6 October 2016
UNESCO presented the report of its Director-General on ‘Literacy for Life: Shaping Future Agendas’ at the General Assembly of the United Nations on 4 October 2016.
22 September 2016
The Global Alliance for Literacy within the Framework of Lifelong Learning (GAL), a UNESCO led initiative aiming to advance the global literacy agenda, has elected its Executive Management Bureau. The Bureau comprises seven representatives of various...
16 September 2016
The recently published Policy Brief 5 of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), entitled 'Making Large-Scale Literacy Campaigns and Programmes Work' is now available in two additional...
8 September 2016
This year marks the 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day (September 8), first proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1966. The overarching theme of the 2016 event is ‘Reading the past, writing the future’.
UNESCO has worked to ensure that literacy remains a priority...
8 September 2016
During this year’s International Literacy Day events on 8 September 2016 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova, launched the Global Alliance for Literacy within the Framework of Lifelong Learning (GAL). GAL...
23 August 2016
The development of a pedagogical resource pack for family literacy in Mozambique is one of the measures implemented in the context of the Malala Initiative. It was developed as a cooperation between the Education Ministry’s Adult Literacy and Education Department (DINAEA) and UNESCO Maputo, with...
21 July 2016
Improving adult literacy in Europe involves tackling numerous challenges at local, regional and international levels. The European Basic Skills Network (EBSN) held a conference in June 2016 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, to discuss effective ways of tackling these challenges. Ninety stakeholders from...
30 June 2016
A webinar on ‘Empowering Girls and Women through Literacy and Secondary Education’. took place on 29 June 2016. It was organized by Alumniportal Deutschland, a portal connecting over 133,000 people around the world who studied in Germany or in German institutions abroad. In the webinar,...
20 June 2016
Providing girls and women with lifelong learning opportunities will empower them to make an even greater contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This standpoint was reaffirmed by the participants of the International Seminar on Girls’ and Women’s Education, which was...
25 May 2016
Community learning centres (CLCs) are very active hubs for lifelong learning throughout the Asia-Pacific region, providing non-formal and informal learning opportunities for all community members. The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) recognizes that CLCs have a crucial role to play...