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CONFINTEA VI, Belém, Brazil, 1-4 December 2009
InWEnt – Capacity Building International, UNESCO-UNEVOC and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) jointly organized a workshop on Financial and Economic Crisis – Labour Market Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Policy Responses: Challenges for Adult Education, Skills Development and Lifelong Learning in a Changing World of Work at the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI).
Approximately 80 education specialists from around the world participated in the workshop, which had the overall purpose of fostering dialogue on issues related to adult / lifelong learning and the world of work. The more specific objectives were to provide an evidence-based diagnosis of the challenges facing the world of work; discuss national responses to the current financial and economic crisis; and evaluate national case studies in terms of appropriate skills development strategies and institutional changes that may be necessary to improve the connections between adult learning and labour market initiatives in the context of the global crisis.
The presentation of case studies and good practices from Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, and India provided substantial information on activities in the areas of policy and frameworks, adult education and association life, recognition of prior learning, and dialogue and cooperation with stakeholders. The good practices fuelled the discussions at the workshop, which resulted in the identification of a number of needs and recommendations.
CONFINTEA VI, hosted by the Government of Brazil in Belém from 1 to 4 December 2009, provided an important platform for policy dialogue and advocacy on adult learning and non-formal education at the global level. The conference brought together around 1500 participants from 156 UNESCO Member States, United Nations agencies, multi- and bi-lateral cooperation agencies, organisations from civil society, the private sector and learners from all world regions.
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