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"Adult learning / education" related chronology

year Events related to adult learning and education United Nations / World Events Events in Japan
1926
  • Lindemann publishes "The Meaning of Adult Education"
1945
  • UNESCO Establishment Preparatory Meeting (Adopted UNESCO Charter)
 1945 End of World War II
1945 United Nations (UN) established
1946 Established UNESCO
1948 "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" adopted (3rd United Nations General Assembly)		 1947 Basic Law of Education
Social Education Act of 1949
1946
  • Decided to make a plan for the 1948 International Conference of Adult Education Leaders at the 1st UNESCO Congress
1948
  • Officially decided to hold the 3rd UNESCO General Assembly "International Conference of Adult Education Leaders and Workers"
1949
  • Held the 1st International Adult Education Conference (CONFINTEA) (Elsinore, Denmark)
  • The 1st meeting of the Adult Education Advisory Committee (active until the 10th [May 1959])
1952
  • UNESCO Institute for Education opens in Hamburg
1958
  • 10th UNESCO General Assembly: Officially decided to hold "2nd CONFINTEA" in Canada
1960
  • 2nd CONFINTEA held (Montreal, Canada)
 1960 UNESCO Convention on the Elimination of Education 1966 Report of the Social Education Council "About the ideal way of social education to cope with rapid changes in social structure"
1964
  • ・ Asia South Taihei Regional Basics and Adult Education Council (ASPBAE) formed
1965
  • Lengrand proposes the concept of "lifetime education" at the 3rd International Committee for the Promotion of Adult Education
 1965 Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
1966
  • 14th UNESCO General Assembly: Decided to establish "International Committee for Promotion of Out-of-School Education that Integrates the Areas of Adult Education, Literacy and Youth Activities"
 1967 UNESCO "Experimental World Literacy Program" (-1973)
1968
  • 15th UNESCO General Assembly: Decided to reduce the scope of the International Advisory Board for Out-of-School Education to adult education and adult literacy
  • Hutchins publishes “The Learning Society”
  • Freire publishes "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" (English version is 1970)
1970
  • UNESCO establishes International Commission on Educational Development, chaired by Edgar Faure
  • Lengrand publishes "Introduction to Lifelong Education"
  • Knolls publishes "Modern Practices of Adult Education": The Concept of "Andragogy" Spreads
 1974 UNESCO "International Education Recommendation"
1975 Persepolis Declaration
1979 Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
 1976 Central Council for Education Report "About Lifelong Education"
1972
  • International Committee for Educational Development submits report "Learning to be"
  • The 3rd CONFINTEA held (Tokyo, Japan)
  • International Adult Education Council (ICAE) formed
1973
  • OECD Center for Education and Research Innovation Announces "Recurrent Education: Strategy for Lifelong Learning"
1974
  • Established Latin American Adult Education and Functional Literacy Regional Center
1976
  • 19th UNESCO General Assembly: Adopted "Recommendations for the Development of Adult Education" and "Recommendations for Promoting Public Participation and Contribution to Cultural Life"
1983
  • 22nd UNESCO General Assembly: Secretary-General decides to hold the 4th CONFINTEA within the framework of the main program of Education for All
 1982 Vienna International Action Plan on Aging
1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child
1985
  • 4th CONFINTEA held (Paris, France): "Declaration of learning rights" adopted
1987
  • UNESCO Bangkok Office "Asia Pacific Regional Program (APPEAL2000)" started
1990
  • Education for All World Conference held (Jomtien, Thailand): "Education for All World Declaration" and "Action Framework" adopted
 1990 International Literacy Day
1992 United Nations Conference on Environmental Development (Earth Summit): "Agenda 21" adopted
1994 44th International Education Conference "Education Declaration for Peace, Human Rights and Democracy"
1995 World Social Development Summit
1995 4th World Conference on Women
1995 United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education (-2014)		 1990 Lifelong Learning Promotion Law
1992 Lifelong Learning Council Report "Measures to Promote Lifelong Learning in Response to Future Social Trends"
1997 Education for the Future, Japan (ef: Education for the Future, Japan) established
1998 ef submits "Proposal to Final Report on Future Social Education Administration in Response to Social Changes" to the Lifelong Learning Council
1999 ef publishes "White Paper on Lifelong Learning by Citizens"
1991
1992
1993
  • UNESCO establishes International Commission on Education for the 21st Century, chaired by Jacques Delors
1996
  • 21st Century Education International Committee submits report "Learning: Hidden Treasure"
1997
  • 5th CONFINTEA held (Hamburg, Germany): "Hamburg Declaration" and "Agenda for the Future" adopted
2000
  • World Education Forum (Dakar, Senegal): Adopted "Dakar Framework for Action"
 2000 United Nations Millennium Summit: Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development
2003 United Nations Decade of Literacy (-2012)
2005 United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (-2014)
2005 World Plan for Human Rights Education (-Currently Phase 4)		 2000 Law Concerning Promotion of Human Rights Education and Awareness
2002
  • Published "EFA Global Monitoring Report" (until 2015)
 2008 Launch of domestic "grassroots conference" for the 6th International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI)
2009 Announcement of "Report from Civil Society Organizations for the 6th International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) (Civil Society Organization Report)"
2005
2006
  • UNESCO Institute for Education renamed Lifelong Learning Institute (UIL)
2008
  • 6th CONFINTEA Asian Regional Preparatory Conference (Seoul, South Korea)
2009
  • 6th CONFINTEA (Belem, Brazil): Adopted "Belem Action Framework"
2012
  • Global Citizenship Education Becomes One of Three Priority Areas under the Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) by the Secretary-General of the United Nations
 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio + 20)
2014 Preparatory Meeting for the World Education Forum (Oman Muscat): Formulation of "Muscat Agreement"
2019 Adopted the 74th UN General Assembly "Education for Sustainable Development: Toward the Achievement of SDGs (ESD for 2030)"		 2017 6th International Adult Education Conference Interim Conference Report Meeting (at Hosei University)
2013
  • 5th CONFINTEA Interim Evaluation Conference (CONFINTEA V + 6) (Bangkok, Thailand)
2015
  • World Education Forum 2015 (Incheon, South Korea): Adopted "Incheon Declaration (Education 2030)" and "Action Framework for Achieving SDG4"
  • United Nations Sustainable Development Summit: "Transforming Our World: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" Adopted
  • Adopted the 38th UNESCO General Assembly "Recommendations for Adult Learning and Education"
  • Adopted "Education 2030 Framework for Action" at "Education 2030 High Level Meeting"
2016
  • "Global Education Monitoring Report" is published as a successor to "EFA Global Monitoring Report"
2017
  • 6th CONFINTEA Interim General Meeting (Suwon, South Korea)
2022
  • The 7th CONFINTEA (Morocco)
 2022 National Meeting for the 7th UNESCO International Conference on Adult Education (sponsored by DEAR)

Source: Tomoko Nagaoka and Makiko Kondo (ed.), "Global Development of Lifelong Learning" (Toyokan Publishing Co., Ltd., 2020, pp. 193-195).

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