The Asia and Pacific region needs a strengthened ecosystem conducive to adult learning and education (ALE). This was one of the key messages that emerged from the Asia and Pacific regional consultation hosted by the UNESCO Bangkok Office in cooperation with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong...
Close to 50 years after UNESCO’s publication of Learning to be: The world of education today and tomorrow , Gert Biesta provides an assessment of this seminal report, known as ‘the Faure report’, in an article ...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) have just published Guidelines on open and distance learning for youth and adult literacy. These guidelines will support literacy providers around the world in planning, implementing, monitoring and...
UNESCO learning cities from around the world celebrated World Teachers’ Day on 5 October 2021 by thanking teachers for their outstanding dedication and efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery period.
In pursuit of effective education responses, many learning cities have...
Many women from the rural villages in Kangulumira, Uganda, never learned how to read or write. They never had the opportunity to attend school past primary level 2. When money was tight, sons were sent to school and daughters worked the fields and were married off as soon as possible.
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The International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning ( IRE ) is the longest-running international and comparative education journal in the world. Founded in 1931, the journal is inextricably linked with...
Leveraging technological innovation is critical to enhancing lifelong learning opportunities for all youth and adults. That was the key message of the policy sessions organized by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), together with the Korea Education Frontier Association (KEFA), the...
From 15 September to 30 November 2021, 35 participants from nine Arab countries will learn how to strengthen alternative and non-formal education for youth and adults in education sector plans. They will take part in an online course offered by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL)...
When the COVID-19 global pandemic hit in 2020, governments around the world temporarily closed educational institutions in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus. But how did learning continue for young and old during this time?
In our new publication Snapshots of learning...
Four questions to Heinz Hueber, great-grandson of Albert Ballin
The heritage-listed Ballin Villa in Hamburg is home to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. Where the successful shipping magnate Albert Ballin once lived, more than 50 people from all over the...
