Envision 4.7 – a roadmap towards SDG 4.7

The ICAE Executive Committee met during the Bridge 47 – Building Global Citizenship #Envision47 Conference, where a roadmap for the future implementation of Target 4.7 was created. 200 policy makers, researchers and civil society members came from all over the world to collaborate and find a way forward for this crucial target. You can find the programme of the conference …

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Test FREE training materials on digital identity

Are you an educator? Do you have an interest in digital identity issues? Would you be interested in testing training materials in your class?  DIGIT (https://digitproject.eu) is a European project that aims to raise awareness and boost adults’ competences in the field of digital footprint and identity through adult education. It has produced handful training materials for …

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Advocating for Adult Learning and Education at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)

ICAE participated in the 2019 meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), the United Nations mechanism reviewing the sustainable development goals under the auspices of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which took place from 9 to 18 July 2019, at UN Headquarters in New York. This year, the theme of the …

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HLPF 2019 side-event with ICAE and EASG

12 July, UN Room A, New York: ICAE and Education Academia Stakeholder Groups (EASG) hosted a side-event on “Education and lifelong learning at the gateway of the Global Agenda.” As announced, side-event reitterated the understanding of education as an important human right as well as an enabling right – and, thus, a precondition for the dignity …

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HLPF Side Event: Education and lifelong learning at the gateway

ICAE, with the Education Academia Stakeholder Group (EASG), invites to its side event at the 2019 UN High-level Political Forum (HLPF)! July 12th, 6:30 – 8:00 PMConference Room A, UN Conference Building, NYC Education is widely recognized as a human right and enabling right – a precondition for the dignity for human life! Yet, recent …

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Workshop in Tanzania on ‘Leave no one behind: Making the right to education for adults a reality’

 In the context of increasing global inequality, climate crises, continuing gender inequality, and the opportunity provided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) processes, participants from 9 African countries and Sweden, met in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania from 5-8 March 2019, at a workshop entitled ‘Leave no one behind: Making the right to education …

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Webinar with Samuel Asnake Wollie and Shirley Walters about “The keys to a peaceful and prosperous Africa”

14thof March 2019, 14:00-15:00 (EAT/UTC+03:00) in English language In 2019 the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) and DVV Internationalcontinue to build global dialogue, support an exchange of ideas and critical reflection on highly relevant topics in adult education and development. This includes a virtual seminardiscussing the “Role and Impact of Adult Education”, following the latest edition of DVV …

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Webinar with Henrique Lopes and Leona English about “How adult education can save your life”

7th of March 2019, 13:00 (WET/GMT-1) In 2019 the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) and DVV International continue to build global dialogue, support an exchange of ideas and critical reflection on highly relevant topics in adult education and development. This includes a virtual seminar discussing the “Role and Impact of Adult Education”, following the latest edition of DVV International´s journal Adult Education …

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“Role and Impact of Adult Education” – a new edition of the ICAE Virtual Seminar

We are proud and happy to announce the ICAE Virtual seminar 2019 – on the “Role and Impact of Adult Education” from a global perspective!  The International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) continues to inspire dialog, exchange of ideas and critical reflection on highly relevant topics in adult education. Through this virtual seminar ICAE, in cooperation …

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Reviewing progress in education towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

Our advocacy work in the UN continues and there are some initiatives and events that we want to inform you about. Thus, although the next High Level Political Forum (HLPF) and therefore the review of  SDG 4 is still some months away, it is important to prepare timely for the review of SDG 4. As you  all know, the …

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