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 …
The United Nations Secretary-General is convening the Transforming Education Summit during the 77th UN General Assembly. The summit will be held on Monday 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 of …
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2022 will be held from Tuesday, 5 July, to Thursday, 7 July, and from Monday, 11 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from Wednesday, 13 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022, as a part of the high-level …
C’est avec plaisir que nous vous invitons à la sixième rencontre des cercles de lecture sur La pédagogie des opprimé es de Paulo Freire. La rencontre permettra aux membres des huit cercles, ainsi qu’à différentes personnes curieuses des résultats de l’expérience de se rencontrer et d’échanger autour du thème de la transformation sociale dans une formule de …
The Swedish members of ICAE have organised two webinars in April: On April 19th, a presentation of ICAE and of Confintea VII. Thor Rutgersson and Lina Remnert hosted the webinar, Cecilia Palm (member of ICAE EC) and David Atchoarena, Director of UIL participated On April 28th a presentation of EAEA and of it´s work towards EU. …