This seminar will provide national literacy experts from two regions, Asia and Africa, with a platform to share their experiences and discuss innovative strategies for the achievement of the global commitment on literacy for youth and adults. More...
This year’s International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC) will take place from 1 to 3 October in Medellín, Colombia, where government officials, city representatives and education experts from around the world will meet to identify, exchange and discuss effective lifelong learning policies and practices that lead to inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable cities. The theme of the 2019 conference is 'Inclusion: A principle for lifelong learning and sustainable cities'. More...
Following consultations with UNESCO regional bureaux and UNESCO field offices in the region, two countries – Ethiopia and the Gambia – were selected to pilot the Family and Intergenerational Literacy and Learning (FILL) approach to identify best practice for improved policies, actions and materials that support learning together as a family. More...
From July 23-26, the International Consultative Meeting on Lifelong Learning Policies took place in Chengdu, China, successfully bringing together policy experts on lifelong learning from around the world. More...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning is pleased to announce the launch of the website for the fourth International Conference on Learning Cities – www.learningcities2019.org. The website has been designed to provide participants with detailed information about the conference. More...
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) is proud to announce that the City of Hamburg is now a member of the network.
With its rich history in local and international trade, the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg is steeped in economic prosperity and cultural diversity. Being the second-largest city in Germany, it has made concerted efforts over the past few decades towards promoting lifelong learning by implementing initiatives that are founded on its vision of “learning sustainability”. More...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is pleased to announce that 38 cities from 23 countries have become members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) in 2019. More...
Within the framework of the United Nations High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development, held at UN Headquarters in New York City from 9 to 19 July 2019, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) co-organized a side event – ‘The invisible friend: Adult education and the Sustainable Development Goals’ – with DVV International, the German Adult Education Association. More...
The August issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) considers the role of adult learning and education (ALE) in achieving not just Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, which enjoins Member States to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’, but also the other 16 SDGs. More...
Seventy-five years ago, the remaining Roma of the so-called “Zigeunerlager” (Gypsy camp) – 2,897 men, women and children – were exterminated in the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. The liquidation of the camp on 2 August 1944 was a particularly dark chapter of the Roma Holocaust: an attempt by the Nazi regime and those who supported it to exterminate the Romani people of Europe. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
