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Dear Reader,
I am pleased to share with you in this newsletter the Medium-Term Strategy 2022–2029 of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). Finalized at the midpoint of the Education 2030 Agenda, the strategy underlines the role of lifelong learning for meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals and explains how UIL will further strengthen the capacities of Member States to build effective and inclusive lifelong learning policies and systems.
In addition, this Bulletin provides an overview of the outcome documents from regional consultations ahead of the Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII, Marrakech, Morocco), an interview with a former prisoner about the role higher education played in his rehabilitation, the latest issue of the International Review of Education, and much more.
Wishing you a good read!
David Atchoarena
Director, Institute for Lifelong Learning
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UIL Medium-Term Strategy 2022-2029
UIL’s new Medium-Term Strategy will guide the work of the Institute over the next eight years. Our programmes will focus on three thematic priorities, carefully honed to reflect the challenges of our time: building quality learning ecosystems; fostering skills for life, work and learning; and ensuring that no one is left behind. Through these priorities, the Institute aims to build learning ecosystems that work across life, in every setting and which benefit everyone – including, crucially, women and girls. |
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‘The world must embrace lifelong learning if we are to build fairer societies and a sustainable world.’
Daniel Baril and Sarah Anyang Agbor
Chair and Vice-Chair of the UIL Governing Board |
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Transnational migration, refugee studies and lifelong learning
The latest issue of the International Review of Education (IRE) considers challenges and opportunities for lifelong learning in the context of transnational migration and refugee studies. Aiming to extend the scope and meaning of transnational mobility, nine outstanding articles rethink the relationship between mobility, knowledge, diversity, inclusion and lifelong learning in the context of transnational migration.
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| The Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII) will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, in June 2022. UNESCO Member States across the globe met for regional consultations ahead of the conference. Learn more about how adult learning education is being promoted, how challenges are being met, and what proposals are being made in UIL’s series of regional reports. |
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New UIL course: ‘How open and distance learning can support literacy’
To advance learning and build capacities in planning and implementing effective open and distance learning (ODL) programmes for youth and adults, UIL and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) are launching a six-week online course on implementing open and distance learning for youth and adult literacy.
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| ‘Studying in prison allowed me to become the best potential version of myself and think beyond the prison walls. Education is key for inmates to return to society and become a solution rather than a problem to their communities. Higher education saved my life and gave me hope.’
Wilfredo Laracuente
Former prisoner at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York, USA
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Interview with former prisoner Wilfredo Laracuente (USA)
As part of its work to promote lifelong learning opportunities in prisons, UIL spoke to Wilfredo Laracuente, a former prisoner who was released from the maximum-security Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York, USA, in 2021, after having served a 20-year sentence, to find out how education changed his life.
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| Meet the 2021 UNESCO Learning City Awardees. This time, the spotlight is on Wyndham, Australia, and Damietta, Egypt. |
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Wyndham, Australia
Lifelong learning in Wyndham is implemented by a broad network of stakeholders, ranging from the city administration to learning institutions, the private sector and the general public, among others.
Learn more in our multimedia story |
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Damietta, Egypt
Through lifelong learning, Damietta seeks to promote sustainable development, advance basic skills among adults, and improve public health for a population of over 330,000.
Learn more in our multimedia story |
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Virtual exhibition: The power of lifelong learning
Promoting a global culture of lifelong learning is key to addressing the challenges facing humanity. As part of UIL’s 70th anniversary in 2022, the Institute will hold a virtual exhibition demonstrating the power of lifelong learning for enacting positive change – and we want you to get involved! Tell us why lifelong learning is important to you and be part of our exhibition. |
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