The Asia and Pacific region needs a strengthened ecosystem conducive to adult learning and education (ALE). This was one of the key messages that emerged from the Asia and Pacific regional consultation hosted by the UNESCO Bangkok Office in cooperation with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) on 22 September. The meeting brought together around 150 representatives from civil society organizations, academia and governments from the region’s countries.
From 15 September to 30 November 2021, 35 participants from nine Arab countries will learn how to strengthen alternative and non-formal education for youth and adults in education sector plans. They will take part in an online course offered by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)...
Preparations are underway for the seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII), in 2022. Meanwhile, the fifth Global Report on Adult Learning and Education ( GRALE ) is being finalized, to be published in late spring next year. Add to this UNESCO’s...
On 28 April 2021, the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean and the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC), in collaboration with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), hosted online the regional preparatory...
Educators are key to quality adult learning and education. Yet, a lack of professional adult educators still hinders progress towards the provision of lifelong learning opportunities in many countries around the world. That is why, on 26 May 2021, the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE...
The UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to create a culture of sustainable living. But it will only be successful if we find better ways to support and strengthen adult learning and education for sustainable development, argues Christiana...
Over the past 12 months of the pandemic, millions of citizens around the world have ‘unlearned’ old ways of being, while learning new behaviours. For rural communities in India, lockdown created greater reliance on local sources of food, water and preventive health care. For urban communities,...
Adult learning and education (ALE) is key to future development in the Arab States: that was the main message of over 200 participants during regional consultations in preparation for the upcoming seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII). The consultations, hosted by...
This week, more than 300 representatives of civil society organizations and other stakeholders met online to kick off a five-year global campaign to promote adult learning and education (ALE) and make it more visible. ‘We are ALE’ aims to strengthen the voice of ALE and enable civil society...
Adult learning and education (ALE) is fundamental to building a world of justice, well-being and social change. Yet, despite the essential role it plays in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, deep and persistent inequalities still exist in adult education while the topic remains...
