In recognition of the need to reach the broadest possible constituencies through literacy, non-formal education and adult and lifelong learning provision, and in view of the importance of ensuring that all the relevant stakeholders are actively involved, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong...

UIL’s research is action-oriented and policy-driven and supports advocacy and capacity-building activities. It is undertaken in collaboration with specialised research institutions around the world. UIL collates, analyses and disseminates examples of effective literacy practice. It furthermore...

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning provides technical assistance to Member States in formulating their policies and strategies in literacy, non-formal education and adult education and in incorporating lifelong learning perspectives into their educational reforms. UIL’s activities...

The right to literacy is an inherent part of the right to education. Yet adult literacy is one of the most neglected of the Education for All (EFA) goals, with an estimated 796 million youth and adults lacking literacy skills today. UIL focuses on five strategic areas of action to achieve the...

From 20 to 22 January 2010, UIL and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) held a Ministerial Conference on the Integration of African Languages and Cultures into Education in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The conference was hosted by the Ministry of Basic Education and...

The Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE/2006-2015) is a major UNESCO activity designed to accelerate literacy in the 35 countries in which literacy poses a critical challenge. It contributes to the Education for All (EFA) goals, the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD) objectives and the...

UNESCO’s Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE/2006-2015) is one of UNESCO’s major activities, contributing to the achievement of the Education for All (EFA) goals and objectives of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012), and to the Millennium Development Goals, especially those...

Since 2000, UNESCO and its Member States have celebrated International Mother Language Day annually on 21 February in order to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. This year, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is marking the occasion with a variety of...