UIL has published a policy brief on Using Libraries to Support National Literacy Efforts .
The policy brief examines the role of libraries in supporting lifelong literacy. It looks at how libraries nurture early literacy skills up to advanced levels of literacy proficiency....
UIL sponsored four scholarships to successful graduates of the PALDIN programme (Participatory Adult Learning Documentation and Information Networking) - an innovative learning package designed by ALADIN India for the professional development of adult educators. It was adopted in 2009 by the...
A shipment of 40 boxes with books on adult education started its journey from the University of British Columbia (UBC, Vancouver, Canada) to the DVV International East/Horn of Africa Regional Office in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). The books are from the Coolie Verner Memorial Reading Room (CVMRR –...
In Summer 2015, an evaluation of the development and delivery of the Post Graduate Diploma in Adult Education (PGDAE) during the last five years (2009-2015) was carried out by ALADIN member and PALDIN coordinator Prof. Shah from India. The PGDAE course is based on the free PALDIN course...
Two ALADIN members had to close down services in 2015 due to the deep funding cuts in adult learning and literacy research over the past few years that basically dismantled the Canadian literacy support infrastructure.
In February 2015 Copian (Connecting Canadians in Learning, formerly...
The ALADIN network welcomes three new members this month:
Bibliothèque Nationale du Royaume du Maroc (BNRM), Morocco Bibliothèque Centrale de l’Université M’Hamed Bougara de Boumerdes, Algeria Bibliothèque de l’École Supérieure de Banque, AlgeriaThis makes 103 members.
An ALADIN workshop was held at the World Assembly of the International Council of Adult Education, which took place from 11-14 June 2015 in Montréal, Canada.
The workshop took place on Saturday, 13 June 2015 and was on the topic ALADIN - Facilitating access to information and...
In 2013, Ms Sanjana Shrestha from ALADIN member READ-Nepal received an UIL CONFINTEA Scholarship, which resulted in the publication of an article in the International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning:
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The ALADIN Network, coordinated by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), currently encompasses 99 documentation and information services with a focus on adult learning from all regions of the world.
On 25 May, in the context of the 60th anniversary of UIL, the global ALADIN...
A group of ALADIN members met from January 9th-11th, 2007 at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning in Hamburg, Germany. They have discussed past, present and future ALADIN activities. The most important outcome of the meeting was a re-visited Strategic Plan for ALADIN and a Work Plan for...
