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A Transformative Agenda: Outcomes of the CONFINTEA VII Regional Preparatory Conferences Year of publication: 2022 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) In preparation for the Seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII), in Marrakech, Morocco, in June 2022, a series of regional conferences took place between February and September 2021, in some cases preceded by sub-regional consultations. Each of the regional preparatory conferences produced an outcome document summarizing the discussion, including key achievements in adult learning and education, crucial challenges and key recommendations. This document provides a synthesis of the outcomes of these regional and subregional consultations and will contribute to the Marrakech Framework for Action, the main outcome document from CONFINTEA VII, as well as providing a guide for all relevant stakeholders and UNESCO Member States to the key current issues in adult learning and education. 
Citizenship Education for Democratic and Sustainable Communities Year of publication: 2021 Author: Dimitris Deligiannis | Kleoniki Tsiougou | Vicky Goutha | Antonis Moutselos | Ted Fleming Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) | City of Larissa (Greece) | City of Yeonsu-Gu (Republic of Korea) This publication aims to make readers aware of the importance of citizenship education (CE) in local communities within the framework of lifelong learning. It supports cities and citizens in advancing their work on this critical aspect of formal and non-formal education, and in striving for progress in the provision of CE for youth and adult learners. It is mainly based on information from the 2020 survey of cluster members, as well as on case studies and inputs from the conference, ‘Strengthening citizenship education at local level’, which was held virtually on 12 and 13 November 2020. 민주적이고 지속가능한 지역사회를 위한 시민성 교육 Year of publication: 2021 Author: Dimitris Deligiannis | Kleoniki Tsiougou | Vicky Goutha | Antonis Moutselos | Ted Fleming Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) | City of Larissa (Greece) | City of Yeonsu-Gu (Republic of Korea) 본 책자는 독자들이 평생학습체계 안에서 지역사회에서 이루어지는 시민성교육의 중요성을 인식하도록 돕기 위해 발간되었다. 또한, 본 책자는 도시와 시민들이 정규 및 비형식교육의 중요한 영역에서 자신들의 활동을 발전시키고, 청소년과 성인 대상의 시민성교육을 더욱 효과적으로 제공하기 위해 노력하는 것을 지원한다. 책자의 내용은 2020년에 세계시민성교육 클러스터 회원도시를 대상으로 진행된 설문조사의 결과와 ‘지역사회에서의 시민성교육 강화’라는 주제로 지난 2020년 11월 12일부터 13일, 양일에 걸쳐 온라인으로 개최된 세계시민성교육 클러스터 국제회의에서 다룬 도시별 사례 연구와 참여 전문가들의 기조연설 및 의견을 바탕으로 작성되었다. 
Integrated Approaches to Literacy and Skills Development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) Since the first coronavirus case was reported to the World Health Organization in December 2019, millions of youth and adults around the globe – especially those with low literacy skills – have faced increased challenges to securing meaningful work and safeguarding their livelihoods. A more integrated approach to youth and adult learning and education, combining basic literacy, vocational and life skills, is needed now more than ever.This publication showcases selected examples of integrated youth and adult learning and education programmes featured in the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database, also known as LitBase. Implemented in various social, cultural and economic contexts around the world, the programmes featured herein reveal not only the transformative potential that enhancing the quality of youth and adult learning and education can have, but also lay bare the hurdles and potential pathways to consider when planning effective integrated programmes.Integrated approaches to literacy and skills development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes is useful not only for policy-makers, providers and educators who plan to implement integrated adult education programmes but also for those trying to help the most vulnerable groups reach their highest potential. 
ESD Implementation in Learning Cities Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) This publication aims to share the best practice cases from nine cities on ESD implementation (policy and practice) following a lifelong learning approach. These cases showcase innovative local initiatives that have embedded ESD into lifelong learning systems through policy/ strategy development or project implementation, focusing on the following priority areas of action and local activities laid down in the ESD for 2030 roadmap: Local policy/strategy development on ESD: The development of an action plan that determines how the community as a whole can become a learning laboratory for sustainable development. Capacity-building for educators and local authorities: Lifelong learning initiatives for systematic and comprehensive ESD capacity development for educators in the formal and non-formal education sectors, and for local government officials. Efforts to foster engagement with local communities, including: • formal education institutions’ engagement with local communities for the promotion of ESD; • non-formal education institutions (e.g. community learning centres) serving as a hub for lifelong learning on ESD in their communities. Empowerment and mobilization of youth: Lifelong learning initiatives for ESD that focus on young people. Innovative use of local spaces for ESD: Designated areas or spaces that inspire learning and host projects that promote sustainability. In addition to the five priority areas listed above, the case studies share one cross-cutting theme: • Multi-stakeholder approach: How people from different walks of life or professional sectors come together to contribute to local ESD initiatives at either the policy or the project level. 
Transforming our world: literacy for sustainable development Year of publication: 2015 Author: Ulrike Hanemann | Cassandra Scarpino Corporate author: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which promotes the engagement of stakeholders to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.’ Transformer notre monde: l'alphabétisation au service du développement durable Year of publication: 2015 Author: Ulrike Hanemann | Cassandra Scarpino Corporate author: Institut de l’UNESCO pour l’apprentissage tout au long de la vie (UIL) This compilation offers global examples of innovative and promising literacy and numeracy programmes that link the teaching and learning of literacy to sustainable development challenges such as health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability. This publication is a timely contribution to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which promotes the engagement of stakeholders to ‘ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.’ 
National Education Responses to COVID-19: The Situation of Latin America and the Caribbean Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: UNESCO The COVID-19 pandemic caused the greatest global, simultaneous interruption of education services in recent history. It has impacted over 90% of the worldwide student population from preschool to higher education.Latin American and Caribbean countries have engaged in enormous efforts to promote continuity of teaching and learning in this context. In spite of this, profound inequities persist in school systems that limit the capacity to reach the entire population.It is imperative to have information that contributes to guiding the actions that may mitigate or reverse the pandemic’s negative impacts on learning and educational inequities.This report presents a regional overview based on the results of the “Survey on National Education Responses to COVID-19,” which was implemented by UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Bank between May and October 2020. Las respuestas educativas nacionales frente a la COVID-19: El panorama de América Latina y el Caribe Year of publication: 2021 Corporate author: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) La pandemia de la COVID-19 provocó la mayor interrupción de servicios educativos, de forma global y simultánea, de la historia reciente y ha afectado a más del 90% de la población mundial de estudiantes, desde la educación preprimaria hasta la educación superior.Los países de América Latina y el Caribe han llevado adelante enormes esfuerzos para promover la continuidad de la enseñanza y el aprendizaje en este contexto. A pesar de ello, persisten en los sistemas escolares profundas inequidades que limitan la capacidad de alcanzar a toda la población.Es imperativo contar con información que contribuya a orientar las acciones que permitan atenuar o revertir los impactos negativos que ha provocado la pandemia en los aprendizajes y en las desigualdades educativas.Para ello este reporte presenta un panorama regional a partir de los resultados de la “Encuesta sobre las respuestas nacionales en materia de educación frente a la COVID-19", implementada por la UNESCO, UNICEF y el Banco Mundial entre mayo y octubre de 2020. 
Caja de herramientas de educación ambiental para el desarrollo sostenible en Ecuador Year of publication: 2021 Author: Queenny López Alvarado | Sandy Paulette López Corporate author: Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) El presente documento tiene como base conceptual los principios de la Educación para la Sostenibilidad formulados por organismos internacionales y los principios de Educación Ambiental contemplados en documentos nacionales. La Caja de herramientas de EADS en Ecuador es un instrumento complementario al amplio material que han desa- rrollado distintas instituciones; es, como su nombre lo indica, una guía de herramientas pedagógicas que busca incorporar los principios de conservación ambiental a todos los niveles de educación básica. Su elaboración se realizó a través de un proceso participativo de diálogo con varias instituciones y organizaciones del sector público y privado, la sociedad civil y organismos de cooperación.Este documento enfatiza temáticas sobre cambio climático, economía circular y estilos de vida sostenibles, que pueden ser trabajadas por niños, niñas y adolescentes entre tres y catorce años, mediante la aplicación de activi- dades que despierten y guíen su proceso de concienciación y sensibilización ambiental, no solo como parte del currículo académico, sino como una nueva forma de transformar su realidad, al convertirse en protagonistas de la nueva generación que protege y trabaja por el bien del planeta y de quienes lo habitamos.