T he European Basic Skills Network (ESBN) was created in 2010 with 36 members, representing educational authorities from 25 countries, in order to support the European Commission’s “Working Group for the Implementation of the Action Plan for Adult Learning”. The specific task of EBSN is to...
In 2013, the Republic of Korea will host a regional CONFINTEA VI follow-up meeting for Asia and the Pacific. It will be jointly organized by the National Institute for Lifelong Learning (NILE) , whose Director is a member of the...
With some 1.164 billion inhabitants the region is richly diverse – geographically, economically, politically, socially, ethnically, linguistically and culturally. Demographic structures are altering and the overall population is shrinking and ageing and diversity is increasing in the vast...
The UNESCO Region of “Pan-Europe” stretches from Eastern to Western Europe and includes Canada and the Unites States of America, as well as Israel and all Member States of the European Union. Apart from assessing the overall progress in implementing the Belém Framework for Action on the whole,...
On the basis of a joint research project on literacy and life skills education for vulnerable youth, carried out with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in 2010, two policy forums on “Literacy and Basic Life Skills for Vulnerable Youth” were organized in cooperation with...
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...
Ownership of the CONFINTEA process lies at the country level. This implies first of all the implementation of the recommendations and commitments of the Belém Framework for Action, but also includes the national monitoring. On behalf of UNESCO and in cooperation with other UNESCO units and...
