The Editorial Board of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (IRE) will meet in Hamburg on 1 December 2015 to evaluate the quality and progress of this comparative education and lifelong learning journal.

From 20-22 January 2016, education, literacy and basic skills’ experts from more than twenty-eight European countries and representatives of international agencies will, at a conference in Amsterdam, discuss literacy in Europe.

The Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) will meet from 2 to 4 December 2015 to review the progress of the Institute’s work over the past year and to adopt the work programme and budget for 2016 to 2017.

In June 2016 the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) will offer up to four Research Scholarships for a period of one month each to researchers and policy developers from UNESCO Member States who work and research in the area of learning cities.

Following two successful International Conferences on Learning Cities in Beijing (2013) and Mexico City (2015), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), which coordinates the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, invites expression of interest in hosting the 3rd International Confere

On 26 February 2016, UNESCO Headquarters and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) will hold a consultation meeting in Paris to discuss the establishment of a Global Alliance for Literacy (GAL) within the framework of lifelong learning.