During the United Nations High-Level Political Forum the Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE), a longstanding partner of DVV International for many decades, held an online side event with UN Women and the Azad Foundation on 8 July 2021. Its objective was to discuss how equitable access to skills and sustainable infrastructure can lead to an inclusive recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
In Tunisia, an increased illiteracy rate has been observed. In rural areas, the rate is especially high, as those areas are usually poorer and are characterized by a low level of education, rural migration and subsistence agriculture. DVV International Tunisia has started the programme Farmer Field School adds Literacy which minimizes the illiteracy rate, ensures food security, and improves the socio-economic integration of vulnerable populations.
Curriculum GlobALE (CG) is an output-orientated core curriculum for training adult educators worldwide. Based on how important CG can be when adapted to local contexts, it became clear that it is also an important instrument to support ALE providers in the context of the pandemic. Therefore, DVV International Palestine and its partners agreed to pilot the digital implementation of Curriculum GlobALE.
A global network has come together for the first time to develop and apply a joint definition and vision of Adult Learning and Education – ALE. The processes of change among the network and the partners were based on the three principles of organisation development, namely “involving, understanding, shaping”.
Since 2016, DVV International and the Ministry of Education and Sports developed a Decree for Lifelong Learning. The decree was officially approved by the Prime Minister in 2020. The implementation has now gained new momentum through an inception workshop which took place at the end of March 2021, with the participation of UNESCO.
DVV International has created the platfrom "MOJA – Adult Learning and Education Africa". It is a place where adult education and learning professionals can easily communicate with each other so that the wider continent may benefit from a pan-African team of educators.
