On 4 and 5 February 2020, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) hosted a high-level meeting, where the role of universities in promoting lifelong learning was discussed. During the meeting, experts from universities, university associations, along with UNESCO representatives...
In the latest entry to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) blog Daniel Baril, Chair of the UIL Governing Board, writes: In matters of adult learning and education, we live in paradoxical times. On the one hand, learning needs are diversifying and adult education resources cover a...
‘Education has always been a top priority in Gdynia,’ explains its Deputy Mayor, Bartosz Bartoszewicz, which is why, he believes, the quality of life in this north-central Polish city ‘is one of the best in the entire country.’
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The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) supports a series of actions underway to strengthen education systems from a lifelong learning perspective in Cambodia, China, the Philippines and Rwanda. Representatives of education ministries, professionals from other government sectors,...
“In Swansea we know that you are never too young and never too old to learn new skills for the future”, says Rob Stewart, Leader of Swansea Council, a UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) member, on the occasion of...
Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility. However, today, 258 million children and youth still do not attend school; some four million children and youth refugees are out of school; and 773 million adults around the world cannot read or write, most of them women....
‘Aswan keenly promotes quality education for all,’ stresses Ahmed Ebrahem, Mayor of the UNESCO Learning City of Aswan. Located in the south of Egypt, the city has made great strides in implementing lifelong learning for its approximately 300,000 inhabitants that will be showcased on...
Poverty, the availability of educational facilities, health and sanitary infrastructure, as well as basic infrastructure to support the local economy, are severe challenges in the UNESCO Learning City of Mayo-Baléo, located in the department of Faro-et-Déo in Cameroon’s Adamawa Region. Its...
‘In our municipality we must admit that the family you grow up in determines the opportunities you get in life,’ says Carine Bloemhoff, Deputy Mayor of Groningen, Netherlands. ‘We want to change that. Together we want to work on social inclusion trough education.’
The city of Groningen...
On International Migrants Day learn how cities can promote the inclusion of migrants and refugees through education. Nikolaos Angelakis, Deputy Mayor for Education, Lifelong Learning and Youth Issues of the UNESCO learning city of Heraklion, Greece, shares his city’s success story.
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