As part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on 3 June to exchange views on culture and education during the COVID-19 pandemic. An introduction to the topic was provided by the Culture Commission of UNESCO, followed by presentations on cities’ initiatives by representatives of Puebla in Mexico, Wyndham in Western Australia, and Pécs in Hungary.
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) publication Books beyond Bars: The Transformative Potential of Prison Libraries , highlighting the contribution of prison libraries to the education and personal development of incarcerated adults and youth, is now available in French....
From 26 May to 12 June 2020, a group of 12 high-level experts from a variety of research disciplines engaged in an online consultation to discuss the futures of lifelong learning. The consultation was organized by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).
The experts worked...
On 27 May 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on strategies for educational, social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). Representatives of the C40...
On 20 May 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on “New partnerships in education governance during COVID-19”, as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). International and national perspectives on new...
As part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on 13 May reflecting on prisons and prison education in the context of COVID-19. Insights were shared by representatives of prison...
UNESCO recently launched its Futures of Education initiative to reimagine knowledge and learning in an increasingly complex world. The use of the plural, futures, is deliberate to acknowledge a rich diversity of ways of knowing and being...
On 6 May 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on open distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). Presentations were provided on open and online learning for...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a webinar on mental health, health and well-being in the time of coronavirus on 29 April 2020 as part of its ongoing series for members of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC). An overview of the impact that the COVID-19...
