Today, David Atchoarena, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), and Wen Yuan, President of Shanghai Open University (SOU, China), signed a three-year cooperation agreement to promote research, build and disseminate resources and strengthen institutional capacities in the...
From July 23-26, the International Consultative Meeting on Lifelong Learning Policies took place in Chengdu, China, successfully bringing together policy experts on lifelong learning from around the world.
Organized by UNESCO’s Division for Policies and Lifelong Learning Systems (PLS)...
‘The whole 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is grounded on the principle of lifelong learning,’ said Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, during an information session on the contribution of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) to ‘Making...
Lifelong learning is a right not a privilege, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg told delegates at a key international conference this week.
Speaking at the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Lillehammer Lifelong Learning Summit, she set out an ambitious...
Madhu Singh, one of the world’s leading experts on the recognition, validation and accreditation (RVA) of non-formal and informal learning and a long-time member of the UIL team, died suddenly on 11 December 2018 in her hometown of New Delhi, India.
Dr Singh gained her MA in Sociology,...
Some 350 ministers, officials, representatives of development agencies and other partners from around the world joined the Global Education Meeting in Brussels from 3 to 5 December 2018 to review progress on the global Education 2030 Agenda.
Developing education systems that enable...
More than 30 country representatives from the Arab States came together at a Regional Policy Forum on Creating Pathways to Empowerment: Building Alternative Learning Pathways (ALP) and Recognising, Validating and Accrediting (RVA) Non-Formal and Informal Learning in the Arab States ,...
On 19 and 20 July 2018, experts came together at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning to discuss the development of a handbook on lifelong learning policy development and implementation.
An international team of specialists in the field of lifelong learning has been formed to...
Participants in the Pan-African High-Level Conference on Education (PACE 2018) made an important commitment to promoting lifelong learning for all, particularly for those excluded from education and training.
The event, which took place in Nairobi Kenya from 25 to 27 April 2018, aimed to...
The Global Book Alliance (GBA), which promotes the development of mother-tongue reading materials, held its first regional workshop in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from 22 to 25 January 2018. Representatives from one lusophone...
