UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Bulletin, July 2021

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This month’s issue of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Bulletin will update you on the results from a webinar on quality data and good literacy policies; an online course on family and intergenerational literacy; regional consultations for CONFINTEA VII; climate change and lifelong learning; citizenship education; snapshots of several learning cities’ responses to COVID-19; a literature review on education in prisons; the latest issue of the International Review of Education; and much more besides.

Wishing you a good read!

David Atchoarena

July 2021

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Dear readers,

This month’s issue of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning Bulletin will update you on the results from a webinar on quality data and good literacy policies; an online course on family and intergenerational literacy; regional consultations for CONFINTEA VII; climate change and lifelong learning; citizenship education; snapshots of several learning cities’ responses to COVID-19; a literature review on education in prisons; the latest issue of the International Review of Education; and much more besides.

Wishing you a good read!

Literacy and basic skills

Quality data ‘essential for good literacy policies’
Efficient policies demand better data. Only with direct skills assessments and high-quality data will we be able to fully leverage the potential of literacy and numeracy as key drivers for economic prosperity, social inclusion, and sustainable development.

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Participants successfully complete UIL online course on family and intergenerational literacy and learning
Over 170 participants from more than 50 countries successfully completed the second online training course on family and intergenerational literacy and learning (FILL) organized by UIL and the Commonwealth of Learning.

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Adult learning and education

CONFINTEA VII consultations: presentations and recordings
Presentations and recordings from regional consultations in preparation of the seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII) are available on our website.

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Upcoming regional consultation for the seventh International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VII)

8 to 9 September 2021: European regional consultation ►

Lifelong learning policies

Blog post: Meditations on an emergency
The devastation caused by floods in Europe is a wake-up call with regard not only to climate change, but to lifelong learning too, writes Paul Stanistreet in his latest UIL blog post.

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Global Network of Learning Cities

Citizenship education key to building sustainable and healthy communities, workshop finds
At a workshop on 17 June 2021, UNESCO learning cities from around the world underscored the importance of citizenship education, especially in the context of recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Snapshot of a learning city's response to COVID-19:
São Paulo
Featured in the recently published Snapshots of learning cities' responses to COVID-19, São Paulo's meals programme Coordenadoria de Alimentação Escolar (School Food Coordination), is an emergency response organized by the Municipal Secretary of Education of Sao Paulo, Brazil, to ensure that families do not go hungry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View São Paulo's multimedia story

Snapshot of a learning city's response to COVID-19:
Wuhan
Wuhan's pandemic strategy, also featured in Snapshots of learning cities' responses to COVID-19, is to support the community's return to work and education, inform citizens about pandemic prevention measures being taken, promote mental well-being, and provide counselling to those in need.
View Wuhan's multimedia story

“Build a city where all county residents can get an education if they have the will to learn. Through this, we are helping residents to improve their quality of life.”

Park Sung-soo
Mayor of the UNESCO learning city of Songpa-Gu, Republic of Korea

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Publications

Snapshots of learning cities' responses to COVID-19
UIL presents 13 responses by learning cities to the COVID-19 pandemic across five themes: city planning; continuation of education; culture; equity and inclusion; and public health. Responses span the world regions of Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Integrated Approaches to Literacy and Skills Development: Examples of Best Practice in Adult Learning Programmes
This new compilation showcases 21 adult education programmes that demonstrate promising integrated approaches to integrating literacy, life skills and vocational skills in various country contexts around the world.

Collection of papers on the futures of lifelong learning
UIL has put together this collection covering a range of research fields, including demography, education, philosophy, public health, neuroscience and sociology. The collection therefore acknowledges transdisciplinarity as a crucial principle of future knowledge production and problem solving in an increasingly complex world.

Education in prison: A literature review
Approximately 11 million people are in prisons worldwide, a number that is constantly growing. Many prisons are at crisis point, unable to provide education – a fundamental human right to which prisoners should have access. The publication identifies current trends, progress and challenges in prison education at a global level.

Como as bibliotecas prisionais apoiam os esforços de reabilitação
UIL policy brief 11, ‘“How prison libraries support rehabilitation efforts’”, is now available in Portuguese.