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
A new handbook ‘Making Lifelong Learning a Reality’ was launched by UIL at CONFINTEA VII! ICAE as well as colleagues from academia and international organizations contributed their expertise to further advance the content of this publication. The handbook provides information, evidence and basic conceptual models to facilitate the implementation of lifelong learning at national and local levels. …
We the representatives of CSOs, members and partners of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), gathered in Marrakech, Morocco on 14 June 2022, as part of our sustained engagement in the Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII) would like to offer this Statement as our contribution to this important global policy process …
Read moreCONFINTEA VII – Declaration of the Civil Society Forum Marrakech
The Fifth Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE 5) was launched today at ConfinteaVII. It finds the greatest challenge in ALE remains reaching those who need it most. Read more here https://bit.ly/3xThKV6 UNESCO Press release The main challenge for adult learning and education across the globe is to reach those who need it …
Read moreAdult education does not reach those who need it most, said GRALE 5
We, the members of the ICAE, together with our partners in Adult Learning and Education (ALE) will gather on the 14th of June during the Civil Society Forum (CSF) both onsite in Marrakech and online via zoom to prepare ourselves for CONFINTEA VII. While our energies have recently been focused on ensuring maximum participation and, …
We are happy to announce, that during the Civil Society Forum we will launch the ICAE GLOBAL ALE MANIFESTO, which is our guide to reviewing the draft Marrakech Framework for Action (MFA). Have a look at it already here: Manifesto in English Manifeste en français Manifiesto en español بيان باللغة الاسبانية Adult Learning and Education – …
The challenges facing education demand responses that are genuinely transformative. But how should we understand transformative education and what can we do to promote it, asks ICAE Secretary General Katarina Popović in her CONFINTEA VII blog. The crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic inspired a wave of new and revived concepts, ideas and practices in …
Read moreCONFINTEA VII blog: How to make adult education transformative – Asking the right questions
On the eve of yet another CONFINTEA, it is salutary to recall the origins of the International Council of Adult Education (ICAE). ICAE was gestated during the fourth CONFINTEA held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1972 and formally baptised and registered in 1973. The International Conferences were, according to UNESCO’s formal procedures, interministerial meetings at which …
The relevance of citizenship education (CED) for the further development of adultlearning and education (ALE) and its impact on (current and future) ALE practice fromICAE’s perspective Background paper supporting the thematic chapter of GRALE 5, 2020
Curriculum managerALE DVV International has developed another product of its “global curriculum family”. Curriculum managerALE is a modular competency-based curriculum for managers of institutions of adult learning and education (IALE) that can be implemented in different cultural and social contexts, even in geographical locations with minimum teaching facilities, in order to provide IALE managers with competencies for effective …