Over 140 countries call for right to lifelong learning to transform education at UNESCO conference

With the adoption of the Marrakech Framework for Action at the Seventh International Conference on Adult Education on 17 June 2022, representatives of over 140 countries committed to translating the vision of a right to lifelong learning into reality. They undertook to significantly increase adult participation in learning and recognized the need for increased financial investment in adult learning and education.

Sustainable Futures Global Network - Spring Newsletter

Greetings to everyone, friends, and family of the Sustainable Futures Global Network. We are delighted to share with you some news and updates from across the network. A network that is working through new freedoms and relief at the relaxing of the pandemic impacts, but also new challenges and urgencies as communities and ecologies continue to struggle with social and ecological sustainability.

Webinar series “Learning Cities’ COVID-19 recovery: from research to practice” - Summary June to December 2020

PASCAL International Observatory, whose European base is at the University of Glasgow, has been engaged in a range of activities around the world. These include a major collaboration with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, a successful webinar series, Learning Cities COVID-19 recovery: from research to practice, co-led by PASCAL director, Mike Osborne in 2020, which for the convenience of subscribers we are now re-posting and highlighting as a complete entity here.

Hywel Francis and the South Wales Adult Education and Labour movement

John Gaventa formerly from the Highlander School in Appalachia now with the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University and I recently attended the memorial for the late Hywel Francis, adult educator, activist, historian, politician at a Miner’s Welfare Hall in South Wales.  We were reminded of the strength and transformative impact of the work of Hywel, his wife Mair and his colleagues and the power of this movement.  We wanted to draw more international attention to the importance of this adult education movement.

UNESCO Newsletter - June 2022: Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII)

From 15 to 17 June 2022, education experts from around the world will come together for the Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII) in Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco, to formulate and strengthen UNESCO Member States’ commitment to ensuring that all adults can benefit from learning opportunities.

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