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Statements, conventions, guidelines
- UNESCO Recommendation on Adult Learning and Education, 2015
- The Incheon Declaration and Framework for Action for the implementation of SDG4, 2015
- Belém Framework for Action, CONFINTEA VI, 2010
Other resources
- Facts on Literacy, fact sheets, eAtlas and data on literacy provided by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
- Literacy and Basic Skills, overview of programme activities on literacy by UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)
- Global Alliance for Literacy (GAL)
- Action Research: Measuring Literacy Programme Participants’ Learning Outcomes (RAMAA)
- Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEC)
- Non-Formal Education Management Information System (NFE-MIS)
- Latin American Laboratory for Assessment of the Quality of Education (LLECE)
- Capacity Building for Education Programme (CapED)
- Technical and vocational education and training (TVET)
- Education for Indigenous peoples
Recent publications
- Fostering a culture of reading and writing, examples of dynamic literate environments, UNESCO-UIL, 2017
- Reading the Past, Writing the Future. Fifty Years of Promoting Literacy, UNESCO, 2017
- Global Education Monitoring report (GEM), UNESCO-GEM, 2016
- Learning knowledge and skills for agriculture to improve rural livelihoods, UNESCO – IFAD, 2016
- Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE III), UNESCO-UIL, 2016
- Reading the Past, Writing the Future. Promoting Literacy over 5 decades - a concise review, UNESCO, 2016
- Winners of the UNESCO International Literacy Prizes, UNESCO, 2016
- Promoting Health and Literacy for Women’s Empowerment, UNESCO-UIL, 2016
- Harnessing the potential of ICT’s: Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets and Computers, UNESCO-UIL, 2016
- Literacy in multilingual and multicultural contexts - effective approaches to Adult Learning and Education, UNESCO-UIL, 2016
- Girls’ and women’s literacy with a lifelong learning perspective: issues, trends and implications for the Sustainable Development Goals, UNESCO, 2016
- Education for All Global Monitoring Report (EFA): Gender and EFA 2000-2015 – Achievements and Challenges, UNESCO-UNGEI, 2015
- The Evolution and impact of literacy campaigns and programmes, 2000-2014, UNESCO-UIL 2015
- Narrowing the Gender Gap: Empowering women through literacy programmes, UNESCO-UIL, 2015
- Action research: Measuring literacy programme participants’ learning outcomes (Results of the first phase (2011-2014), UNESCO-UIL, 2015
- Communities in Action, Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development, UNESCO-UIL, 2015
- Sustaining Literacy in Africa: Developing a literate environment, UNESCO, 2014
- Gender equality matters: empowering women through literacy programmes, UNESCO-UIL, UNESCO-UIL, 2014
- Literacy and women's empowerment: stories of success and inspiration, UNESCO-UIL, 2013
A number of UNESCO publications on literacy are made accessible every year at UNESCO’s library with publications on literacy on the occasion of the International Literacy Day.
For more resources, please visit UNESCO’s document database UNESDOC.