UIL will contribute presentations and papers on LLL connections and post-primary and post-basic approaches and strategies to provide quality education and training to out-of-school children and youth in Africa within a context of lifelong learning. A major priority will be to explore the contribution of national qualification frameworks and recognition of non-formal and informal learning to the integration and articulation of post-primary education and training in Africa.

As a member of the ADEA Working Group on Non-formal Education, UIL has commissioned studies that will be presented in a session devoted to non-formal education. All of these studies will be available online on the Biennale Website

The discussions in the CG generated a thematic structure to guide CONFINTEA VI and the preparatory phase. It comprises a set of lenses with which to explore and analyze the field of adult learning and education and to provide answers to related questions. These include context and challenges, relevance, quality, policies, conditions and structures, and the way forward for ALE and the CONFINTEA agenda. A Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE) will be produced as an input to CONFINTEA VI, based on findings from the national reports and regional assessments, and also incorporating specific and focused studies.

Preparations for the Regional Preparatory CONFINTEA VI Conferences have begun. The provisional dates and locations are as follows: Kenya for Africa (first week of August 2008), Mexico for Latin America and the Caribbean (10-13 September 2008), the Republic of Korea for Asia/Pacific (17- 22 November 2008), and Hungary for Europe (3-6 December 2008). The location for the regional conference for the Arab States has yet to be decided (January 2009). For the complete report of the CG click here.

Contact:
Adama Ouane (uil-dirunesco.org)