ALA

Within the framework of the policy of education for all and lifelong learning, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay, the Non Formal Education Area of the Education Bureau has proposed the organization the “1st. Adult Learning Festival in Uruguay”.

General Objectives:

• To contribute to a culture of lifelong learning, considering education as a fundamental right of human beings.

• To promote the personal, social and cultural importance of continuing education as a means to attain human development with equal opportunities in a democratic society.

Specific objectives:

• to sensitize the population in general, mass media, public and private institutions on the importance of lifelong learning, that requires Uruguay as a democratic, social, integrated, innovating and productive country.

• To generate educational spaces that promote and value different lessons learnt, gathering educational practices and experiences, presented by its own protagonists.

• To dissemination information on training proposals for youth and adults (courses, workshop, etc.).

ICAE and REPEM have been invited to join the Organizing Committee of this Festival, as advisers, considering the experience and expertise acquired through the participation in different Adult Learners’ Festivals organized worldwide.