Global citizenship education (GCE) is one of the strategic areas of work for UNESCO’s Education Programme (2014-2017) and one of the three priorities of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) launched in September 2012.
The 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report examines how skills development programmes can be imporved to boost young people's opportunities for decent jobs and better lives.
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) is one of the seven education institutes of UNESCO. It has played an important role in 2011 in assisting Member States in the promotion of lifelong learning policies and practices, with a special focus on adult and continuing education. UIL made significant strides in advancing literacy as a foundation for lifelong learning and in monitoring the implementation of the Belem Framework for Action, which provides concrete guidelines for strategic action in harnessing the potential of adult learning and education in building a viable future for all.
