Learning Unlimited and the World of Work Conference held in the Republic of Korea

The Fourth International Conference on Lifelong Learning, organised by the National Institute for Lifelong Education (NILE) was held on 22 November 2012 in Daejeon, Republic of Korea. The Conference was organised one day before the First Lifelong Learning Expo organised in the city from 23–25 November. After organising annual Lifelong Learning Festival over the last ten years, NILE changed the format of their celebration to an Expo this year to celebrate and advocate for lifelong learning in a more formal and grand manner with over 50,000 visitors.

The aim of the conference was to discuss ways of making meaningful linkages between  learning and the world of work. Keeping with the theme of the conference, ‘Learning Unlimited: Learning & the World of Work’, Ms Rika Yorozu, Programme Specialist at UIL, gave a presentation on trends in Europe (pdf). Presentations by other experts covered trends in Latin America, Scandinavia, China, The Republic of Korea and Japan.

More information on the conference in the Korea Herald newspaper:

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