23 April 2020
On World Book Day 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) launches the German translation of the publication Books beyond Bars . It argues that the human right to education is particularly important in...
22 April 2020
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on higher education institutions’ support for local communities on 15 April 2020 as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) on responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. A global...
22 April 2020
On 9 April 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) organized its fifth webinar on learning cities' responses to COVID-19. This time it was the turn of Latin American and Caribbean cities. Bogotá (Colombia), Mexico City (Mexico), Villa María (Argentina) and Lima (Peru) shared how...
16 April 2020
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on family learning and community support on 8 April 2020 as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). Perspectives on and initiatives for family and community learning in...
14 April 2020
African Member States and the international community must do more to enhance participation in adult learning and education (ALE) across the continent; that is the principal message of a newly released report by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).
The publication,...
8 April 2020
Most governments around the world have temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic . These nationwide closures are affecting over 90% of the...
7 April 2020
It is with much regret that we learn that Pierre Foulani, former vice-president and member of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Governing Board (1989–1996) died on 10 March. An eminent scholar and renowned author of an impressively diverse range of publications, his advice was...
7 April 2020
On 1 April 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted the webinar ‘UNESCO learning cities’ responses to COVID-19: Equity and inclusion’ as part of an ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). Espoo (Finland), Chengdu (People’s Republic...
3 April 2020
An estimated 750 million youth and adults worldwide have still not achieved basic literacy; two-thirds of them are women. Of the youth and adults lacking basic literacy skills worldwide, 556 million live in only 29 countries. These countries constitute the Global Alliance for Literacy (GAL). To...
31 March 2020
In partnership with the French Development Agency (AFD), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is launching a study on illiteracy and literacy strategies in the G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal) and some neighbouring states (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire,...