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The Annual Meeting of Research Network 4 (RN4) of the ASEM Lifelong Learning Hub took place at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) from 2 to 3 April 2013. About 30 participants from Australia, China, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Latvia, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, Thailand, the United Kingdom,  and UIL participated in the meeting.  As one of the five research networks within the framework of the ASEM Education and Research Hub for Lifelong Learning (ASEM LLL Hub), RN4 serves as a forum for  researchers from European and Asian research institutions for developing joint comparative research projectson  lifelong learning policies and practices.
This annual meeting presented national lifelong learning policy reviews in member countries. The inputs and discussions showed that although many countries have embraced the concept of lifelong learning, they adopt different definitions and priorities in national policies and practices in different social and economic contexts. Meanwhile, to deepen policy review and draw insights, the meeting urged members to adopt evidence-based approaches, more analytic reflections as well as analysis of impact of policies.
To develop a research plan for 2013 and 2014, the meeting analysed the feasibility and methodology for conducting comparative cases studies on thematic issues on developing lifelong learning policy in relation to social and gender equality, aging society, regional gap, sustainable development, competence and employability, and community-based learning and development, among others. At the meeting, both UIL’s three programmes (Lifelong Learning Policies and Strategies, Literacy and Basic Skills, and Adult Learning and Education) and the ASEM LLL Hub Secretariat presented their key activities planned for 2013. Participants expressed strong interest in facilitating and participating in research collaborations between UIL and the ASEM LLL Hub.

UIL co-organised a Seminar on National Policy Frameworks for Lifelong Learning for seven Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, specifically Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. This Seminar was organised in Hanoi, Vietnam on 10 and 11 January 2013 in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training (Vietnam) and UNESCO Office in Hanoi and with the support of dvv international Regional Office for Southeast Asia and UNESCO Offices in the region.
Asian countries that participated in the Pilot Workshop on Developing Capacity for Establishing Lifelong Learning Systems in UNESCO Member States (Hamburg, 2010) shared their experiences in developing lifelong learning policy frameworks. Read more...

The International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (IICBA) focusses on building and strengthening capacities of teacher education institutions in the region and contributes to the design and implementation of the Second Decade of Education for Africa in the areas of teacher education, distance education, curriculum development and educational management. As this encompasses the strengthening of teacher development for formal and non-formal education and needs to be approached holistically, IICBA and UIL share a common goal. Cooperation between the two institutes was intensified in July 2012, when the Director of IICBA, Mr Arnaldo Nhavoto, visited Director Arne Carlsen at UIL.
The recent International Workshop on Strategies for the Improvement of the Status of Literacy Teaching Personnel is testimony to the successful collaboration between the two UNESCO category I institutes.
In the context of their participation in the Workshop, UIL Deputy Director Carol Medel-Añonuevo and Programme Specialist Anna Bernhardt visited the IICBA offices. Both institutes pledged to work together in tackling global literacy challenges by building capacities of formal and non-formal teaching personnel.

United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are due 2015 and International Council on Adult Education (ICAE) is putting special emphasis on the post-2015 process. The Council has produced an advocacy toolkit called The right to education and lifelong learning: Supporting materials for advocacy in the post-2015 process.
2013-2015 are important three years for adult education at a global level. Civil society organisations will mobilise toward reshaping the post‐2015 development agenda by engaging in the processes to set the post Rio+20 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), MDGs, Education for All goals (EFA) and International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA). Based on this scenario and the proposals and recommendations of the ICAE Strategic Seminar held in Marrakesh in October 2012, ICAE is putting special emphasis on the 2015 process. Read more...