At the invitation of the Government of China, Mr Arne Carlsen, Director of UIL, visited China for the Opening of China’s National Lifelong Learning for All Activities Week, which took place on 22 October in Wuhan. This year’s national event is the seventh of its kind since 2005. Nationally, the...
Making visible and valuing individuals’ real competences, in order to progress in lifelong learning, in employment and in personal development, have been the goal of the UIL programme on the recognition, validation and accreditation of non-formal and informal learning. The development of UNESCO...
Why are literacy learning achievements often modest and progress slow? Which cognitive processes are involved when adults learn to read? How can these processes be supported through more efficient methods and modern technologies? What are the implications for policy, programme design and...
The Ibero-American Congress for Lifelong Learning and Technical Education was held in Asunción, Paraguay from 27 to 28 September. Taking part were 25 ministers or vice-ministers and 3,000 teachers and researchers. The Congress was convened by the Organisation of Ibero-American States (OEI) in...
The Africa Policy Forum on Literacy and Basic Life Skills for Vulnerable Youth was held 26-29 September 2011 in Bamako, Mali. It brought together 70 participants from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. The Forum was jointly organised by the UNESCO Institute...
The Adult Education section of the German Society for Educational Sciences marked its 40th anniversary at its annual meeting on 22 September 2011. Speaking at the event, UIL Director Arne Carlsen expressed his intention to intensify UIL’s fruitful collaboration with the hosts of the meeting –...
Against the background of recent developments in the Arab region, a series of UIL activities is under way to promote learning opportunities and the improvement of skills for young people and adults with financial support from Germany. Special attention is given to North Africa. The concept of...
UIL staff gave a presentation on the CONFINTEA VI follow-up process at a regional conference on community learning centres (CLCs), held in Bangkok, Thailand, 31 August - 3 September. The Conference addressed a key recommendation of the Belém Framework for Action (BFA), to create 'multi-purpose...
The theme of this year’s International Literacy Day (8 September) is “Literacy and Peace”. It will be marked in New Delhi, India, at an International Conference, “Women’s Literacy for Inclusive and Sustainable Development”, organised by the Government of India’s Department of School Education...
All the data of the UIL Documentation Centre and Library’s 30,000 online catalogue entries have been transferred during the last 12 months to UNESDOC, UNESCO’s online catalogue. As of last Friday, users can now either search for UIL holdings in UNESDOC – or widen their search to all UNESCO...
