The Literacy Enhancement Arab Programme (LEAP) is a regional coordination and support mechanism to streamline national and international efforts in literacy and adult education in the Arab region, jointly steered by UNESCO, ALECSO (Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific...
In order to support the commitment from CONFINTEA VI and the Belém Framework for Action to redouble efforts in adult literacy, UIL is organising a High-Level Research Seminar in Hamburg from 12 to 13 December. Key objectives are to identify trends and critical issues in adult literacy and to map...
In the course of providing technical assistance to the programme “Accelerating National Efforts in Papua New Guinea to Achieve EFA through LIFE”, UIL was able to brief the Minister of Education and the First Secretary on the need for increased literacy efforts. Reporting to them on the outcomes...
On 4 November 2011, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (BREDA) signed a memorandum of understanding on the co-piloting of action research to measure the learning outcomes of literacy programme participants (RAMAA). The aim of...
Why are literacy learning achievements often modest and progress slow? Which cognitive processes are involved when adults learn to read? How can these processes be supported through more efficient methods and modern technologies? What are the implications for policy, programme design and...
The Africa Policy Forum on Literacy and Basic Life Skills for Vulnerable Youth was held 26-29 September 2011 in Bamako, Mali. It brought together 70 participants from Burkina Faso, Ghana, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. The Forum was jointly organised by the UNESCO Institute...
The theme of this year’s International Literacy Day (8 September) is “Literacy and Peace”. It will be marked in New Delhi, India, at an International Conference, “Women’s Literacy for Inclusive and Sustainable Development”, organised by the Government of India’s Department of School Education...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Africa (UNESCO/BREDA) are joining forces to give African countries a measurement system for the monitoring and evaluation of non-formal education. From 18–20 July 2011 they ran a second technical...
During a regional consultation meeting in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates, 10–12 July 2011) organised by UNESCO Beirut, around 60 decision-makers and practitioners in basic education, literacy and adult education from 15 countries in the Arab region agreed to reinforce efforts in meeting the...
L’alphabétisation étant un droit fundamental pour tous et toutes, comment expliquer que 62 % des femmes en Afrique se voient refuser le droit à l’alphabétisme ? Comment infléchir les tendances actuelles pour éviter que près de 800 millions d’adultes parmi lesquels une forte proportion de femmes...
