International Literacy Day 2015

This year’s International Literacy Day (ILD) was an important occasion for looking back at past progress and looking forward for ways to tenaciously pursue the unfinished literacy agenda in the next 15 years. 
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) collaborated with UNESCO Headquarters to organise the global meeting in Paris, France on 8-9 September. The meeting on ‘Literacy and Sustainable Societies’, brought together approximately 100 participants from 34 countries around the globe to reaffirm literacy as a human right for all and a catalyst for sustainable development. More...