On 18 February 2026, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), together with Huawei, associate member of the Global Alliance for Literacy (GAL), will unveil a new global, multi-lingual course ...

The Lifelong Learning Policies and Strategies programme advocates and advances lifelong learning as the conceptual framework and organizing principle for education reforms in the twenty-first century.

N/A On 4 December 2025, UNESCO welcomed 72 new cities from 46 countries to the Global Network of Learning Cities, recognizing their outstanding commitment to making the right to education across all ...

The framework for the period 2012–2020 is a follow up of the reviewed implementation of the framework for the period 2005–2010. After obtaining a number of important results, the new policy aims to ...

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), in partnership with Shanghai Open University (SOU), has unveiled the DELTA Framework — Digital Empowerment for Lifelong Learning and Transformative ...

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), in cooperation with Shanghai Open University (SOU), invites countries to apply to join the 2026 cohort of the programme Strengthening Lifelong ...

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) invites all stakeholders in adult learning and education (ALE) to contribute to shaping the Sixth Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE ...

The policy framework does not provide a definition of the concept of lifelong learning. The mission of the Ministry of Education is ‘to provide and sustain lifelong relevant and quality education for ...

The Ministry of Justice of Brazil introduced a law in 2012 enabling prisoners to reduce their sentences by reading books. The law is based on the Criminal Enforcement Act, approved in 1984, which ...

Where they operate: The centres operate in diverse local settings, mostly in rural areas, often filling the gaps left by educational infrastructure that was damaged or destroyed during the country's ...

The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) is pleased to invite member cities to apply to host the Seventh International Conference on Learning Cities (ICLC 7), scheduled for June 2027.

The strategy for lifelong learning is based on the individual rather than systems and institutions, and is organized to support individual learning at different stages of life. The individual’s ...