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The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on family learning and community support on 8 April 2020 as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). Perspectives on and initiatives for family and community learning in...
On 1 April 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted the webinar ‘UNESCO learning cities’ responses to COVID-19: Equity and inclusion’ as part of an ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). Espoo (Finland), Chengdu (People’s Republic...
Many of the 173 UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) members around the world face severe challenges due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). During a webinar by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning on 19 March, UNESCO learning cities such as Beijing (People’s Republic of China),...
‘Education has always been a top priority in Gdynia,’ explains its Deputy Mayor, Bartosz Bartoszewicz, which is why, he believes, the quality of life in this north-central Polish city ‘is one of the best in the entire country.’
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“In Swansea we know that you are never too young and never too old to learn new skills for the future”, says Rob Stewart, Leader of Swansea Council, a UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) member, on the occasion of...
Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility. However, today, 258 million children and youth still do not attend school; some four million children and youth refugees are out of school; and 773 million adults around the world cannot read or write, most of them women....
‘Aswan keenly promotes quality education for all,’ stresses Ahmed Ebrahem, Mayor of the UNESCO Learning City of Aswan. Located in the south of Egypt, the city has made great strides in implementing lifelong learning for its approximately 300,000 inhabitants that will be showcased on...
Poverty, the availability of educational facilities, health and sanitary infrastructure, as well as basic infrastructure to support the local economy, are severe challenges in the UNESCO Learning City of Mayo-Baléo, located in the department of Faro-et-Déo in Cameroon’s Adamawa Region. Its...
‘In our municipality we must admit that the family you grow up in determines the opportunities you get in life,’ says Carine Bloemhoff, Deputy Mayor of Groningen, Netherlands. ‘We want to change that. Together we want to work on social inclusion trough education.’
The city of Groningen...