UIL organises policy dialogues at national, regional and international level (for example, the Shanghai International Forum on Lifelong Learning at the Shanghai World Expo 2010), bringing together key stakeholders. These discussions highlight the impact of lifelong learning policies and showcase...

The overall purpose of the UIL RVA programme is to promote a society offering lifelong learning for all by emphasising the importance of building bridges between formal, non-formal and informal learning. More specifically, the aim of the programme is to build capacities in Member States by:...

Advancing lifelong learning for all is one of UIL’s Medium-Term (2008-2013) strategic objectives, and capacity-building for effective lifelong learning policies and practice is a key area. UIL has a mandate to

At the early stages UIL gender related programming laid its special focus on women-specific projects that aimed at women’s empowerment and education. Today, i t is widely recognized that international goals and commitments cannot be achieved by implementing this one-sided approach alone....

One of two awards of the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2010 is attributed to the State Institute for Teacher Training and School Development in Hamburg, Germany for the Family Literacy Project (FLY). This intergenerational approach, with parents participating in and benefiting from their...

The CONFINTEA VI Final Report (currently available in English and French) and a trilingual version of the Belém Framework for Action have been produced and widely disseminated to CONFINTEA VI participants, UNESCO National Commissions, field offices and many other stakeholders. Following the...

UIL has mainstreamed the promotion of mother-tongue-based multilingual education within its major programmes (CONFINTEA, LIFE and Priority Region Africa) as a guiding principle for Education for All and lifelong learning.

Since 1953, UNESCO has recognised the challenges inherent in...

The UN ESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education , funded by the Kingdom of Bahrain, has been awarded every year since 2005. It honours individuals, institutions and other entities, as well as non-governmental organisations that have established...

In collaboration with the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has just published the enclosed evidence- and practice-based policy advocacy brief on why and how Africa should invest in African languages and multilingual...