International Council for Adult Education (ICAE)

Conseil international d'éducation des adultes (CIEA)
Consejo Internacional de Educación de Adultos

Contact Details

Main address: SG: Celia Eccher, Avenida de 18 de Julio 2095, Apto 301, 11200, Montevideo, Uruguay, Tel: (598 2) 409 79 82, Fax: (598 2) 409 79 82, E-mail: celita (at) icae.org.uy , E-mail (2): secretariat (at) icae.org.uy

Pres: Alan Tuckett, 14 Stoneygate Avenue, LE2 3HE, Leicester, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Tel: (44 116) 27085660, E-mail: alan.tuckett (at) gmail.com

Regional Offices and Vice-Presidents: Africa: Gorgui Sow, ANCEFA Regional Secretariat Amitié III, No 4566/B 3007 Dakar Yoff, Dakar, Senegal, Tel: (221 33) 824 22 44, Fax: (221 33) 824 13 63, E-mail: gorgui.sow (at) gmail.com

Regional Offices and Vice-Presidents: Arab: Aicha Barki, Assn Algérienne d'Alphabetisation, 4 rue Wargnier, BP 377, Ben Aknoun, 16030, Algiers, Algeria, Tel: (213 21) 91 35 76 - 73 52 47, Fax: (213 21) 73 52 51 - 91 35 76

Regional Offices and Vice-Presidents: Asia-South Pacific: José Roberto Guevara, ASPBAE Secretariat, c/o MAAPL, 9th Floor, Eucharistic Congress Bldg No 3, 5 Convent Street, Colaba, 400 039, Mumbai, India, Tel: (91 22) 2202 1391 - 2281 6853, E-mail: aspbae (at) vsnl.com

Regional Offices and Vice-Presidents: Caribbean: Alison Cross, Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning, 47B South Camp Road, PO Box 60, 4, Kingston, Jamaica, Tel: (1 876) 928 5181, Fax: (1 876) 928 5392, E-mail: alijcross (at) gmail.com

Regional Offices and Vice-Presidents: Europe: SVEB Schweizerischer Verband für Weiterbildung, Örlikonerstr 38, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland, Tel: (41 44) 319 71 60, Fax: (41 44) 319 71 77, E-mail: andre.schlaefli (at) alice.ch

Regional Offices and Vice-Presidents: Latin America: Nélida Céspedes, CEAAL/TAREA, Parque Osores 161, Pueblo Libre, 21, Lima, Peru, Tel: (51 1) 2267948, Fax: (51 66) 319537, E-mail: ncespedes (at) tarea.pe , E-mail (2): nelidacespedesr (at) hotmail.com

Regional Offices and Vice-Presidents: North America: Dominique Ollivier, 4218 rue Saint-Denis, QC H2 2K8, Montréal QC, Canada, Tel: (1 514) 830 9754, E-mail: dollivier64 (at) gmail.com

URL: http://www.icae2.org/

http://www.icae.org.uy/

Aims

As a global partnership of adult learners and adult educators and their organizations and of others who use adult learning as a principal basis for their work, and in the belief that adult and lifelong learning are deeply linked to social, economic and political justice, equality of gender relations, the universal right to learn, living in harmony with the environment, respect for human rights and recognition of cultural diversity, peace and the active involvement of women and men in decisions affecting their lives: promote adult and lifelong learning as a necessary component of life in an independent, sustainable, democratic and participatory society; advocate and act for the engagement of adult education in critical social issues.

Official Relations

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)^* (General); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)^* (Associate Status); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)^* (Liaison Status); International Labour Organization (ILO)^* (Special List); United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)^*.

Activities

Strategic Plan comprises 4 advocacy strategies. Programmes (4): Advocacy, Networking and Global Alliances for the Right to Education and Lifelong Learning in the Global Agenda; Governance, Information and Communication; Capacity Building and Training Programmes for ICAE Members and other Stakeholders; Addressing Gender and New Forms of Discrimination. Participates in preparing UNESCO conferences through ICAE Task Force. Annually participates and promotes, at national, regional and international levels, the global Action Week. Established: 1982, J Roby Kidd Trust Fund and Annual Award; 1987, Nabila Breir Trust Fund and Annual Award; Dame Nita Barrow Trust Fund and Annual Award.

Publications

Voices Rising - electronic newsletter (6 a year); Adult Education and Development - journal.

Members

over 800 organizations, including regional and national member associations 75 countries. Membership countries not specified.

Included in the above, 4 organizations listed in this Yearbook:

• African Development Education Network (ADEN)^*; African Women's Development and Communication Network (FEMNET)^*; International Association 'Znanie'^*; ProLiteracy Worldwide^*.

Regional associations, 7 organizations listed in this Yearbook:

• Arab Network of Literacy and Adult Education (ANLAE)^*; Asia South Pacific Association for Basic and Adult Education (ASPBAE); Caribbean Regional Council for Adult Education (CARCAE)^*; Latin American Council of Adult Education (CEAAL)^*; European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA); North America Alliance for Popular and Adult Education (NAAPAE)^*; Pan African Association for Literacy and Adult Education (PAALAE)^*.

UNESCO NGO Section Data

Type of Relation with UNESCOAssociate Status

Admission Date1974

Reclassification date1996

Name and contact details of NGO focal point at UNESCOMs Shen Xuesong
ED/EO/IFE
81082

History1973 Creation in Tokyo 1978 Category B 1982 Category A 1996 Formal Consultative Relations (149 EX/ONG.2) (149 EX/Dec. 7.3) 2002 Renewal of Formal Consultative Relations (165 EX/ONG.2) (165 EX/Dec. 9.5) 2009 Renewal of formal consultative relations for a new six year period (181 EX/44) (181 EX/Dec.44)

Previous evaluation made by Programme sector concerned 164 EX/ONG/2 (April 2002): ICAE is an active partner of the UNESCO Institute for Education (Hamburg) and the Division of Basic Education. Over the period under consideration, it has regularly kept the Secretariat informed on its activities by transmitting activity reports, booklets and newsletters. It has not responded to the consultation of the Director-General on the C/4 and C/5 documents, but has contributed to the sexennial report 1995-2000. Bilateral cooperation was dynamic and satisfactory and the “watching role” ICAE plays, by expressing its concern with the lack of concrete results regarding the opportunities for adults to exercise their rights to lifelong learning, is appreciated by the Education Sector. Among its multiple contributions, ICAE has fully participated in the activities of the International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA V, Hamburg, 1997) and its follow-up, as well as the preparations and follow up to the World Education Forum (Dakar, 2000). In terms of collective cooperation, ICAE has regularly participated in all international consultations of NGOs organized in the framework of international events on education issues. It is a regular member of the Collective Consultation on Education for All. The Education Sector recommends the renewal of formal consultative relations.

Keywords Literacy,Education,Education for Peace,Gender Equality,Women,Globalization,Indigenous people,Adult Education

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