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The ASEM Global Lifelong Learning Conference took place on University College Cork campus situated in Cork City, Ireland from September 26th to September 30th 2022. The conference was attended both in-person and online by over 150 attendees from across Asia, Europe, North & South America, and Africa. The coordinators from all 6 research networks met …

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In 2022, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) celebrates its 70th anniversary. As the only institute in the United Nations system wholly devoted to lifelong learning, UIL has, for the past seven decades, successfully supported Member States in developing policies and practices to provide everyone with a chance to learn.  Advancing literacy across the …

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ICAE announces the postponement of IALLA! Unfortunately we had to change the date of ICAE’s International Academy for Lifelong Learning Advocacy, that was planned for 28 October – 3 November in Beirut. But we are glad to inform you that IALLA will be held on 20-25 March 2023. Topic and place remain the same! Deadline …

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On International Literacy Day, we in the ICAE call on our members to affirm the commitment we made at CONFINTEA VII to … “… the vision of literacy as a continuum of learning and competency levels as a foundation for adult learning and education. We commit to strengthen considerably our efforts to implement related policies …

Read moreNot just on International Literacy Day … but every day (Message from ICAE President Robbie Guevara)

Dear members and partners, It is our great pleasure to invite you apply to join ICAE’s Academy of LifeLong Learning Advocacy – IALLA! IALLA is one of the main pillars of ICAE’s work for years. It is a full training course – the main international capacity building programme that ICAE has designed with aims of …

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Why do we need safe spaces in adult learning, and whose responsibility is it to ensure them? The first result of the SAFE project, the Guide on Safe Spaces for Learning, provides some answers. (Original Article from EAEA website) The Safe spAces For lEarning (SAFE) project aims to investigate the triangular relationship between safety and …

Read moreTowards more understanding and solidarity: first results of the SAFE project now available

The United Nations Secretary-General is convening the Transforming Education Summit during the 77th UN General Assembly.  The summit will be held on 16 – 19 September 2022 in New York. The Summit seeks to mobilize political ambition, action, solutions and solidarity to transform education: to take stock of efforts to recover pandemic-related learning losses; to reimagine education systems for the world …

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2022 SDGs Learning, Training & PracticeSESSION 4 Wed 06 Jul 2022, 14:00-15:45 NY Time Also this year again, ICAE was co-organizing a SDGs Learning, Training and Practice Session, this time together with the World Bank; UNDP Namibia in partnership with Office of the Prime Minister and the Statistics Division/UN DESA. Moderated by Shermaine Barrett, ICAE …

Read moreHLPF EVENT: Learning Disrupted – Reimagining Learning Ecosystems. A learning session on data, new skills, accountability and integrity

Tue 5 July, 13:00-14:30 NY time The ICAE  is co-organising a side event as part of the Education and Academia Stakeholder Group. The side-event focuses on the enabling potential of the right to education and how SDG4 is a lever for the entire Sustainable Development Agenda. Find more information here. The event is planned for …

Read moreHLPF SIDE EVENT: The right to education and lifelong learning: the new normality in a broken world