As the Belém Framework for Action includes the recommendation to publish an updated version of GRALE every three years, the 2012 issue is currently under preparation. UNESCO Member States have been asked in autumn 2011 by way of a reporting template to produce national progress reports in order...

Latin America and the Caribbean was the first region to implement a regional CONFINTEA VI follow-up meeting. At the invitation of the Government of Mexico and through the National Institute for Adult Education (INEA), the meeting “ From Commitment to Action: Taking the CONFINTEA Agenda...

CONFINTEA VI was preceded by five Regional Preparatory Conferences, whose programmes were designed in relation to the overall thematic focus and adapted to the respective regional contexts.

The Regional Conferences discussed and validated the respective Regional Synthesis Reports (based...

The first-ever Global Report on Adult Learning and Education is based on 154 National Reports submitted by UNESCO Member States on the state of adult learning and education, five Regional...

UNESCO member states have been asked in autumn 2011 by way of a reporting template to produce national reports on the development of adult education in order to provide the data for the Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE 2012). The National CONFINTEA VI Progress Reports are...

Latin America and the Caribbean is a profoundly heterogeneous region with great specificities, made up of 41 countries and territories, in which some 600 languages are spoken. It is formed by very different realities, including those of education and more specifically of adult and youth...

The Arab States are populated by 320 million inhabitants across two continents – Asia and Africa – who share the same language, culture and history. In addition to wealthy countries, the region also includes poor countries in which 23% of the population lives in abject poverty, with an income...

With the firm belief that there should be commonly-recognized and agreed-upon understandings and operative definitions in youth and adult education, without which confusion and lack of precision will continue to hamper policy and practice in the region of Latin America, UIL agreed to develop a...

A Regional Expert Meeting for the Follow up of CONFINTEA VI in Africa is foreseen for September 2012, hosted by the Government of Cape Verde in Praia. It will aim at increasing the participation of youth and adults in learning and education . The meeting is jointly organized by the...

Eleven Caribbean countries participated in the CONFINTEA VI follow-up meeting for the whole region of Latin America and the Caribbean “From Commitment to Action: Taking the CONFINTEA Agenda Forward”, hosted by Mexico from 25 to 27 May 2011. Following this regional meeting, the UNESCO Kingston...