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UNESCO Chair on Lifelong Learning and Adult Education
Mission / Vision
The UNESCO Chair is aiming to study Lifelong Learning and Adult Education activities in South and Southeast Asia, compared with relevant practices applied in the European Union, in order to develop an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation activities, to establish lifelong learning strategies concerning the teaching and learning processes at different educational levels and in different educational settings (formal, informal and non-formal) in all partner countries.
Such activities include dissemination of good practices through publications, followed by the development of educational modules, organisation of training courses, Workshops, Conferences and bilateral visits, aiming to promote Lifelong Learning and Adult Education in the above countries, as well as in Europe, utilising also Information and Communication Technology, in an effort to acquire new knowledge and skills which will allow adult citizens to have access to more social; and economic opportunities
Goals
- To promote an integrated system of research, training, information, policies, practices and documentation activities in the field of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education that will be accessible to the majority of the population in all the partnership’s countries, in order to enable adults to gain skills and competences with recognized qualifications that will help them to address today’s rapid social, technological and economic changes.
- Identify Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Policies and Strategies in the participating countries and set-up research outcome guidelines and standards, adapted to the skills and competences required to face the challenges arising from the evolution of the economy the technology and the society.
- Establish/Upgrade Centers for Lifelong Learning and Adult Education in the partner Universities to disseminate information on relevant new practices and updated curricula to the training and educational and institutions in each participating country, via teaching aids accessible to the vast majority of the population (eg. Distance Learning Courses, Computer-based instructions, online webinars, open access documentation).
- Increase awareness of the benefits of adult Lifelong Learning and Adult Education among the adult population (including minorities, low skilled adults and vulnerable social groups), as well as, among Public and Private Enterprises, to encourage the participation of adults in continuing training and competence development, which will consequently strengthen the development of the enterprises.
- Enhance communication and collaboration among several policy makers and other relevant stakeholders activated in the field of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education to enhance collaboration and synergies, to develop an effective guidance system, continuously updated, as well as a system for validating non-formal and informal learning
Partnerships & Collaborations
Local Partners
The UNESCO Chair is aiming to study Lifelong Learning and Adult Education activities in South and Southeast Asia, compared with relevant practices applied in the European Union, in order to develop an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation activities, to establish lifelong learning strategies concerning the teaching and learning processes at different educational levels and in different educational settings (formal, informal and non-formal) in all partner countries.
Such activities include dissemination of good practices through publications, followed by the development of educational modules, organisation of training courses, Workshops, Conferences and bilateral visits, aiming to promote Lifelong Learning and Adult Education in the above countries, as well as in Europe, utilising also Information and Communication Technology, in an effort to acquire new knowledge and skills which will allow adult citizens to have access to more social; and economic opportunities
Goals
- To promote an integrated system of research, training, information, policies, practices and documentation activities in the field of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education that will be accessible to the majority of the population in all the partnership’s countries, in order to enable adults to gain skills and competences with recognized qualifications that will help them to address today’s rapid social, technological and economic changes.
- Identify Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Policies and Strategies in the participating countries and set-up research outcome guidelines and standards, adapted to the skills and competences required to face the challenges arising from the evolution of the economy the technology and the society.
- Establish/Upgrade Centers for Lifelong Learning and Adult Education in the partner Universities to disseminate information on relevant new practices and updated curricula to the training and educational and institutions in each participating country, via teaching aids accessible to the vast majority of the population (eg. Distance Learning Courses, Computer-based instructions, online webinars, open access documentation).
- Increase awareness of the benefits of adult Lifelong Learning and Adult Education among the adult population (including minorities, low skilled adults and vulnerable social groups), as well as, among Public and Private Enterprises, to encourage the participation of adults in continuing training and competence development, which will consequently strengthen the development of the enterprises.
- Enhance communication and collaboration among several policy makers and other relevant stakeholders activated in the field of Lifelong Learning and Adult Education to enhance collaboration and synergies, to develop an effective guidance system, continuously updated, as well as a system for validating non-formal and informal learning
Partnerships & Collaborations
Local Partners
- House of Representatives
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Interior
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth (European and Internal Affairs Office)
- Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works
- Ministry of Energy, Commerce and Industry
- Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment (Agricultural Research Institute)
- Ministry of Labour, Welfare and Social Insurance
- Ministry of Justice and Public Order
- Ministry of Health
- Presidential Commisioners Office (Cyprus Diaspora Service)
- Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO
- Foundation for the Management of European Lifelong Learning Programmes
- Human Resources Development Authority of Cyprus
- National Board of Research and Innovation
- Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus
- Cyprus Pedagogical Institute
- Youth Board of Cyprus
- International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE) Cyprus
- Open University Cyprus
- Pierides Foundation
- Archishop Makarios III Foundation
- Photos Photiades Foundation
International Partners
- Bangkok University, Thailand
- United International University, Bangladesh
- Kathmandu University, Nepal
- Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan
- University of Tehran, Iran
- RK University, India
- Amity University, India
- SAL Institute Technology & Engineering Research, India
- Parul University, India
- North Maharashtra University, India
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
- City, University of London, United Kingdom
- Kingston University, United Kingdom
- Department of Adult & Community Education, Maynooth University, Ireland
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- University of Crete, Greece
- University of Piraeus, Greece
- Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Greece
- University of Macedonia, Greece
- Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
- University of Western Macedonia, Greece
- University of the Aegean, Greece
- Democritus University of Thrace, Greece
- Lambrakis Foundation, Greece
Contact Information
Prof. George Demosthenous
Director of the UNESCO Chair
eng.dg[at]frederick.ac.cy
