Improving literacy, basic education and adult education in Arab countries

Improving literacy, basic education and adult education in Arab countries

Cairo. Literacy centre for girls and young women© UNESCO/Hany Ali Ahmed – Cairo. Literacy centre for girls and young women 
During a regional consultation meeting in Sharjah (United Arab Emirates, 10–12 July 2011) organised by UNESCO Beirut, around 60 decision-makers and practitioners in basic education, literacy and adult education from 15 countries in the Arab region agreed to reinforce efforts in meeting the Education for All targets. There was agreement on the need for a closer coordination of activities undertaken within a number of inter-related frameworks and UNESCO initiatives such as Education for All (EFA), the United Nations Literacy Decade (UNLD), the Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE) and the Follow-up to the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI).
One of the overall goals of the meeting was to discuss how CONFINTEA VI can be more systematically followed up in the Arab Region. The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) provided an overview on the activities set up to monitor the implementation of the Belém Framework for Action and shared the experience of the recent meeting in Mexico for the Latin America and Caribbean Region which resulted in the proposal of a matrix with concrete action points. Participants were in favour of organising a similar meeting for the Arab Region. Visit http://www.vofnews.com/?p=1036 to read full article

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