Mr Robert Jjuuku

(Researcher, Uganda Adult Education Network )

Mr Carlos Vargas Tamez

(Mexico, Lecturer,...

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...

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):

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 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...

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...

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...

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,...