Have you considered working with an international organization that promotes lifelong learning with a focus on adult and continuing education, literacy and non-formal basic education?
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) welcomes applicants to contribute to its global mission of supporting Member States. UIL is committed to UNESCO’s values of integrity, professionalism and respect for diversity in its recruitment and hiring policies. We invite you to be part of the team — apply to join our exciting and diverse workplace. More...

The Belém Framework for Action (BFA) included guidelines and a range of commitments concerning the further development of adult learning and education (ALE) on international, regional and national levels. To acknowledge regional differences in the most effective ways of implementing the BFA and to promote regional cooperation to that end, a series of regional meetings has been held in all regions. More...

Four education professionals were granted one-month CONFINTEA research scholarships by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in September 2015. These scholarships offer researchers and education professionals from UNESCO Member States an opportunity to conduct in-depth research in the field of lifelong learning, focusing on various aspects of adult and continuing education, literacy and non-formal basic education. More...

Education experts from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay on 26 and 27 November, 2015 to monitor progress and identify concrete areas for regional collaboration in achieving the literacy and adult education goals illustrated in the new Education 2030 Framework for Action adopted by UNESCO Member States this year. The meeting, organized by the Regional Bureau of Education for Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC), focused on developing concrete initiatives that could be used in countries of the region to develop youth and adult education with a lifelong learning perspective. More...

Situating family learning within the framework of lifelong learning is a way of breaking down barriers between formal, non-formal and informal learning. This message was shared by UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in a conference on family learning in Europe, which took place in Luxembourg on 22 and 23 October 2015. More...

Ghana is currently in the process of drafting a new non-formal education policy that, once implemented, will help provide literacy and basic skills training to the estimated 29% of its citizens aged 15 years and above who lack literacy skills. Ghana’s current policy on literacy and non-formal education (NFE), the ‘Mass Literacy and Social Change Programme’ (MASSLIP), dates back to 1998. It is necessary to develop a new non-formal education policy that fits within the framework of lifelong learning. More...

The UNESCO Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE) is produced every three or four years to monitor developments in adult learning and education in all regions of the world. GRALE is the key instrument for policy advice, advocacy and monitoring progress in Member States with regard to the recommendations adopted at the 6th International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) through the Belém Framework for Action (BFA). It complements UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report, which monitors global progress on the Education for All initiative detailed in the Dakar Framework for Action. More...