UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), located in Hamburg, Germany, is one of UNESCO’s key education-related institutes and is the only organizational unit in the UN family that holds a global mandate for lifelong learning. Taking a holistic and integrated, inter-sectoral and cross-sectoral approach to lifelong learning as the guiding paradigm for 21st century education, UIL promotes and supports lifelong learning with a focus on adult learning, continuing education, literacy and non-formal basic education. Its activities place particular emphasis on furthering educational equity for disadvantaged groups and in the countries most afflicted by poverty and conflict.

In 2020 - 2021 IAU worked with UIL on the elaboration and dissemination of a Global Survey on the role of HE for LLL. The outcomes Report will be presented at the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022

https://uil.unesco.org/lifelong-learning/higher-education-lifelong-learning