Since the 1965 Teheran Congress 0n functional literacy, 52 nations have asked to participate in the world program, and 38 of them have received planning and consultant missions from UNESCO. (LY)

Supported by UNESCO, the European Centre for Leisure and Education is an establishment of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. The task of the Centre lies in the search for common trends of leisure and education in Europe, involving four types of activity: research, editorial, bibliographic, and documentary. It has sponsored conferences, and has…

This paper looks at the context in which preparations are under way for CONFINTEA VI, the next UNESCO International Conference on Adult Education. The last CONFINTEA was in 1997, and ever since, a series of international conferences and initiatives dealing with adult and continuing, non-formal and out-of-school education, literacy and basic…

The author discusses international development and education in terms of a liberating political force. He suggests that international education must be used to make people aware of their individual needs and the needs of other communities rather than stressing explorative relationships. Several educational programs used in Canada are discussed,…

Reflects on transnationalism, UNESCO's role, and the new realities of South Africa. Suggests the need for critical awareness of Western domination, understanding of adult education as culture and sector, the importance of rejuvenating civil society, and design of curricula from life as it is lived. (SK)

The Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, directed by the Minister Marina Silva, recently awarded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with the "World Champion" prize. The four courses of the agency's direction are: (1) To enhance the National System of the Environment (SISNAMA); (2) To "mainstream" the…

The emergence from its first operational phase prompted this discussion of the Unesco-designed Experimental World Literacy Programme. (MB)

The conference report briefly discusses: methodology used to explore how educators can foster attitude and behavior change in under-educated people to facilitate national development; international programs; six areas of concern; and participants. The 14 case studies presented at the conference are summarized. (LH)

Developments in abstracting documentation and information services at the joint meeting of the Division of Adult Education of UNESCO and the International Bureau of Education are reported by A.N. Charters. (MS)

On the threshold of the 1970's, governments dedicate themselves anew to the fundamental objectives enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations 25 years ago to create conditions of stability and well-being and to ensure a minimum standard of living consistent with human dignity through economic and social progress and development. (WL)

The president of the World Bank Group outlines the great need for developed and developing countries to make greater efforts to rescue poorer nations and other impoverished areas from their continuing poverty. (Author/RK)

The program of Fircroft College, a one-year residential course in liberal education for adults who are already experienced in work and community leadership, is described. About one-quarter of the 50 students are foreign. Fircroft neither requires nor grants formal academic qualifications; it cultivates equally intellectual thought and experience…