Think Tank on the future of Lifelong Learning. UIL, Hamburg, 14-15 December 2011

UIL has invited a number of internationally-renowned thinkers and scholars to reflect collectively on key aspects and trends for the future of lifelong learning, on 14-15 December in Hamburg.

Key objectives are to brainstorm questions, issues and avenues of enquiry to embark on, with regard to conceptual clarification, policy and programmatic issues in lifelong learning from a global perspective.

Participants in the Think Tank will analyse different concepts of lifelong learning, as used by UNESCO, OECD, World Bank and EU. The Think Tank will be a forum to discuss core competences, key skills and the role of competence frameworks as an instrument to promote and integrate lifelong learning systems. It will analyse and discuss key approaches in implementing a national framework for lifelong learning.

It is hoped that the Think Tank will help to define global priorities in advocating for and implementing a humanistic and value-based concept of lifelong learning for all, and provide strategic ideas and priorities to strengthen UNESCO’s leading role in education.

Inputs to the Think Tank may be considered for publication in a future edition of UIL’s journal International Review of Education.