The UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development was held as a virtual conference from 17 to 19 May 2021. The conference is organized by UNESCO in cooperation with and generously supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany, and with the German Commission for UNESCO as advisory partner. Through the …

Read moreICAE part of the UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development

The Global Campaign “We are ALE” got off to a dynamic start in Latin America thanks to the Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education (CLADE), one of the original partners in the global campaign. Not only was CLADE present at the global kick off on 22ndMarch but it also organised a whole week …

Read moreRegional Kick-off of the we-are-ale campaign in Latin America

Dear members, we are delighted to present to you our ICAE Annual Report for the year 2020. Please do not hesitate to contact us at anytime in case you do have any questions.  Your ICAE Team

Financing adult learning and education (ALE) is a highly discussed, complex and, at times, even controversial topic. As globally active organisations, the Institute for international Cooperation of the German Adult Education Association (DVV International) and the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) are committed to finding efficient ways to promote and support ALE worldwide. Sustainable financing …

Read moreStudy on “Financing Adult Learning and Education”

March 22 2021, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (UTC+1) Virtual on Zoom in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese Civil society organisations are getting ready to kick-off a global campaign to advance and promote the concept and practice of adult learning and education (ale).  For the first time, civil society organizations committed to ale have come …

Read moreWE ARE ALE – Global Campaign kick-off

The International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) celebrated Paulo Freire´s 100th birthday through a workshop as part of the Virtual World Social Forum 2021 (23.-31.01.) on Tuesday, January 26. The workshop allowed 200 participants from some 15 countries to exchange live and on social media with the panelists gathered for the occasion. And this despite …

Read moreWhy the pedadogy of Paulo Freire is important nowadays – ICAE celebrates Freire at the Word Social Forum 2021

Dear members, To say it has been a challenging year for most of us, is an understatement. The headline of the year will be the pandemic, or hopefully by the time you are reading this, it will be about the wide scale access and availability of the vaccine. As we see the end of 2020, …

Read moreFinding the silver lining in 2020 (Message and Season Greetings from ICAE President, Robbie Guevara)

The XI Assembly of the Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education (CLADE), held virtually between October 13 and November 26,  was attended by more than 100 people from member organizations of CLADE, student and teacher representatives, movements, civil society organizations, researchers and academics. In a context where in Latin America, the Caribbean and …

Read moreXI CLADE Regional Assembly on “The Human Right to Education: Challenges and Horizons in the Post-Pandemic Period”