The second issue of the “CONFINTEA VI Follow-up News” reports on recent activities undertaken in pursuit of the Belém Framework for Action, both within and across countries. In addition to highlighting a series of events at country level, it includes information on the first Regional CONFINTEA...

At the invitation of the Slovenian Ministry for Education and Sports and organised by dvv international in cooperation with the Slovenian Adult Education Association, about 40 government representatives and experts from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...

Following the CONFINTEA Regional Follow-up Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean (25-27 May 2011), the second meeting of the CONFINTEA Advisory Group was held on 28 May in Mexico City. The Advisory Group was constituted by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) at the beginning...

A regional meeting entitled “From Commitment to Action: Taking the CONFINTEA Agenda Forward” took place in Mexico City from 25 to 27 May 2011, for the Latin America and Caribbean region. It was the first regional follow-up meeting held since CONFINTEA VI in Brazil in 2009. Around 250...

Entitled “ From Commitment to Action: Taking the CONFINTEA Agenda Forward” , the first regional CONFINTEA VI Follow-up Meeting will take place from 25 to 27 May 2011 in Mexico City, for the Latin America and Caribbean region. The CONFINTEA agenda is to develop adult literacy and adult...

To support the implementation of the commitments made at CONFINTEA VI, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning is offering four fellowships for key personnel from Member States. Participants should be government officials and senior specialists in adult education. As part of their...

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...