The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), together with national and local partners in selected countries in Africa and South Asia, has completed a series of capacity-building workshops on family literacy and learning. Literacy stakeholders from Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinéa, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Pakistan participated in the subregional and national workshops throughout 2019.
Key literacy stakeholders in Ethiopia have been trained to develop and implement family and intergenerational literacy and learning approaches. The training took place in Adama, Ethiopia, from 29 September to 3 October 2018.
The five-day practice-oriented workshop engaged district...
Intergenerational learning plays a fundamental role in fostering literacy, lifelong learning and sustainable development. In recognition of this, in 2016 the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) initiated a family literacy and learning project ...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has long promoted family learning as a bridge between formal, non-formal and informal learning to effectively engage communities in...
The development of a pedagogical resource pack for family literacy in Mozambique is one of the measures implemented in the context of the Malala Initiative. It was developed as a cooperation between the Education Ministry’s Adult Literacy and Education Department (DINAEA) and UNESCO Maputo, with...
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is working with Mozambique’s National Adult Literacy and Education Department on the development of a pedagogical model to pilot a family learning project in Mozambique. The project, which is part of the Malala Initiative – a fund for girls’ right...
Situating family learning within the framework of lifelong learning is a way of breaking down barriers between formal, non-formal and informal learning. This message was shared by UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in a conference on family learning in Europe, which took place in...
UIL and the Hamburg State Institute for Teacher Training and School Development (LI) are pleased to present a short film, produced for the 10 th Anniversary of Hamburg’s Family Literacy Project (FLY). Since 2004, when FLY was launched by both institutions, it has helped thousands of...
On 10 September, UIL and the Hamburg State Institute for Teacher Training and School Development (LI) held a public event to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Hamburg’s award-winning Family Literacy project (FLY).
The event which was opened with a musical presentation by Gino Romero...
The programme Aprendizajes en Familia is a proposal made by the Regional Cooperation Centre for Adult Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (CREFAL), with the technical assistance of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) and the support of the UNESCO office in Mexico. The book...
