Review article
FROM HELSINGØR TO BELÉM: UNESCO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES ON ADULT EDUCATION
Ognjen Žiljak
; Agencija za obrazovanje odraslih
Abstract
In the text six UNESCO International conferences on adult education (CONFINTEA) have been described – in Helsingør (1949), Montreal (1960), Tokyo (1972), Pariz (1985), Hamburg (1997) and Belém (2009). It has been emphasized that these conferences are above all meetings of state representatives of UNESCO member countries, regardless of the larger or smaller participation of non-governmental sector. Objectives, themes, circumstances in which they took place, organization, participants, results, and impact of each conference had, have been described. It has been concluded that, because of their intergovernmental character and global scope, and impact of certain conferences, CONFINTEAs represent one of the most important events in the field of adult education within international organizations.
Keywords
UNESCO; adult education; international organizations
Hrčak ID:
103665
URI
Publication date:
10.12.2010.
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