From 25 to 27 January 2011, an international expert meeting on monitoring the implementation of the Belém Framework for Action will be held at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in Hamburg, involving a small group of experts and researchers with technical knowledge and experience...

The CONFINTEA VI Final Report (currently available in English and French) and a trilingual version of the Belém Framework for Action have been produced and widely disseminated to CONFINTEA VI participants, UNESCO National Commissions, field offices and many other stakeholders. Following the...

The Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) was held from 1 to 4 December 2009 in the Northern Brazilian city of Belém do Pará. Under the leadership of UNESCO and hosted by the Government of Brazil, it brought together more than 1,000 participants from 150 countries,...

Belém, Brazil, 4 December - The Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) closed on 4 December with a call for governments to “take forward, with a sense of urgency and at an accelerated pace, the agenda of adult learning and education” and to redouble the efforts to meet...

CONFINTEA VI, hosted by the Government of Brazil in Belém from 1 to 4 December 2009, will provide the platform for policy dialogue and advocacy on adult learning and non-formal education at global level. The conference will draw together UNESCO Member States - including more than 100 Ministers...

After consulting all stakeholders, it has been decided to hold CONFINTEA VI from 1st to 4th December in Belém. Invitations previously issued by UNESCO remain valid. The CONFINTEA VI Secretariat will contact all invitees for re-confirmation.

The Government of Brazil has decided to postpone the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI)- due to take place in Belém do Pára (Brazil) from 19-22 May 2009 -following the spread of the influenza virus H1N1 (“swine flu”).

As of 15 April, 123 of 193 UNESCO Member States have confirmed that they will be taking part in CONFINTEA VI in Belém this May. A fair proportion of the delegations from Member States will be headed by their respective Ministers or Vice-Ministers of Education, 75 of whom have confirmed their...

The outcome documents of the five CONFINTEA VI regional conferences are now available online . These documents are a record of the resolutions adopted by the respective regional conference ( ...

The Agence nationale de lutte contre l'illettrisme (ANLCI) and the French National Commission for UNESCO , in close collaboration with...