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Третий Глобальный доклад по обучению и образованию взрослых (ООВ) ий Влияние образования взрослых на здоровье и благополучие, занятость и рынок труда, социальную, гражданскую и общественную жизнь Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Данный доклад является результатом деятельности международного сообщества и связан с разработкой повестки дня в области устойчивого развития 2030 года, а также справочными и информационными документами, предоставляющими информацию для аналитиков и политиков, и напоминают государствам-членам об их обязательстве. Здесь политические деятели найдут веские доказательства в поддержку политики, стратегий и бюджетов. Заинтересованные стороны найдут убедительные аргументы того, как обучение и образование взрослых способствует устойчивому развитию, здоровому обществу, улучшению рабочих мест и более активной гражданской позиции. Исследователи найдут возможности и идеи для будущих исследований. 
Promoting Lifelong Learning for All: The Experiences of Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda and the United Republic of Tanzania Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) This report is an outcome of a project supporting the promotion of lifelong learning for all in selected African countries. The project aims to increase the capacity of policy-makers and researchers to develop national policies and strategies that will establish lifelong learning systems in Africa, ultimately contributing to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.This publication showcases the advancements made by five African countries in promoting and implementing lifelong learning as per the recommendations outlined in Key Issues and Policy Considerations in Promoting Lifelong Learning in Selected African Countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda and Tanzania (UIL, 2014). This continuous assessment and review of the countries’ progress can help monitor the reforms and developments taking place, and can contribute to the sharing of promising practices. The four main sections of the report include an introduction with the background to and methodology of the study; the origin, essence and benefits of lifelong learning; a compendium of good practices in promoting lifelong learning for all; and a conclusion comprising reflections on how progress can be accelerated in the region as well as potential collaboration opportunities with the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL).Attempts to implement lifelong learning concepts in the five African countries has seen mixed results, but advancements are being made. It is hoped that this synthesis report will help foster the exchange of successful practices among the countries and the further development of lifelong learning policies and strategies across the African continent. 
Pathways to Empowerment: Recognizing the Competences of Syrian Refugees in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey Year of publication: 2018 Author: Madhu Singh Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) For Syrian refugees living in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, recognition is a transformative mechanism that can help them enter or re-enter education, integrate into the world of work and participate fully in their host communities. However, while policy-makers in the region have prioritized the recognition, validation and accreditation of non-formal and informal learning, it remains a major challenge to develop systems that do this effectively. Pathways to Empowerment lays the essential groundwork for such a system, urging governments to develop comprehensive national strategies rather than ad hoc projects to recognize the competences of Syrian refugees. Its recommendations will contribute to dialogue between national authorities and social partners, and guide policy actions and RVA practices both in the region and in other parts of the world where recognition of refugees’ learning is a critical issue. 
Recognition, Validation and Accreditation of Youth and Adult Basic Education as a Foundation of Lifelong Learning Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Since its 2005 General Conference, UNESCO has supported the recognition, validation and accreditation (RVA) of the outcomes of nonformal and informal learning for youth and adults and acknowledged the importance of RVA in the development of lifelong learning systems. More recently, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, in partnership with UNESCO’s Section of Partnerships, Cooperation and Research, has undertaken a number of comprehensive analyses of policy and practice in this area. These studies have highlighted the need to focus on the RVA of non-formal basic education.Globally, the scale of need is enormous. There are significant challenges in integrating the recognition, validation and accreditation of the outcomes of non-formal and informal learning at the basic education level into existing RVA systems and in enabling young people and adults without basic education to complete such processes successfully.This report summarizes the research and policy dialogue of an international expert group invited by UNESCO to three meetings in 2016. It focuses on three themes – principles, policy and practice – and provides examples of how the issue is being approached across the world. It offers 12 conclusions, based on the evidence considered by the expert group, and proposes a number of key messages for stakeholders in Member States, including policy-makers and the research community. 
Рекомендация об обучении и образовании взрослых Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: Организация Объединенных Наций по вопросам образования, науки и культуры (UNESCO) | UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Рекомендация об обучении и образовании взрослых была принята на 38-й сессии Гене-ральной конференции ЮНЕСКО в ноябре 2015 г. Данная рекомендация направлена на поддержку осуществления рамочной программы действий «Образование-2030», она учитывает глобальные тенденции и будет способствовать трансформации обучения и образования взрослых и расширению равных возможностей в этой области.Рекомендация 2015 г. подходит к ООВ комплексно и системно и определяет три основные области обучения и приобретения навыков: грамотность и базовые навыки, непрерывное повышение образовательных и профессиональных навыков и либеральное, народное и общинное образование и гражданские навыки. В ней также описываются пять сквозных направлений деятельности: политика, управление, финансирование, участие, инклюзивность и равенство, а также качество. Данные области деятельности уже представлялись международному сообществу в Беленских рамках действий, принятых на КОНФИНТЕА в 2009 г. в качестве инструмента для содействия государствам-членам в совершенствовании ООВ. Такой комплексный и согласованный подход к ООВ поможет государствам-членам обеспечить всеохватное и справедливое качественное образование и поощрение возможности обучения на протяжении всей жизни для всех (цель 4 в области устойчивого развития). 
Teachers’ Toolkit: UNESCO Schools Network in Canada Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Canadian Commission for UNESCO This toolkit draws on a variety of resources to give educators a range of activities and best practices for students of all ages. Students will learn about human rights and global citizenship, sustainable development, climate action and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. 
Sites for Sustainable Development: Realizing the Potential of UNESCO Designated Sites to Advance Agenda 2030 Year of publication: 2022 Author: Tim Carter | Eleanor R. Haine | Alexander J. Kent | Matthew Rabagliati Corporate author: Canadian Commission for UNESCO | United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO This report outlines the role that UNESCO’s global network of designated sites — World Heritage Sites, global geoparks and biosphere reserves — can play in helping stakeholders (including businesses, communities, government agencies and their local organizations, Indigenous Peoples, traditional authorities, councils of elected representatives, and heritage and nature groups) carry out sustainable development approaches to tackle, mitigate and adapt to challenges like these.The ideas contained in this report emerge from a study designed to explore the merits of UNESCO’s increasing tendency to refer to biosphere reserves, global geoparks and World Heritage Sites as “sites for sustainable development.” 
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. 
Inclusive Lifelong Learning in Cities: Policies and Practices for Vulnerable Groups Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) This publication features chapters on learning cities’ endeavours to promote inclusive lifelong learning for vulnerable groups. It is based on research papers prepared for the fourth International Conference on Learning Cities, which took place in 2019 in Medellín, Colombia, under the theme ‘Inclusion – A principle for lifelong learning and sustainable cities’ and hence marks a transition between the learning city conferences of 2019 and 2021. 
Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All: Medium-Term Strategy 2022–2029 Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) The 2021 Futures of Education report calls for a new social contract for education, with recognition of an extended right to education throughout life. It represents an important restatement of the principles of UNESCO, and particularly its historic focus on our shared humanity, the universal right to education and its rich potential in addressing social, economic and political challenges. The need for a formal recognition of a universal entitlement to lifelong learning was also highlighted in the United Nations Secretary General’s Common Agenda report (also published in 2021) and is increasingly an avowed priority of the global development agenda for education, labour, human rights and sustainability. It is in this context that the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) advances its strategy for the next eight years. With this new Medium-Term Strategy (MTS), UIL aims to strike a balance between priorities rooted in the challenges faced by the global community and this new and emerging thinking about – and interest in – lifelong learning. The world must embrace lifelong learning if we are to build fairer societies and a sustainable world.