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EIU Best Practices Series No.33: Shaping an Action-Oriented Learning Community for Sustainable Development Year of publication: 2013 Corporate author: 유네스코 아시아태평양 국제이해교육원 This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.33 introduces a program implemented at the Ganga International School in India to promote eco-friendly and multicultural society. Teachers, students, and local community members engaged in awareness raising events such as Recycled Paper Art exhibition, Tree Plantation Drive, and Anti-Malaria Project, allowing everyone to absorb the meaning of EIU and sustainable development. Furthermore, students partook in seed exchange program and video conferences to discuss environmental issues with students of partner schools, which amplified impact at local and global levels. 
EIU Best Practices Series No. 9: Integrating Sacred Natural Sites Concept into Environmental Education Year of publication: 2008 Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No.9 introduces research on how educational content on sacred natural sites in Mongolia can lead to understanding of environment and sustainable development. Interviews and surveys conducted by local community teachers and students living in the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape, a World Heritage Site, indicate the importance of education in raising awareness of environmental and heritage protection. 
Global Capacity-Building Workshop on GCED 2023: Follow-Up Activity Report Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: APCEIU This report summarizes 15 GCED projects implemented by the selected mentees/grantees of APCElU's 8th Global Capacity-Building Workshop on GCED on 13-21 July 2023. The projects include teacher training workshops, curriculum development, school-based activities, and community development projects, undertaken by educators, teachers, and practitioners in Asia, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The mentees/grantees first participated in the 8th Global Capacity-Building Workshop on GCED in August 2023. After completing the Workshop, graduates submitted GCED proposals to be selected as grantees/mentees. The selected 15 mentees/grantees were matched with expert mentors who guided them in their project development and implementation. This report describes the summary of 15 projects held in different corners of the world along with their outputs. 
CONFINTEA VI Mid-Term Review: Report of the Conference Year of publication: 2017 Author: Clinton Robinson Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) The Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI), held in Brazil in 2009, closed with the adoption of the Belem Framework for Action (BFA), which recorded the commitments of Member States and presented a strategic guide for the global development of adult learning and education. The third Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE 3), published in 2016, drew on survey data to evaluate progress made by countries in fulfilling the commitments made in Brazil.The CONFINTEA VI Mid-Term Review, held in Suwon, Republic of Korea, in October 2017, took stock of progress made by Member States in the past eight years, looking ahead to GRALE 4 in 2019 and CONFINTEA VII in 2021.This report summarizes the discussions that animated the Mid-Term Review conference and gives readers a brief survey of the key issues concerning progress against the BFA, across all world regions. 
CONFINTEA VII Seventh International Conference on Adult Education: Final Report; Adult learning and Education for Sustainable Development; A Transformative Agenda Year of publication: 2023 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) The International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA) is a UNESCO intergovernmental conference for policy dialogue on adult learning and education (ALE) and related research and advocacy, which has taken place every 12 to 13 years since 1949. This is a final report of the Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII) held in Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco, and online, from 15 to 17 June 2022. 
Greening Communities Guidance: Lifelong Learning for Climate and Sustainability Action Year of publication: 2025 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) | World Organization of the Scout Movement Climate change poses a serious threat to communities around the world, compelling us to protect vulnerable lives and shape resilient futures. By nurturing lifelong learning and empowering local initiatives, communities can drive transformative change – amplifying local efforts into global impact.Green communities are municipalities of any size that embrace lifelong learning to empower individuals to take meaningful climate and sustainability action. This is achieved by extending climate education beyond the classroom and offering learning opportunities in non-formal and informal settings – rooted in and responsive to local culture and context. By engaging learners of all ages across a variety of learning environments, residents of green communities are equipped to take informed, proactive and responsible action for the climate and environment, contributing to more sustainable living.The sections of this document provide an overview of the diverse learners, learning spaces and educational approaches that can contribute to greening communities. It outlines practical steps for developing a comprehensive green learning strategy and action plan that mobilizes learners of all generations in climate and sustainability efforts.Municipal governments, along with a wide range of local stakeholders and change agents in both urban and rural areas, are invited to use this guidance to foster green communities through a lifelong learning lens.Together, let’s green our communities! 
3rd Global Report on Adult Learning and Education: The Impact of Adult Learning and Education on Health and Well-being, Employment and the Labour Market, and Social, Civic and Community Life Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) The Global Reports on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE) play a key role in meeting UNESCO’s commitment to monitor and report on countries’ implementation of the Belém Framework for Action. This Framework was adopted by 144 UNESCO Member States at the Sixth International Conference on Adult Learning and Education (CONFINTEAVI), which was held in Belém, Brazil, in 2009. In the Belém Framework for Action, countries agreed to improve ALE across five areas of action: policy; governance; financing; participation, inclusion and equity; and quality (UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2010b).GRALE III appears as the ALE community prepares for an important global conference: the 2017 Mid-Term Review of CONFINTEA VI. GRALE III will help high-level decision makers take stock of progress in delivering their Belém promises since 2009. It will also help them look ahead to 2030. Policymakers are now considering how to put into practice the ALE promises made in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (United Nations, 2015) and the Recommendation on Adult Learning and Education (2015) (UNESCO, 2015). GRALE III will support their deliberations by showing how ALE can help achieve broader health, economic and social outcomes. It will identify major challenges for ALE and examine the implications for ALE of major global trends like migration and demographic shifts.GRALE III brings together the latest data, policy analysis and case studies on ALE. Government leaders will find high quality evidence to inform their policies, strategies and budgets. Proponents of change will find compelling arguments showing how ALE promotes sustainable development, healthier societies, better jobs and more active citizenship. Policy analysts will find entry points and ideas for future research and policy. 
Literacy and education for sustainable development and women's empowerment Year of publication: 2014 Author: Anna Robinson-Pant Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) The fact that women constitute two-thirds of the world’s non-literate population has been a cause for concern for several decades now. Despite a number of high-profile literacy interventions specifically targeting women – including UNESCO’s LIFE initiative – the disparity between male and female literacy rates persists in many countries of the world (UIL, 2013). This starting point for thinking about women’s literacy has however often led to a narrow focus on literacy access and outcomes. Whilst educational policy makers and planners have attempted to identify and overcome barriers to women’s participation, researchers have directed their attention to measuring the social and economic benefits of women’s literacy (see Robinson-Pant, 2004). Statistical correlations have been presented as evidence of the impact of women’s literacy: for instance, in Pakistan, women with a high level of literacy earned 95% more than women with no literacy skills yet there was only a 33% differential amongst men (UNESCO 2012: 196).Barriers to participation have been analysed in terms of structural (timing, location, women-only versus mixed gender) and social (marriage, poverty, language hierarchies) factors (see Ballara 1991). Within such analysis however, little attention has been given to the social processes associated with literacy learning and development. By contrast, this paper sets out to take a wider lens on literacy in order to explore not only ‘what works’ in practical terms of encouraging women to participate programmes, but also to look at how and why literacy programmes can contribute to sustainable development and processes of empowerment. Taking this perspective on women’s literacy involves asking alternative questions from the more usual ‘how can we make more women literate?’ Approaching literacy through the lens of sustainable development and women’s empowerment means that we develop a more nuanced understanding of how different kinds of literacy emerge from or support different development approaches and how women engage with such processes of change.How is literacy related to sustainable development programmes? What does empowerment mean to different women in different situations? What kind of research evidence and knowledge are literacy programmes and policy building on? How can adult learning facilitate economic, social and environmental change? These larger questions will guide the conceptual exploration of sustainable development, women’s empowerment and literacy, as well as the review of literacy programmes presented in this paper. The starting assumption is that only by looking in depth at the processes of literacy learning and development practice can we begin to address the challenge of narrowing the gender gap in literacy attainment. 
[Summary] 3rd Global Report on Adult Learning and Education: The Impact of Adult Learning and Education on Health and Well-being, Employment and the Labour Market, and Social, Civic and Community Life; Key Messages and Executive Summary Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) The third Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE III) draws on monitoring surveys completed by 139 UNESCO Member States to develop a differentiated picture of the global state of adult learning and education (ALE). It evaluates countries’ progress in fulfilling the commitments they made in the Belém Framework for Action, which was adopted at the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) in 2009.In addition, the report examines the impact of ALE on three major areas: health and well-being; employment and the labour market; and social, civic and community life. GRALE III provides policymakers, researchers and practitioners with compelling evidence for the wider benefits of ALE across all of these areas. In so doing, it highlights some of the major contributions that ALE can make to realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This report is guided by three goals: first, to analyse the results of a monitoring survey of UNESCO Member States, and to take stock of whether countries are fulfilling the commitments they made at CONFINTEA VI; second, to strengthen the case for adult learning and education with evidence of its benefits on health and well-being,employment and the labour market, and social, civic and community life; and third, to provide a platform for debate and action at national, regional and global levels. 
Getting Every School Climate-ready: How Countries are Integrating Climate Change Issues in Education Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO This document summarizes the findings of selected studies by UNESCO and its partners on how climate change issues are integrated in education.These findings shed light on four key questions: where do we stand on climate change education; what do teachers say; what are the examples of country good practices on climate change education; and what does inter-ministerial collaboration on education for sustainable development look like?