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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) - english information

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In July 2006 the former UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) founded in Hamburg in 1951-52 has changed its name and is now the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). The previous name was too unspecific and did not accurately reflect the Institute's long-standing focus on adult learning as well as out-of-school and non-formal education in the perspective of lifelong learning. After the change in the Institute's legal status it has become a fully international body and an integral part of UNESCO, much like other UNESCO Institutes in various regions of the world. The modified website confirms that UIL's programmes will continue to support UNESCO priorities and special programmes. These include Education For All, the Millennium Development Goals, the UN Literacy Decade and the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, as well as special initiatives such as the new Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE), EDUCAIDS and the Teacher Training Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Keywords

institution; organization; adult education; basic education; informal education; pedagogics; lifelong learning; international educational work; teacher education; inservice teacher education; educational programme; educational research; literacy;