{"id":2382,"date":"2022-06-03T21:07:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T21:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icae.global\/en\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2022-06-04T05:40:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T05:40:16","slug":"icae-and-global-civil-society-manifesto-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/2022\/06\/icae-and-global-civil-society-manifesto-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"ICAE and Global Civil Society MANIFESTO 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br>We are happy to announce, that during the Civil Society Forum we will launch the&nbsp;<strong>ICAE GLOBAL ALE MANIFESTO<\/strong>, which is our guide to reviewing the draft Marrakech Framework for Action (MFA). Have a look at it already here:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/731aeaa034be063208d9bb5a6\/files\/11ec29a1-b847-1543-83ae-d6fda3a18830\/ICAE_Manifesto_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Manifesto in English<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/731aeaa034be063208d9bb5a6\/files\/1216f950-0fb2-3824-4f30-881a844d587a\/ICAE_Manifesto_FR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Manifeste en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/731aeaa034be063208d9bb5a6\/files\/477959c3-1a22-f4f4-3076-ac5990e79ba2\/ICAE_Manifesto_SP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Manifiesto en espa\u00f1ol<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/731aeaa034be063208d9bb5a6\/files\/776bce96-9f2c-6b76-c404-0473cb893cd7\/ICAE_Manifesto_AR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u0628\u064a\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u0628\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ICAE-Manifesto-2022.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2399\" width=\"470\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ICAE-Manifesto-2022.png 940w, https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ICAE-Manifesto-2022-600x503.png 600w, https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ICAE-Manifesto-2022-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ICAE-Manifesto-2022-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Adult Learning and Education &#8211; because the future cannot wait<\/h1><p><em>Adult Learning and Education (ALE) is a fundamental human right of all young people, adults and older adults. It is more than about enabling us to respond to crises: it is about laying the foundation for a common understanding of life in harmony with other people and forms of life in our common habitat, the planet earth. This involves understanding and then tackling systemic issues, structural inequalities, global problems and power issues, on a permanent basis. At present, the world community is struggling with a complex spectrum of human created crises including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, negative impact of digitalization, artificial intelligence and other new technologies, the nuclear threat, the weakening of democracy and the use of violent armed intervention in place of negotiation and dialogue. Hence the need, in the words of the UNESCO Futures of Education report, for A New Social Contract for Education. In this context, a new ALE needs to create and embrace long-term, sustainable solutions based upon the transformative power of adult learning and education rather than insist on<\/em><em> its adaptive and responsive role. Peace is a precondition for planetary harmony which should be nurtured in the minds of women and men. The return on investments in education, literacy, critical thinking, learning to live together is much deeper, wider and longer lasting than that of investments in military hardware. ALE has a huge capacity to contribute to our personal and collective emancipation in both the life and work contexts.<\/em><\/p><p>For these reasons, we &#8211; as members of ICAE \u2013 reaffirm our commitment to the following principles:<\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"I\"><li>First and foremost, <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">ALE is a fundamental human right<\/mark><\/strong> of all youth, adults and older adults \u2013 both women and men &#8211; <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">a public endeavour and a global common good<\/mark><\/strong>, of which the state is the main duty bearer. This implies recognizing its twin vocation: as a right in itself and as an enabling contributor to other fields (poverty reduction, gender equality etc.).<\/li><li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">ALE is beneficial<\/mark><\/strong> both for personal life-wide and life-deep development and self-realization, for communities and society as a whole and for the economy. ALE contributes to the creation of more just, equal, innovative, inclusive and sustainable societies, with new decent employment opportunities, increased social mobility and citizen participation.<\/li><li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>ALE is holistic and intersectorial<\/strong>: <\/mark>it includes all types of ALE<strong> <\/strong>(formal, non-formal and informal), and diverse types of learning in fields such as health, work, culture, citizenship, environment, etc.<\/li><li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>Diversity is at the heart of ALE<\/strong>:<\/mark>it embraces diverse groups of learners giving particular attention to the vulnerable and those suffering all forms of discrimination.<\/li><li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Adult learning and education is a core component of lifelong learning <\/mark><\/strong>and embraces educational activities in three key domains: literacy and basic competencies; knowledge, competencies and skills in continuing education and vocational training; knowledge, competencies and skills in liberal, popular and community education and active citizenship. We believe that<strong> <\/strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>ALE is an essential component of SDG4 and is necessary for the achievement of all the SDGs<\/strong>.<\/mark><\/li><\/ol><p>Therefore, we propose and promote the following premises and actions:<\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\"><li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Transformative ALE <\/mark><\/strong>nurtures autonomy, emancipation, freedom and democracy, increases the agency of learners and embraces cultural, ethnic, epistemological and linguistic diversity. However, this requires the <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">achievement of literacy for al<\/mark>l<\/strong>, which is the most significant foundation upon which to build comprehensive, inclusive and integrated lifelong and life-wide learning for all young people and adults.<\/li><li>In consonance with <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">ALE\u2019s aim to support inclusion and participation<\/mark><\/strong>, ALE should promote pedagogical approaches which are learner centred, interactive, empowering and organized around the principles of participation, cooperation and collaboration.<\/li><li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">ALE requires appropriate resourcing<\/mark><\/strong>, in which government remains the main duty-bearer for the provision of education (including strengthening the infrastructure), either by securing education for the most marginalised, or by coordinating and regulating the participation of other actors in education and adhering to the international and regional benchmarks.<\/li><li>The quality of ALE provision will depend on investment, policies and strategies that recognise the urgent need to further <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">professionalise ALE<\/mark><\/strong> in both the formal and non-formal sectors. This also means ensuring that reliable indicators and data are available to monitor progress through research, which can be carried out in close cooperation with universities.<\/li><li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Gender equality remains one of the main goals of ALE<\/mark><\/strong>. It requires enabling the balanced participation of men and women, the use of gender-sensitive pedagogy and feminist epistemology, as well as ALE policies with a special focus on women (above all in literacy initiatives, since there are still almost 800 million illiterate adult people in the world of whom 2\/3 are women &#8211; unchanged!) and addressing systemic issues of power relations and oppressive cultures for women in various curricula and educational settings.<\/li><li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Vocational education and training<\/mark><\/strong> is a key component of ALE, crucial for decent life, autonomy and dignity. Therefore, VET should enable <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><strong>employment, decent jobs<\/strong>, <\/mark>comprehensive continuing education, professional development and career options, as well as preventing precarious work and helping those affected by pandemics, climate change, armed conflicts and other crises.<\/li><li>Technology can be a driver of progress in education and its capacity to increase the outreach of ALE should be further explored. However, it can also create new barriers to access, make social or collective learning more challenging, widen existing social divides and create new ones. <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">The problems of our world are not solely technological but pedagogical!<\/mark><\/strong> Therefore, the challenges faced by the education sector cannot be solved mainly by digital tools, e-learning platforms and artificial intelligence. The right to education must not be replaced by the right to connectivity.<\/li><li><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Civil society plays a fundamental role in ALE<\/mark><\/strong>. In order to support adult learners worldwide and maximize the benefits of youth and adult education, mobilization of civil society and social movements is necessary.&nbsp; Thus, as one of the key players, CSO should be recognized as a partner in policy formulation and implementation, planning, monitoring and evaluation.<\/li><\/ol><p><em>As members and partners of ICAE, we are united for ALE as a fundamental human right and a precondition for social and ecological justice, well-being, change and transformation, because the future cannot wait.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce, that during the Civil Society Forum we will launch the&nbsp;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 fran\u00e7ais Manifiesto en espa\u00f1ol \u0628\u064a\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0627\u0633\u0628\u0627\u0646\u064a\u0629 Adult Learning and Education &#8211; &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"ICAE and Global Civil Society MANIFESTO 2022\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/2022\/06\/icae-and-global-civil-society-manifesto-2022\/#more-2382\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ICAE and Global Civil Society MANIFESTO 2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-confintea-vii","category-news","lalita-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ICAE-Manifesto-2022.png","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/2382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/2382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2401,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/2382\/revisions\/2401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icae.global\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}