Family literacy bridges formal and non-formal education and is an effective approach to promote literacy and an opportunity for adults and children to become lifelong learners. Family literacy is widely perceived as an educational approach of the North where the notion generally describes centre-based programmes involving children and their parents. However, the concept of intergenerational learning exists everywhere in the world, even if less institutionalized and often more community-oriented in the South. A North-South exchange on practice and research in family literacy will be beneficial for both sides, also because family literacy programmes in the North are often designed for immigrants from the South.. More »

The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education in England and Wales (NIACE) and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) are jointly organising the 2007 International Adult Learners’ Week in Manchester, UK, from 20–22 September 2007, in partnership with the UK Government’s Department for Education and Skills (DfES), the UK National Commission for UNESCO and the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE). More »

This year’s LitCam event will take place on 9 October in Frankfurt. Speakers will be Shashi Tharoor, Adama Ouane, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, and Savita Singh, Director of the International Centre of Gandhian Studies and Research. Literacy and basic education projects from Uganda (Patrick Kiirya, LABE), Egypt (Laila Iskandar, CID), France (Marie-Thérèse Geffroy, ANLCI) and Spain (Monica Aymerich, ACEFIR) will be presented. More »