadvantaged socio-economic and educational backgrounds. To support UNESCO Member States in addressing the realization of this human right, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on mental health, health and well-being in the time of coronavirus on 29 April 2020 as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). An overview of the impact that the COVID-19...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on francophone learning cities’ responses to COVID-19 on 23 April 2020 as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) and interested non-members. A global overview of priority...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has begun preparations for the fifth Global Report on Adult Learning and Education ( GRALE 5 ) to be published in 2022. On 12 May, the editorial meeting will take place virtually to prepare for data collection and processing on...
On 22 April, as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar to highlight the measures cities are developing to address the needs of migrants and refugees amid the COVID-19...
