In support of UNESCO's Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE), UIL has developed a Resource Pack which includes reports on LIFE meetings, publications on effective practices in literacy, flyers and CDs containing research-based advocacy documents on literacy. The LIFE Resource Pack was...

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is planning to establish an effective monitoring and evaluation strategy for LIFE to monitor its progress at international and national levels. LIFE (Literacy Initiative for Empowerment) is a ten-year framework of collaborative action created by...

The African Regional Conference in Support of Global Literacy is part of a major advocacy initiative in the framework of EFA and, in particular, the United Nations Literacy Decade and UNESCO's Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE). The initiative started with the White House Conference on...

African Regional Conference in Support of Global Literacy: Recommitting to Literacy to Face African Challenges; Bamako, 2007.

Background studies .

In preparation of the 6th Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) in 2009, a workshop on benchmarks for adult education and learning is organized by UIL in Hamburg from 11 to 13 July 2007. A core group with participants from all world regions will discuss appropriate strategies and develop...

The Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning will hold its first session from 21 to 24 May 2007 in Hamburg. The Governing Board of UIL consists of 12 educationists recruited worldwide and appointed by the Director-General of UNESCO. It will meet annually to review work...

Preparations for the 6th International Conference on Adult Educaton (CONFINTEA VI) have been started. A first meeting of the Consultative Committee took place in Helsingor, Denmark (1 and 2 March 2007).

In November 2006, the Executive Board of UNESCO requested the Director-General of...

A group of ALADIN members met from January 9th-11th, 2007 at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in Hamburg, Germany. They have discussed past, present and future ALADIN activities. The most important outcome of the meeting was a re-visited Strategic Plan for ALADIN and a Work Plan for...

Selected ALADIN members held a meeting in September 2003 in Bangkok, Thailand to prepare for the CONFINTEA V Mid-Term Review Conference that took place in Bangkok from September 8–11, 2003. The overall aim of the international CONFINTEA Mid-Term Review Conference was to create the momentum to...

In June 2003, five ALADIN members received a full ALADIN scholarship to attend the 'Managing NGO Resource Centres' certificate course at the Coady International Institute in Antigonish, Canada.

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