UNESCO is working with the Government of Mali to reinforce the country’s capacities in the training of educators with a view to achieving the Education for All goals. The chief objective is to strengthen the institutional capacities of ministries in charge of education as well as those of...

‘Living and learning for a viable future – the power of adult learning’ was the motto of UNESCO’s Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI, 2009). Is it still valid in the light of the new UN development goals? At the 9th World Assembly of the International Council for...

UIL is pleased to announce the recipients of the CONFINTEA Scholarships for 2015. The scholarships are mainly funded by the private donations of the Nomura Center for Lifelong Integrated Education in Japan, the British educationist Peter Jarvis and the publisher Taylor & Francis. The 2015...

The revision of the 1976 Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education requested by the Belém Framework for Action has reached its final phase. In accordance with UNESCO’s rules and...

In October 2015 the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) will offer six CONFINTEA Fellowships for a period of one month each to government officials or representatives of civil society organisations working in decisive positions within the...

In September 2015 UIL will offer four CONFINTEA research scholarships for a period of one month each to researchers from UNESCO Member States (particularly from the global South). The scholarships are mainly based on private donations from the...

The revision of the 1976 Recommendation on the Development of Adult Education , which was requested by the Belém Framework for Action is proceeding as foreseen by UNESCO’s rules and...

The third Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE III) is now in preparation and is scheduled for publication in early 2016. It will provide an update of progress in implementing the Belém Framework for Action, and will focus in particular on the returns to adult learning for health...

The ALADIN network has launched a new initiative, the ALADIN Online Alert , designed to share, on a bi-monthly basis, new online and full-text information and documents in the areas of adult learning, adult literacy,...

Ms Lily Asamoah (Institute of Continuing and Distance Education, Ministry of Education, Ghana) drafted the first non-formal education policy for Ghana. Upon her return to Ghana she shared the draft with her supervisors for their comments and feedbacks. Additionally, she shared her improved...