Adult learning and education in Europe, North America and Israel are the focus of a conference to be held in Budapest from 3 to 5 December 2008. Hosted by Hungary and co-organized by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, the conference will bring together education ministers and other...

Adult learning and education in the African region is the focus of a UNESCO conference that will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 5 to 7 November 2008. Hosted by the Government of Kenya and organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the UNESCO office in Nairobi, the UNESCO...

In preparation of the 6th Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) in 2009, a workshop on benchmarks for adult education and learning is organized by UIL in Hamburg from 11 to 13 July 2007. A core group with participants from all world regions will discuss appropriate strategies and develop...

Preparations for the 6th International Conference on Adult Educaton (CONFINTEA VI) have been started. A first meeting of the Consultative Committee took place in Helsingor, Denmark (1 and 2 March 2007).

In November 2006, the Executive Board of UNESCO requested the Director-General of...