UNESCO learning cities from around the world underscored the importance of citizenship education, especially in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, at a workshop on 17 June 2021.
Almost 100 participants discussed strategies and programmes on the workshop theme, Citizenship...
Inducted into the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2019, Hamburg is an early adopter of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). In June 2021, the city's senate adopted the 'ESD Masterplan 2030' as another milestone of its engagement. Read our multimedia story to learn more about...
Preparations are underway for the seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII), in 2022. Meanwhile, the fifth Global Report on Adult Learning and Education ( GRALE ) is being finalized, to be published in late spring next year. Add to this UNESCO’s...
On 10 June 2021, UNESCO organized an online meeting with nine UNESCO Chairs and one observer prior to this year’s International Literacy Day (ILD), which will focus on “The right to literacy in times of COVID: the contribution of digital literacy and distance learning programmes”. Among the 31...
On 3 June 2021, UNESCO organized an online consultation with UNESCO International Literacy Prizes ’ laureates from previous years to inform this year’s theme of International Literacy Day (ILD): “The right to literacy in times of COVID-...
The latest issue of the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning highlights some of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on education and asks how, in the post-pandemic world, we...
The largest remote learning experiment in history has taught us many lessons, among them the need to embrace change and apply our new understanding of the benefits of blended learning to foster a more equitable future, writes Niamh O’Reilly. Emerging data from Ireland’s...
On 28 April 2021, the UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean and the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (OREALC), in collaboration with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), hosted online the regional preparatory...
Educators are key to quality adult learning and education. Yet, a lack of professional adult educators still hinders progress towards the provision of lifelong learning opportunities in many countries around the world. That is why, on 26 May 2021, the German Institute for Adult Education (DIE...
The UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to create a culture of sustainable living. But it will only be successful if we find better ways to support and strengthen adult learning and education for sustainable development, argues Christiana...
