Festo Didactic becomes a partner of UIL’s initiative for learning cities

Festo Didactic, a world leader in industrial education solutions, has agreed to support the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in establishing the International Platform for Learning Cities (IPLC) and preparing for the International Conference on Learning Cities from 21–23 October 2013 in Beijing. Dr. Nader Imani, Head of Global Education at Festo Didactic and UIL reaffirmed the role of learning cities in addressing urban development issues such as sustainable industrialisation, youth employment and social inclusion. Festo Didactic will nominate a senior education expert to the Expert Group for Establishing the IPLC and will contribute to the debates on vocational and workplace learning at the Beijing Conference. The company will also support UIL in mobilising cities to participate in the IPLC and the Beijing Conference and will provide an initial grant to UIL to support the development and implementation of the Key Features of Learning Cities, and the participation of the least developed countries in the Beijing Conference. UIL Deputy Director, Ms Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo, expressed her appreciation of the support of Festo Didactic for the IPLC initiative, and her confidence that the collaboration between the two organisations will be lasting and mutually beneficial.