Adult education centres are central to the provision of lifelong learning opportunities in cities around the world. Directors of around 60 adult education centres from cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland debated the role of adult education centres (Volkshochschule) in their countries at a...
Representatives of 40 cities from 20 countries took part in a UNESCO regional meeting on learning cities and education for sustainable development in Latin American and the Caribbean.
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The city of Heraklion, Greece, encourages active citizenship in an effort to increase education and lifelong learning in communities . The decision was reached during a three-day workshop that was held in the city from 3 to 6 March 2017 with the aim of...
‘Global goals, local actions: Towards lifelong learning for all in 2030’ is the theme of the third International Conference on Learning Cities , which will take place from 18 to 20 September 2017 in Cork, Ireland....
Cultural diversity is an important, highly topical issue in Italy. The country received over 10,000 asylum applicants in 2016 alone; new ways in which to integrate the refugees and asylum seekers fleeing conflict and violence in different parts of the world must therefore be explored. It is for...
Three visiting scholars at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) spent June 2016 conducting research into learning cities and how the corresponding lifelong learning strategies work at local level. With the support of UIL’s comprehensive library and in consultation with experts...
Espoo, Finland, has taken the initiative in enhancing cooperation between learning cities in Europe. As part of the first-ever Espoo Learning City Festival, held from 21 to 23 September 2016, Espoo organized a conference inviting several learning cities from across Europe to join a discussion on...
Regional meeting spearheaded by the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development
More than 50 experts and city representatives from Europe and North America gathered in the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, from 12 to 14 December 2016, to further advance the...
From Jordan to Denmark, the republic of Korea to Sint Maarten; world cities gathered in the culturally rich city of Hangzhou in China for the first ever Members’ Meeting of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). On 15 and 16 November, over 150 city representatives, including 22...
