In partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is launching a study on illiteracy and literacy strategies in the G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Chad) and some neighbouring states (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire,...
Amid fast-paced socio-economic changes, as well as the constant need for upgrading skills and competencies for life and work, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are eager to implement Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 on ‘Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and...
On 24 March, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning organized its second webinar on learning cities’ responses to COVID-19. Following last Thursday’s insights into how learning cities such as Beijing (People’s Republic of...
Many of the 173 UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) members around the world face severe challenges due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). During a webinar by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning on 19 March, UNESCO learning cities such as Beijing (People’s Republic of China),...
A record number of children and youth are not attending school or university because of temporary closures mandated by governments in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19. UNESCO provides daily updated data about...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has provided technical support to the Government of Afghanistan since 2012 with the aim of improving the literacy skills of an estimated 1.2 million people. The Afghan Ministry of Education, with the technical support of the UNESCO Office in Kabul...
In our latest blog entry, Samah Shalaby, Assistant Programme Specialist at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, writes of the challenges women face - as well as the progess being made - in accessing adult learning and education opportunities.
Providing educational opportunities to...
Located just 50 km east of Paris, France, Mantes-la-Jolie (‘Mantes the pretty’) borders the expansive Vexin Français Regional Nature Park. Eager to develop new paths to opportunities for its residents, the city joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) in 2017. Here, Mayor...
Annica Isacsson, Research Manager/ Head of Research, Development and Innovation at the Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences/School of Vocational Teacher Education, Helsinki, Finland, stayed as a research scholar at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in January and February...
The February issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (I RE ) explores the urgent need to reappraise the way in which we think about and value education and asks how we can widen...
