UIL Senior Programme Specialist Ulrike Hanemann will present the closing speech at a three-day conference on early-language development during this year's Leipzig Book Fair . The conference,...

With the purpose to review the implementation of project-related activities conducted in 2012 and to develop a work plan for 2013, UNESCO Abuja and the Nigerian National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC) organized a meeting on 27–28 November 2012 in Abuja,...

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning participated in the Policy Forum on Engaging Youth in Planning Education for Social Transformation which was co-organised by the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning and various partners. It was held at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris...

The 2012 UN Day, marking the 67th birthday of the United Nations with the signing of UN Charter on 24 October 1945, was held on 20 October in Bonn with a popular outdoor festival on the central market square....

The Seventh International Literacy Campaign (LitCam) Conference took place on 8 and 9 October 2012 in the context of the Frankfurt Book Fair. The theme of the international conference was ‘Literacy and Active Citizenship’. The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has been a partner of...

The annual World Library and Information Congress – organised by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users – took place in Helsinki, Finland from 11...

In the framework of the second phase of the production of a manual on the training system for teachers in basic education, UNESCO Accra (Ghana), in collaboration with UIL and ED/ BLS (Division for Basic Learning and Skills Development), organised a workshop from 30th July to 3rd August, 2012 in...

As part of its responsibilities during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the government of Cyprus organised a conference on literacy in September. This is the first time that a country who has assumed the EU Presidency has decided to prioritise the issue of literacy. Held from...

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has just opened a mailing list on literacy and basic skills . The objectives are:

On 6 and 7 September, as part of the celebrations for International Literacy Day (8 September), representatives from those 41 countries that face the largest literacy challenges, including 14 ministers and vice-ministers of education, attended a high-level event in Paris titled “Reaching the...