‘Green skills’ have emerged as a response to global sustainable development challenges linked to environmental protection, economic development and social inclusion. As a result, many countries are involved in fostering their citizens’ and workers’ ‘green skills...
On 23 and 24 June 2016, UNESCO led an international expert meeting on the Recognition, Validation and Accreditation of Basic Youth and Adult Education as a Foundation for Lifelong Learning at the ...
Intergenerational learning is at the heart of the Vietnamese culture of lifelong learning. Since 2005, the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training has been building various entities of learning throughout the country. This has seen the expansion of continuing education centres (CECs) in...
Qualifications Frameworks (QFs) are key instruments for educational reforms. Currently, approximately 154 countries and territories have developed or are in the process of developing QFs. The majority of them are low- and middle-income...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is pleased to announce the recent Chinese translation of Linking Recognition Practices and National Qualifications Frameworks. This publication addresses the important issue of promoting mutual understanding across countries on how national...
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are working to establish a coherent system for the recognition, validation and accreditation (RVA) of vocational competencies acquired through non-formal and informal learning.
The importance of recognizing and validating currently unrecognized...The Government of Singapore will devote 20 million Singapore dollars to research on lifelong learning between 2016 and 2020. This investment, the government believes, will help provide a better understanding of how to best utilize its citizens’ skills, link performance to productivity, stimulate...
The recognition of environmentally friendly practices in the formal and informal economic sectors is a critical factor in accomplishing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, which were adopted at the United Nations Summit in September 2015. With this in mind, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong...
28–30 September 2015, Mexico City, Mexico
The 2nd International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC), co-organized by UNESCO and the Government of Mexico City, will be held from 28 to 30 September 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico. This Conference will mark a milestone towards ‘Building...
