Africa is the second largest and one of the most diverse regions of the world. The potential of Africa resides in its human, cultural and linguistic as well as its ecological diversity and natural resources. But Africa faces a variety of serious challenges. Three-quarters of the world’s poorest...
The Non-Formal Education Centre (NFEC) under the Ministry of Education, Nepal and the UNESCO Office in Kathmandu co-organised a “National Workshop on Capacity Assessment Exercise in the NFE Sub-Sector” in Kathmandu on 13 March 2012. The capacity assessment exercise involved around 300 people...
n75 facilitators, trainers, master trainers, curriculum developers and managers met in Kabul in a national workshop jointly organised by the Afghan Literacy Department of the Ministry of Education and the UNESCO Office in Kabul. The workshop was geared to discussing how to improve existing...
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies ( PIAAC ) was initiated by the OECD and is implemented in collaboration with 25 countries and an international consortium of specialised international...
On 24-25 May this year, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, UIL, will be celebrating the 60 th anniversary of UNESCO’s presence in Hamburg. The anniversary celebration will highlight the Institute’s impact on education policy and programmes throughout the 60 years of its work focussing...
The Nomura Center for Lifelong Integrated Education has organised international conferences since 1977: the first International Forum was held in Tokyo, followed, in 1978, by a conference in Paris at UNESCO, in which HQ and UIL participated and which has been organised every four years since....
Portugal has developed one of the most advanced systems for Recognition, Validation and Accreditation (RVA) in the world, with support from the European Social Fund. The New Opportunities Initiative (NOI) is a national strategic plan to speed up the pace of secondary level achievement in the...
Latvia is preparing a new national strategy for lifelong learning to be implemented beginning in 2013. The country will host the ASEM Meeting for Ministers of Education in 2015, during Latvian EU- Presidency. One of four priorities for the ASEM Education cooperation is lifelong learning. Mr....
The South Danish Library and Cultural Association held its annual meeting this year on March 1st in the cultural centre “Tobaksgarden” in Assens, Denmark. The meeting was attended by 45 participants – librarians, library directors and local politicians – all from the region. As part of the...
The Committee on Conventions and Recommendations of the Executive Board of UNESCO monitors three Conventions and eleven Recommendations. One of latter is the 1976 Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education. The UNESCO General Conference 36C/Resolution 13 (2011) acknowledges the...
