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...

Adult education is at the heart of a regional conference in Tunis from 5 to 7 January, organized by UNESCO and the Government of Tunisia. The conference is intended to provide an overview of the situation in Arab states and to draw up new lines for action.

Adult learning and education in Europe, North America and Israel are the focus of a conference to be held in Budapest from 3 to 5 December 2008. Hosted by Hungary and co-organized by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, the conference will bring together education ministers and other...

Adult learning and education in the African region is the focus of a UNESCO conference that will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 5 to 7 November 2008. Hosted by the Government of Kenya and organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the UNESCO office in Nairobi, the UNESCO...

In preparation of the 6th Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) in 2009, a workshop on benchmarks for adult education and learning is organized by UIL in Hamburg from 11 to 13 July 2007. A core group with participants from all world regions will discuss appropriate strategies and develop...

Preparations for the 6th International Conference on Adult Educaton (CONFINTEA VI) have been started. A first meeting of the Consultative Committee took place in Helsingor, Denmark (1 and 2 March 2007).

In November 2006, the Executive Board of UNESCO requested the Director-General of...