UNESCO’s Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE/2006-2015) is one of UNESCO’s major activities, contributing to the achievement of the Education for All (EFA) goals and objectives of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012), and to the Millennium Development Goals, especially those...
Since 2000, UNESCO and its Member States have celebrated International Mother Language Day annually on 21 February in order to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. This year, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is marking the occasion with a variety of...
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Announcement, 25 March 2009 UIL Launches New Database on Effective Practice in Literacy and Numeracy Worldwide Post Title: Senior Programme Specialist (Appointment of Limited Duration, ALD) Organisational Unit: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)...
E-9 countries have a key role to play in promoting literacy and adult learning in rural areas, given that nearly 70 per cent of the world’s illiterate adults live in these countries. In order to promote the implementation of UNESCO’s Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) and develop E-9...
Education and learning in multilingual contexts was one of the major issues discussed in the Regional Conferences in Global Support of Literacy (2007 – 2008), the Regional Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) meetings (2007 – 2008), and the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education...
As last year, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) organised the national celebrations for International Literacy Day (ILD) on 8 September in Berlin, in cooperation with the Federal Association for Literacy and Basic Education (BVAG) and the German Adult Education Association (DVV),...
Recognising that knowledge exchange is a crucial means of promoting literacy and numeracy efforts, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has established a database (www.unesco.org/uil/litbase/) that provides examples of effective literacy and numeracy programmes worldwide. This new...
In support of UNESCO's Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE), UIL has developed a Resource Pack which includes reports on LIFE meetings, publications on effective practices in literacy, flyers and CDs containing research-based advocacy documents on literacy. The LIFE Resource Pack was...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is planning to establish an effective monitoring and evaluation strategy for LIFE to monitor its progress at international and national levels. LIFE (Literacy Initiative for Empowerment) is a ten-year framework of collaborative action created by...
The African Regional Conference in Support of Global Literacy is part of a major advocacy initiative in the framework of EFA and, in particular, the United Nations Literacy Decade and UNESCO's Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE). The initiative started with the White House Conference on...
