On behalf of UNESCO, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) will convene the first meeting of the Core Group of the Global Alliance for Literacy (GAL) within the framework of lifelong learning.

In June 2016 the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) will offer up to four Research Scholarships for a period of one month each to researchers and policy developers from UNESCO Member States who work and research in the area of learning cities

Mr Stanley Mutumba Simataa, President of the 38th session of the General Conference of UNESCO and Deputy Minister of Information and Communication Technology of the Republic of Namibia, will visit the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in Hamburg o

As part of its efforts to assist countries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is convening an international workshop to discuss ways of integrating the literacy work done by public and community library systems into national lit

On 4 April 2016, the President of UNESCO’s General Conference, Mr Stanley Mutumba Simataa, and UNESCO’s Director-General, Ms Irina Bokova, will sign two international recommendations on education: the

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is partnering with the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization’s Regional Centre for Lifelong Learning (SEAMEO CELLL), the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in Bangkok and Field Offices in Southeast Asia in order to work with governm

On 26 February 2016, UNESCO Headquarters and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) will hold a consultation meeting in Paris to discuss the establishment of a Global Alliance for Literacy (GAL) within the framework of lifelong learning.

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) will host the start-up meeting of national coordinators involved in the second phase of the action research project Action Research: Measuring Literacy Programme Participants’ Learning Outcomes (RAMAA II).

Following two successful International Conferences on Learning Cities in Beijing (2013) and Mexico City (2015), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), which coordinates the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities, invites expression of interest in hosting the 3rd International Confere

From 20-22 January 2016, education, literacy and basic skills’ experts from more than twenty-eight European countries and representatives of international agencies will, at a conference in Amsterdam, discuss literacy in Europe.