A workshop took place from 16 to 18 April 2014 in Abuja, Nigeria to plan the piloting of a new guidebook entitled Research to Improve Youth and Adult Literacy: Empowering Learners in a Multilingual World. Participants included representatives of the Nigerian RAYL (Revitalising Adult and Youth...
From 5 to 10 May 2014, around 70 staff from the Angolan Ministry of Education at national and provincial level, as well as stakeholders from other ministries, civil society organisations and international partners, met at a national workshop in Luanda to discuss strategic interventions to...
The fourth policy brief in the UIL series recommends youth engagement in multipurpose community learning spaces and centres. The aim is to improve their access to full participation in learning and community development activities. It is based on discussions from the...
In 2013, UNESCO researched how youth in rural communities learn in Cambodia, Egypt and Ethiopia. This study also investigated how young people perceived learning for agricultural and rural livelihoods. The project was funded by the...
As we celebrate the International Women's Day on 8 March, let us enhance the commitment to women’s education and learning. The Second Global Report on Adult Learning and Education ...
The strengthening of institutional and organisational capacities will be crucial to achieve the literacy and adult education goals of the Strategic Plan of the Education Sector 2012–2016 in Mozambique. The UNESCO Capacity for EFA Programme Mozambique therefore includes a training component to...
The programme Aprendizajes en Familia is a proposal made by the Regional Cooperation Centre for Adult Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (CREFAL), with the technical assistance of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the support of the UNESCO office in Mexico. The book...
There is still no common understanding of how to approach literacy as a lifelong learning process, particularly how to define and measure it. This is evident in the second...
The eighth International Literacy Campaign (LitCam) Conference took place on 7 and 8 October 2013 under the auspices of the Frankfurt Book Fair. The theme of this year’s...
Around 100 participants from UNESCO Member States, international partners and academia participated in the 2013 International Literacy Day celebrations which took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on 9–10 September 2013. Five UNESCO literacy prizes were awarded to exemplary projects in...
