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MOJA JOURNAL WEBINAR: Learning Across Generations: Community Learning Centres and Entrepreneurial Pathways in Adult Education
| Africa Webinar
English / french
In this webinar, two authors from Issue 3 will reflect on their articles, exploring intergenerational learning and entrepreneurial pathways for older adults through experiences from Kenya and Botswana.
Presenters: Rebecca Lekoko and Salome Olesi Terah
Date: 12 February 2026
Time: 14:00 -15:30 (SAST) / 12:00 – 13:30 (UTC)
MOJA Journal: The Role of Adult Learning and Education in Transforming Lives and Livelihoods
| North Africa Webinar
Join us for this webinar, where our MOJA Journal contributors will share insights on their articles: ‘Urban agriculture: A silent revolution’ and ‘From a quest for well-being to an entrepreneurial passion: My saffron learning journey’
- Presenters: Abdelhakim Zidi and Keltouma Adouane
- Date: 4 December 2025
- time: 14:00 -15:30 (SAST) / 12:00 – 13:30 (UTC)
English/French
Join UIL's November webinars!
| Global Webinar
14 November:
'Launch of the Greening Communities Guidance: Lifelong Learning for Climate and Sustainability Action'
Greening communities starts with learning!
By 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population will live in urban areas, many already facing climate threats like extreme heat, flooding, and storms. Rural communities are also on the front lines, dealing with disrupted seasons and damaged ecosystems. The goodnews? Lifelong learning can empower communities everywhere to take climate action and build resilience.
Join us on 14 November 2025 for the launch of the Greening Communities Guidance publication, created by UIL and the World Organization of the Scout Movement under the Greening Education Partnership.
Discover core principles for green communities, minimum requirements and practical steps, tools and resources to turn learning into action.
Date and time
14 November 2025, 13:00 to 14:15 (CET)
19 November:
TVET Teachers and Lifelong Learning
Teachers are at the heart of lifelong learning systems. They not only enable individuals to reach their full potential, but also adapt to the rapid transformations of society, economies and labour markets. For Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teachers, this role is especially critical: by becoming lifelong learners and fostering lifelong learning capabilities, they prepare young people and adults alike to thrive in dynamic workplaces and to contribute to inclusive and sustainable societies.
To explore how policies and practices can support TVET teachers as both learners and facilitators of lifelong learning, join UIL and Shanghai Normal University for a webinar under the joint research project 'Teachers as Lifelong Learners'.
Date and time
19 November 2025, 13:00 to 14:00 (CET)
20 November:
The International Review of Education: 70 years of research in lifelong learning
The International Review of Education (IRE) is the longest-running journal of comparative education in the world. Founded in 1931 by Professor Friedrich Schneider of the University of Cologne, it has been published by UNESCO since 1955. In 2025, we mark 70 years of continuous publication.
IRE’s mission to foster understanding and cooperation in the field of education is more relevant than ever. It aims to publish the best new scholarship from around the world, while also influencing the development of policy and practice in the field of lifelong learning through evidence-based research.
Join us for this webinar as we celebrate the launch of the 70th anniversary special issue of the International Review of Education. This edition offers valuable insights into the evolution of lifelong learning and explores its significance for the future.
Date and Time
20 November 2025, 13:00 to 14:00 (CET)
Join the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning’s webinar series, where policymakers, experts and practitioners share insights and strategies to make lifelong learning a reality.
Financing Models for Literacy and Non-Formal Education in West Africa
| West Africa Webinar
Theme: Financing Models for Literacy and Non-Formal Education in West Africa
Presenter: Ms. Eleonore Ouedraogo
Date: October 28, 2025
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM GMT (Mali and Togo Time)
Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/53IRrjpZRByIGMcMd4bmyw
Webinar: 'Exploring learning through culture: Leveraging the arts to empower cities'
| Global Webinar
You are warmly invited to the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities' Webinar: ‘Exploring learning through culture: Leveraging the arts to empower cities’ on 15 October 2025. This event is part of our global webinar series, ‘Unlocking the power of lifelong learning’, bringing together stakeholders from across the globe on the first and third Wednesday of every month.
This webinar will focus on culture and the arts as powerful vehicles for promoting lifelong learning in cities. Creative processes, whether they are related to the visual arts, music, dance or theatre, can foster new ways of thinking, personal growth and self-expression. These activities not only enhance cognitive abilities but also inspire individuals to see the world in a different way, encouraging innovative and outside-the-box thinking. Artistic interventions in urban spaces can transform city environments, offering opportunities to reconnect with local cultural heritage and forge stronger community bonds.
This webinar will delve into the potential of culture and artistic practices to shape urban learning experiences. Speakers will consider how cultural institutions and public art initiatives make culture-based learning accessible to diverse audiences. They will discuss strategies for integrating the arts into urban education policies. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how cultural initiatives can be designed to enhance educational inclusion, engagement and empowerment across diverse communities.
Time
15 October 2025, 13:00 to 14:00 (CEST)
Sankofa African History Lessons – Free Online Course
| Africa Workshop
Join facilitator Kwame Gad for an 8-week journey through Africa’s rich and diverse histories. From architecture and trade networks to religion, education, and daily life, this interactive course offers a decolonial lens on the continent’s cultural, social, and technological developments.
This is more than an 8 week course - it’s a community space for reflection, discussion, and challenging dominant historical narratives. Come ready to engage, learn, and connect with others committed to deepening their understanding of African history.
🗓 Starts: Tuesday 7th October
⏰ Time: 5:30 – 7:30pm (Every Tuesday)
📍 Location: Online (Zoom)
💸 Cost: Free
👉 Sign up here with your name and email: https://forms.gle/4vgBKrxCFEob...
If you have any questions or need support, feel free to contact us at: communications@racialjusticenetwork.co.uk | 07956825838
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Webinar: ‘From chalkboards to chatbots: Educating adults in the AI era'
You are warmly invited to the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning's Webinar: ‘From chalkboards to chatbots: Educating adults in the AI era’ on 3 September 2025. Taking place during 2025 Digital Learning Week, this event is part of our global webinar series, ‘Unlocking the power of lifelong learning’, bringing together stakeholders from across the globe on the first and third Wednesday of every month.
The webinar will focus on the role of artificial intelligence in adult learning and education. It will examine how AI is transforming educational practices, while also raising important ethical, social and pedagogical considerations. The session will highlight inclusive and human-centred approaches to using AI in adult education. During this webinar, we will also launch the new online course Digital Empowerment for Adult Educators in the Age of AI and Other Emerging Technologies. This course is designed to empower adult educators around the world to effectively and responsibly integrate AI into their teaching.
Programme
13:00- 13:15 - Opening Remarks
Moderator: Ms Sofia Chatzigianni, Assistant Programme Specialist, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
- Ms Isabell Kempf, Director, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
13:15- 14:25 - Session: Digital Empowerment for Adult Educators in the AI Age
Moderator: Ms Annapurna Ayyappan, Programme Specialist, Digital Learning, UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
- Artificial intelligence (AI), conversational agents, and generative AI: implications for adult education practice and research
- Ms Marcella Milana, Associate Professor (Dipartimento di Scienze Umane) Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy
- Inclusive Adult Learning in the AI Era: Confronting Inequality, Fostering Critical andAnalytical Skills, and Empowering the Marginalised
- Ms Rashidat Ibrahim, Doctoral Student, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
- Responsible Artificial Intelligence in education
- Ms Caitlin Bentley, Senior Lecturer in AI Education, King’s College London, UK and Deputy Chair of the Responsible AI Skills Pillar, and UIL consultant
- How can AI empower education from a lifelong learning perspective
- Mr Jun Xiao, Director of Digital Learning, Shanghai Open University, China
- Reaching youth with disability and refugees and migrants in East Africa through AI-enabled digital content delivery
- Ms Claire Mongeau, Co-Founder and Director, M-Shule, Kenya
- Moderated QA and Course Launch
14:25- 14:30 - Closing remarks
- Ms Rakhat Zholdoshalieva, Team Leader, UIL
Further information
WEBINAR: Traditional approaches to adult learning and education (ALE) in Africa, case of Benin Republic
| West Africa Webinar
French/English translation
Be part of Moja upcoming webinar as we delve into adult education traditional approaches in Africa, highlighting its historical, didactic, and forward-looking perspectives.
Presenter: Vincent Houessou, Linguist-Communicator, Language and Culture Teaching Specialist, Professor at Abomey-Calavi University- Republic of Benin, West Africa.
Date: THURSDAY, August 21st, 2025
Time: 13-14:30 (SAST/ 11-12:30 GMT
Upcoming events
Webinar: National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF): a strategic tool for recognising skills in the era of lifelong learning
Webinar: National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF): a strategic tool for recognising skills in the era of lifelong learning.
Across many African countries and beyond, education and labour systems are undergoing rapid transformation driven by technological change, evolving skills needs and increasing labour mobility. In this context, ensuring that skills acquired in different settings are properly recognised has become a central policy priority. NQFs have emerged as key instruments for structuring qualifications systems and improving transparency across learning pathways.
From a lifelong learning perspective, NQFs go beyond the classification of diplomas. They enable the recognition of skills acquired throughout life, including through formal education, vocational training, workplace learning and informal experiences. Thus, they contribute to improved employability, greater social inclusion and enhanced mobility between education and employment systems.
This webinar will explore the strategic role of the NQF as a lever for transforming African education systems, and will examine the conditions for its effective implementation in support of lifelong learning and social inclusion.
Objectives
- Explore the role of NQFs in recognising and valuing diverse forms of learning
- Examine their contribution to employability, mobility and inclusion
- Share experiences and policy approaches from different contexts
- Identify conditions for effective implementation in support of lifelong learning systems
Languages
French, with simultaneous English interpretation
In collaboration with FAALTV
Past events
WEBINAR: Beyond the Chalkboard: Historical Continuities and Hybrid Futures in Adult Learning and Education in Tanzania
Be part of MOJA upcoming webinar as we delve into adult education traditional approaches in Africa, highlighting its historical, didactic, and forward-looking perspectives.
Beyond the Chalkboard: Historical Continuities and Hybrid Futures in Adult Learning and Education in Tanzania
Adult Learning and Education in Tanzania did not begin with the literacy campaigns of the 1970s, nor has it ever been confined to the classroom. This webinar is based on an article that traces learning across successive historical periods—from indigenous and community-based systems through colonial schooling, Ujamaa-era mass education, structural adjustment and later projectised and donor-supported provision while examining the growing role of digital mediation.
- Presenter: Ms Leonia Kassamia from Institute of Adult Education
- Date: THURSDAY, August 27st, 2026
- Time: 13-14:30 (SAST)/ 11-12:30 (GMT)
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/OoTfxoc8Ry2nrTOdSh9zwg
UIL x AF3L - Webinar - Lifelong learning and the inclusion of NEETs in Africa: Rethinking pathways to empowerment and economic inclusion
Across Africa, rapid economic, technological and demographic changes are reshaping education systems and labour markets. These shifts are increasing the demand for new skills while exposing persistent gaps in access to education, training and employment opportunities.
As a result, many young people face difficulties transitioning into work and are classified as Not in Employment, Education, or Training (NEETs). In African contexts, this is closely linked to rapid population growth, urbanization and the prevalence of informal economies, where many youth engage in work and learning pathways that are not always formally recognized
While the NEET concept helps highlight youth vulnerability, it does not always capture the diversity of African realities, including informal work, self-employment and non-formal learning. This calls for more context-sensitive approaches to understanding youth transitions.
In this context, lifelong learning offers a key framework for supporting more flexible and inclusive pathways to skills development, employment and entrepreneurship. However, its implementation remains challenged by fragmented systems and limited coordination across education, training and labour sectors.
This webinar will bring together researchers, policymakers, practitioners, private-sector actors and youth representatives to explore how lifelong learning can support more inclusive and flexible pathways for youth empowerment and socio-economic participation in African contexts.
Objectives
- Analyze NEET dynamics in Africa and their implications for youth inclusion
- Explore how lifelong learning can support flexible pathways for empowerment and employment
- Share innovative policies and practices for youth inclusion
- Identify strategic directions for more inclusive lifelong learning systems
