To support the follow-up and monitoring at the International level of the Belém Framework for Action, UNESCO and its structures were requested by the 6 th International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) “to review and update, by 2012, the Recommendation on the Development of Adult...
The Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education , adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in Nairobi in 1976, is the key normative instrument on adult education, providing guiding principles and a global approach for promoting and developing adult education in Member States. Its...
In order to implement the commitments adopted by the regional CONFINTEA Follow-up meeting on May 2011 in Mexico City, “ From Commitment to Action: Taking the CONFINTEA Agenda Forward ”, three members of the Mexican National Institute for Adult Education (INEA), headed by its General...
Coordinated by the Norwegian Agency for Lifelong Learning (VOX), the European Basic Skills Network (ESBN) came together in its 2012 annual conference from 30 May to 1 June in Prague. Gathering research institutes and educational authorities from 25 countries in the European region, the main aim...
On the occasion of its 60 th anniversary, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), located in Hamburg (Germany), is pleased to offer six CONFINTEA Fellowships and four CONFINTEA Scholarships for study at the Institute . All six Fellowships and...
Latin America and the Caribbean was the first region to implement a regional CONFINTEA VI follow-up meeting. At the invitation of the Government of Mexico and through the National Institute for Adult Education (INEA), the meeting “ From Commitment to Action: Taking the CONFINTEA Agenda...
Eleven Caribbean countries participated in the CONFINTEA VI follow-up meeting for the whole region of Latin America and the Caribbean “From Commitment to Action: Taking the CONFINTEA Agenda Forward”, hosted by Mexico from 25 to 27 May 2011. Following this regional meeting, the UNESCO Kingston...
The UNESCO Region of “Pan-Europe” stretches from Eastern to Western Europe and includes Canada and the Unites States of America, as well as Israel and all Member States of the European Union. Apart from assessing the overall progress in implementing the Belém Framework for Action on the whole,...
A Regional Expert Meeting for the Follow up of CONFINTEA VI in Africa is foreseen for September 2012, hosted by the Government of Cape Verde in Praia. It will aim at increasing the participation of youth and adults in learning and education . The meeting is jointly organized by the...
The Committee on Conventions and Recommendations of the Executive Board of UNESCO monitors three Conventions and eleven Recommendations. One of latter is the 1976 Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education. The UNESCO General Conference 36C/Resolution 13 (2011) acknowledges the...
