Ms Sanjana Shrestha

(Country Director, READ, Nepal, Scholar in May 2013)

Ms Sanjana Shrestha (left) conducted in-depth research and prepared, together with UIL’s Head of Library Lisa Krolak (right), the draft for a scholarly article on community libraries as key agents...

UIL is pleased to announce the recipients of the three CONFINTEA Scholarships for 2013. The scholarships are fully based on the private donations of the Nomura Center for Lifelong Integrated Education in Japan and the British adult educator Peter Jarvis, together with the publisher Taylor &...

The European Commission has established two Technical Working Groups (TWG) on Financing and Quality of Adult Learning. The two groups look at good practices and develop policy guidelines on these themes. The Deputy Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), Ms Carolyn Medel-...

At its 19th session in 1976, the UNESCO general conference adopted a Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education, based on an impetus from the third International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA III). This Recommendation continues to form UNESCO’s most important set of...

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning is currently accepting applications for the 2013 cohort of four CONFINTEA Fellowships for key personnel from Member States to improve adult education at country level by supporting the implementation of the...

In 2013 UIL is pleased to be able to offer three CONFINTEA Scholarships for a period of one month to students and researchers from UNESCO Member States (particularly from the global South):

“As soon as the library opens, the students run to get a seat.” For librarian Nancy Phiri, the result of her work is demonstrated by the enthusiasm of learners. The regional library in South Malawi is a great asset to secondary school pupils and students, who use the reference materials for...

UIL Director Arne Carlsen and Deputy Director Carolyn Medel-Añonuevo were joined by UIL Governing Board members Benita Somerfield, Gugulethu Ndebele and Malak Zaalouk in representing the Institute at the fourth World...

A Regional Expert Meeting for the follow-up of the CONFINTEA VI in Africa was held from 5 to 8 November in Praia, Cape Verde, bringing together 50-some directors of adult education programmes, NGOs, and one youth representative. The Meeting was opened by the Minister of Education of Cape Verde,...

In order to agree on content, operation, and levels of cooperation, and to prepare the work plan for launching the Observatory for Youth and Adult education in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the directors of the UNESCO Office in Santiago, Chile (OREALC), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong...