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 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....
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has created an online International Directory of Lifelong Learning: Policy and Research . The Directory is a compilation of over 200 governmental departments, institutions and agencies involved in lifelong learning policy and...
International Mother Language Day (21 February) celebrates all world languages. For the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning a crucial question is: in pursuit of lifelong learning and quality education for all, how do we...
At the Second International Congress on Lifelong Learning organised by the Basque Government in San Sebastian 7-9 November, the President of the Government, Patxi López, addressed some 500 members of parliament, directors and staff from technical colleges, adult and secondary education,...
UIL has invited a number of internationally-renowned thinkers and scholars to reflect collectively on key aspects and trends for the future of lifelong learning, on 14-15 December in Hamburg.
Key objectives are to brainstorm questions, issues and avenues of enquiry to embark on, with...
Several countries in Asia and the Pacific are developing national strategies for lifelong learning in order to become learning societies. In a well-attended International Lifelong Learning Conference in Kuala Lumpur 14-15 November, “Transforming Nations through Enculturation of Lifelong Learning...
Over 1 million people have enrolled on one of the largest Portuguese governmental programmes in recent decades to recognise and accredit prior learning and to upgrade adults’ low skill levels to secondary-level qualifications. Why have so many participated? It is mainly because NOI was designed...
Following the recommendations made by 144 governments at the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) in 2009 ,...
