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25 March 2009
UIL Launches New Database on Effective Practice in Literacy and Numeracy Worldwide

Recognising that knowledge exchange is a crucial means of promoting literacy and numeracy efforts, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) has established a database litbase that provides examples of effective literacy and numeracy programmes worldwide. More »

28 October 2008
LIFE Resource Pack now available

In support of UNESCO's Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE), UIL has developed a Resource Pack which includes reports on LIFE meetings, publications on effective practices in literacy, flyers and CDs containing research-based advocacy documents on literacy. The LIFE Resource Pack was designed to help advance LIFE, the UNLD and EFA, and is now available on request. More »

13 October 2008
Frankfurt Book Fair Literacy Campaign 2008

The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is a cooperating partner of the "Frankfurt Book Fair Literacy Campaign/LitCam. This year's LitCam event will take place on 14 and 15 October under the theme "Literacy and Integration - Languages as a Key to Intercultural Dialogue". More »

10 October 2008
Meeting of Francophone Countries in Preparation for CONFINTEA VI (Lyon France, 11-13 February 2009)

The Agence nationale de lutte contre l'illettrisme (ANLCI) and the French National Commission for UNESCO, in close collaboration with UIL, the Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) and the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, will organize a CONFINTEA VI preparatory meeting from 11 to 13 February 2009, in Lyon, France More »

22 September 2008
African Regional Conference in Global Support of Literacy: Call to Action and final report now available.

The African Regional Conference in Global Support of Literacy, took place in Bamako from 10 to 12 September 2007. It was one of six regional conferences, and was organised by UNESCO and host country the Republic of Mali. It was the first high-level conference fully devoted to literacy and aimed at renewing the commitment to literacy and non-formal education for adults and out-of-school youth. More »

28 August 2008
Regional Literacy and CONFINTEA VI Preparatory Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean


UNESCO is organizing a joint Regional Literacy and CONFINTEA VI Preparatory Conference in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place in Mexico City from 10 to 13 September 2008. More »

28 August 2008
International Literacy day 2008

The theme of this year’s International Literacy Day will be “Literacy and Health”. In Germany, the national celebrations will focus on learners and research, paying tribute to the 30 million euro that the Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) has invested in research on literacy and basic education More »

18 August 2008
Initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) to Promote Research in Literacy and Adult Basic Education

The Ministry is providing 30 million EUR to fund an initiative for the promotion of research on literacy and basic education as part of the UN Literacy Decade. More »

07 August 2008
Regional Experience-sharing Workshop for the Asia Pacific LIFE Countries. Dhaka -Bangladesh, 13-14 August 2008

UNESCO Dhaka and the UNESCO Regional Bureau in Bangkok will be holding a regional workshop to share the findings of the evaluation of the LIFE projects that Bangladesh and Pakistan have been implementing since 2006 within the framework of UNESCO's extra-budgetary funded "Capacity-building for EFA Programme". More »

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