The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) has released new membership guidelines that take effect as of 1 October 2018. More...
Literacy Database revamped
A well-established resource of the UNESCO Institute of Lifelong Learning (UIL), the Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase) has a new look. More...
First UNESCO online course on strengthening adult learning and non-formal education in Education Sector Plans
The course, jointly developed by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP), consists of three modules. Module 1 provides participants with a conceptual understanding of lifelong learning, non-formal education, adult learning and education, as well as youth and adult literacy. Module 2 introduces the analysis of the current state of adult learning and non-formal education in national education systems. Module 3 will present strategies to strengthen adult learning and non-formal education in education sector plans (ESPs) with a lifelong learning approach. More...
Regional Policy Forum on Creating Pathways to Empowerment in the Arab States
More than 30 country representatives from the Arab States came together at a Regional Policy Forum on Creating Pathways to Empowerment: Building Alternative Learning Pathways (ALP) and Recognising, Validating and Accrediting (RVA) Non-Formal and Informal Learning in the Arab States, jointly organized by the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States, Beirut, Lebanon, and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Hamburg, Germany. More...
The United Nations General Assembly discusses literacy and education for democracy
The report provides information on UNESCO’s work undertaken in supporting Member States in advancing literacy along six strategic areas: policy and planning for youth and adult literacy; scaling up literacy for women and girls; improving quality of programmes and innovations; enhancing literacy assessment and monitoring; furthering research, knowledge creation and advocacy; and building learning cities to promote inclusive and equitable societies. More...
Medellín to host the 2019 International Conference on Learning Cities
Education and learning has been a main driver to create a liveable, vibrant and sustainable urban community in Medellín, transforming the city into a model of urban social integration. The commitment continues as Medellin is becoming a learning city and engages as a member of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities. The International Conference on Learning Cities will provide an opportunity to share this experience with the rest of the world. More...
Top award for empowering young rural women through education
Abhivyakti Media for Development – a civil society organization that champions plural media environment and promotes active citizenship and democracy–received an Education for International Understanding/Global Citizenship Education Best Practices 2018 award for a project that encourages young rural women to contribute to education transformation in Northern Maharasthra, India. More...
UNESCO holds international consultative meeting to look at the governance of lifelong learning
A lifelong learning approach goes far beyond the formal education sector; it also comprises non-formal and informal learning environments and extends into other policy fields such as the labour market and social affairs. The conditions of traditional education governance do not suffice to meet the complexity of lifelong learning, which calls for an integrated governance approach: sector-wide, cross-sectoral and multi-level. More...
Towards developing lifelong learning-oriented education systems
The workshop is based on a handbook developed by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) – Handbook for Lifelong Learning: Policy and Practice – to be published in 2019. More...
Running for ‘Lifelong learning for all’
Promoting lifelong learning for all is at the heart of UIL’s mandate, with the Institute’s projects making impacts around the globe. Yet, this effectiveness would not be possible without the City of Hamburg, which has been providing UIL with a space in which to work towards its vision since its establishment in 1951. The triennial Global Report on Adult Learning and Education, for example, is produced by the Institute and provides insights into the state of the art of Adult Learning and Education worldwide. More...