Irina Bokova: “Education must be more than transmitting information and knowledge”

Irina Bokova has been the Director-General of UNESCO since November 2009. She is the first woman to lead the organisation. Ms Bokova has served as Bulgaria’s Secretary of State for European Integration, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador to France and Monaco and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, among other positions. She has been actively engaged in …

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Congratulations to the 2017 EAEA Grundtvig Award Winners!

European Adult Education Association (EAEA) has awarded adult education projects in its 14th annual EAEA Grundtvig Awards. The three projects selected were awarded for being successful in engaging new learners. The winning projects-Letters for Life (Portugal), Second Chance (Spain) and Ndarugu Community Center (Kenya) were handed the awards by the Mayor of Girona Marta Madrenas …

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ICÉA celebrates its 70th anniversary

The Institut de co-operation pour l’éducation des adultes (ICÉA) organised a cocktail party on Wednesday 24th May in order to celebrate its 70th anniversary at Montréal.   The ICÉA community, and the broader Québécois and French-speaking Canadian adult education community, toasted for an organisation that spans generations and political context in order to advocate for …

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ICÉA workshop on “Popular education and Lifelong Education”

ICAE member, Institut de coopération pour l’éducation des adultes (ICÉA) based at Montréal, Québec, organised a workshop on “Popular Education and Lifelong Education” in the framework of the États Généraux en Enseignement Supérieur in the Université Laval in Québec City, on Friday, May 19th. The goal of the activity was to discuss the role of …

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ICAE Secretary General, Katarina Popovic has been awarded the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Honorary Fellowship Certificate 2017

UIL recognizes individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the fields of lifelong learning, adult and continuing education, literacy and non-formal basic education. Katarina Popovic, next to Ekkehard Nuissl von Rein (former Director of the German Institute for Adult Education) became one of UIL Honorary Fellows during the Hall of Fame Europe Think Tank meeting in …

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ICAE and CLADE at the Expert Meeting of “Enhancing MGoS Engagement in National Level Reviews”

ICAE and CLADE at the Expert Meeting of “Enhancing MGoS Engagement in National Level Reviews” Representatives of ICAE and CLADE are taking part on the Expert Meeting of “Enhancing MGoS Engagement in National Level Reviews” in Bogota, Colombia, 25 -26 March 2017, organized by UN DESA (Division for Sustainable Development). The meeting is providing an …

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IALLA francophone 2016 Ouagadogou,Burkina Faso report available now!

“Le think tank d` ICAE est une nécessité pour la réalisation du développement durable, s’il n’existait pas, il fallait l’inventer. Il en est de même pour ce cours” 

 “The think tank of ICAE is a necessity for the realization of the sustainable development, if it did not exist, it would have to be invented! This course too!”

“El think tank de ICAE es una necesidad para la realización del desarrollo sustentable. Si no existiese, habría que inventarlo. ¡Este curso también!”

Read moreIALLA francophone 2016 Ouagadogou,Burkina Faso report available now!