A European follow-up meeting on CONFINTEA took place online on 8 December, organised jointly by EAEA and ICAE. The main objective of the meeting was to exchange between European stakeholders in adult learning and education on how the Marrakech Framework for Action (MFA) could be implemented at the national level and to share ideas for …
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The Arab Network for Literacy and Adult Education (ANLEA) published a statement calling for a new A new decade for lifelong teaching and learning – In light of the framework of Marrakesh. The 8.1. of each year comes as a reminder of the importance of exerting and unifying Arab efforts to eradicate the scourge of …
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On 18 January 2023 the Jamaican Council for Adult Education (JACAE) organized a webinar, looking at the Caribbean Perspective of the MFA and to discuss how we can move forward with the recommendations of the MFA outcome document. Katarina Popovic, ICAE Secretary General, welcomed the participants and invited to work together, in the coming months …
Read moreA New Agenda for Adult Education – A Caribbean Perspective
The 7th GCE World Assembly was an opportune time and space for members to discuss and adopt viable policies and mobilise concrete commitments to implement the policies aligned with the strategy. Among others a policy motion on ALE and the MFA was adopted, which you can download here. The other following policies (resolutions) were adopted: …
On 4th of October 2022 the Regional project of Eastern Neighbours organised its first event in cooperation with the European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA). There were about 50 participants from six countries: Armenia, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Ukraine and Moldova. Dr. Katarina Popovic, the Secretary General of the International Council for …
On December 2022, a virtual consultation meeting for Canada was organized by Daniel Baril of the Institut de coopération pour l’éducation des adults (ICÉA) in Montreal to learn about and discuss a process being developed by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) for monitoring the commitments made in the Marrakech Framework for Action (MFA) …
Read morePost-CONFINTEA monitoring process discussed in Canada
“We all experience, to different degrees, the socio-ecological hurricane that is barrelling down across the globe. As adult educators, lifelong learning practitioners, researchers, scholars, and activists, we know the power of adult learning and education (ALE) to respond, in concert with others, to many of the socio-economic, cultural, and ecological issues that are flying around. …
…was the call by our president Robbie Guevara during the CR&DALL Seminar on 7 December 2022. The aim of this event was not just reflect on CONFINTEA VII but engage with what the MFA is meant to do, which is to … “guide us in harnessing the transformational power of ALE within a lifelong learning …
Read moreCONFINTEA VII: Staying Alive, Alert, Awake and Enthusiastic as Civil Society
DVV International and EAEA organised an online workshop on 4th October 2022. The focus of the webinar was on the contributions of civil society via ICAE and its members, the outcomes to institutionalization and professionalization and further recommendations for community-based ALE institutions.The materials will soon be available on the website of DVV. Katarina Popovic, ICAE Secretary General reviewed …
During the 2009 Belem Civil Society Forum (FISC) that preceded CONFINTEA VI, I remember teaching this action song to our CSO participants. We sang it at the start of the day (because FISC went for 3 days) to energise the participants. But I also recall singing it during our bus ride from the main venue …
Read moreYour ICAE is Alive, Alert, Awake, Enthusiastic – Message from ICAE President Robbie