Publications: Adult Education
CONFINTEA VI Final Report
The Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) was held at in Belém do Pará, Brazil, from 1 to 4 December 2009. It was organised on behalf of UNESCO by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in partnership with the Ministry of Education of Brazil. A total of 1,125...more
Belém Framework for Action
The Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) closed with the adoption of the Belém Framework for Action. Held from 1 to 4 December 2009 in Belém, Brazil, with the participation of over 1,100 delegates, including including 55 Ministers and Deputy Ministers from 144 UNESCO...more
Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE)
In the 21st century, the rapid pace and complexity of economic, technologicaland cultural changes require women and men to adapt and re-adapt throughout their lives – all the more so in the context of globalisation. In this era of the knowledge society – where production structure is shifting...more
ALADIN Brochure Linking Adult Learning Resources since CONFINTEA V
ALADIN Brochure Linking Adult Learning Resources since CONFINTEA Vmore
Beating the drums for attention
The present publication is the final product of the collective work of IntALWinE, giving an account of the activities carried out and the results achieved in the framework of the Socrates/Grundtvig network. It includes a series of suggestions and examples of good practice collected by the...more
Adult Learning Documentation and Information Network (ALADIN): Directory of members 2007/2008
Ed.: Lisa KrolakUIE, 2007 - 171 pp. – ISBN 978-92-820-1152-2free of chargeALADIN (PDF 1700KB)more
Adult Education for Indigenous Peoples and Minorities: A thematic Review
lThis publication, based on a workshop held in the context of the CONFINTEA V Midterm Review Conference, addresses the issue of adult education for the estimated 300 million people in the world belonging to indigenous population groups. It includes an overall survey, reports and good practice...more
Measuring the Right to Education
Amartya Sen defined development as the creation of capabilities or capacities. One of the crucial capacities is basic education. With no access to writing, reading and numeracy, people are unable to fight against poverty and to build their lives in the current global environment. In this...more
I Did It My Way
Erwachsene zum Wahrnehmen von Lernangeboten zu ermutigen gehört mittlerweile international ganz selbstverständlich zum politischen Diskurs. In der Regel beschränken sich die Argumente für das lebenslange Lernen jedoch darauf hinzuweisen, dass Lernen im Erwachsenenalter berufliche und soziale...more