‘The whole 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is grounded on the principle of lifelong learning,’ said Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education, during an information session on the contribution of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) to ‘Making...
Lifelong learning is a right not a privilege, Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg told delegates at a key international conference this week.
Speaking at the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) Lillehammer Lifelong Learning Summit, she set out an ambitious...
Madhu Singh, one of the world’s leading experts on the recognition, validation and accreditation (RVA) of non-formal and informal learning and a long-time member of the UIL team, died suddenly on 11 December 2018 in her hometown of New Delhi, India.
Dr Singh gained her MA in Sociology,...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is pleased to announce that the winners of the 2019 UNESCO Learning City Award are: Aswan (Egypt), Chengdu (China), Heraklion (Greece), Ibadan (Nigeria), Medellín...
Some 350 ministers, officials, representatives of development agencies and other partners from around the world joined the Global Education Meeting in Brussels from 3 to 5 December 2018 to review progress on the global Education 2030 Agenda.
Developing education systems that enable...
‘Learning cities are really drivers of change. I hope that many more communities around the world will become learning cities and contribute to lifelong access to quality education and learning opportunities’ – Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education
Medellín, Colombia’s second-largest city, will host the fourth International Conference on Learning Cities, scheduled to take place next year.
Today, Medellín is recognized for its innovativeness: in 2013, it won the Wall Street Journal and Citi ‘City of the Year’ award and, in 2016, the...
More than 30 country representatives from the Arab States came together at a Regional Policy Forum on Creating Pathways to Empowerment: Building Alternative Learning Pathways (ALP) and Recognising, Validating and Accrediting (RVA) Non-Formal and Informal Learning in the Arab States ,...
The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) has released new membership guidelines that take effect as of 1 October 2018.
Since its inception in 2015, the UNESCO GNLC has...
On 19 and 20 July 2018, experts came together at the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning to discuss the development of a handbook on lifelong learning policy development and implementation.
An international team of specialists in the field of lifelong learning has been formed to...
