5th Global Report on Adult Learning and Education

Abstract

This, the fifth Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE), is also the final monitoring report on the Belém Framework for Action (BFA), the outcome document of the sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFérence INTernationale sur l'Education des Adultes -- CONFINTEA VI), held in 2009. This report serves a dual purpose. The first is to carry out the mandate conferred on UNESCO by the BFA, which documents CONFINTEA VI participants' commitment to 'regularly collecting and analysing data and information on … adult education programmes, disaggregated by gender and other factors, to evaluate change over time and to share good practice' (UIL, 2010, p. 9). Part 1 of this report thus tracks and analyses progress in adult learning and education (ALE) against the five key indicators identified in the BFA: policy, governance, financing, participation and quality. The second purpose of this report, addressed in Part 2, is to offer a detailed thematic discussion and analysis of global and active citizenship, and the role of ALE in pursuing them. [This report was prepared with funding from the Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (APCEIU). For the executive summary, see ED624447. For "4th Global Report on Adult Learning and Education: Leave No One Behind--Participation, Equity and Inclusion," see ED612532.]