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Several countries in Asia and the Pacific are developing national strategies for lifelong learning in order to become learning societies. In a well-attended International Lifelong Learning Conference in Kuala Lumpur 14-15 November, “Transforming Nations through Enculturation of Lifelong Learning”, the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia launched the “Blueprint on Enculturation of Lifelong Learning for Malaysia 2011-2020”. In his speech he stressed the importance of this national strategy as Malaysia’s tool to move from a middle-income to a high-income country by 2020.
The Minister of Higher Education in his speech (read by his Deputy) focused on the ambitious goal of attaining a participation rate of 50% in adult education and lifelong learning by 2020. The conference was jointly organised by Ministry of Higher Education, Open University Malaysia and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, in cooperation with the ASEM Lifelong Learning Hub, and attracted some 250 participants, including 70 international delegates.
In his keynote address, Sir John Daniel, President and CEO of the Commonwealth of Learning, highlighted three projects with lessons for Malaysia, and UIL Director Arne Carlsen’s keynote presented the European experience in lifelong learning, as well as the CONFINTEAVI Follow-up process.
