It Depends on How You Look at It

Autor/in	Tuckett, Alan
Titel	It Depends on How You Look at It
Quelle	In: Adults Learning, 21 (2010) 5, S.18-19 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0955-2308
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; International Organizations; Conferences (Gatherings); Global Approach; Foreign Countries; Public Officials; Attendance; Nongovernmental Organizations; Brazil; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Globales Denken; Ausland; Anwesenheit; Brasilien; Deutschland
Abstract	Was CONFINTEA VI, the sixth UNESCO international conference on adult education, which took place in Belem, Brazil, in December, a success or failure? Do such inter-governmental events make any difference to learning opportunities for adults, North or South? The answer to the first question depends on what one compares the event with. From the perspective of the fifth UNESCO conference in Hamburg in 1997, surely the high-water mark of international policymaking for adult education, the author found this winter's event deeply disappointing. Whilst Hamburg had shown for the first time the benefits of allowing non-government organisations (NGOs) to participate fully, alongside governments, Belem had NGOs aplenty but far fewer governments than last time (particularly from the industrial world), and less senior representation. A high point of CONFINTEA VI was the effective co-operation and advocacy work of civil society organisations from all over the world--which was the result of careful preparation, and a rich preparatory event in the days preceding the main event. CONFINTEA VI had notably less senior representation from governments and the United Nations than its predecessor, but, despite evidence North and South that adult education is more marginal now than in the 1990s, there were glimmers of hope, and certainly much to work on in the period ahead. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. Renaissance House, 20 Princess Road West, Leicester, LE1 6TP, UK. Tel: +44-1162-044200; Fax: +44-1162-044262; e-mail: enquiries@niace.org.uk; Web site: http://www.niace.org.uk/publications/adults-learning
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10