Nearly 800 million human beings – of whom 2/3 are women – are illiterate and 57 million school age children don’t have access to schooling (UNESCO Institute for Statistics) In her introductory message to the 2013 International Literacy Day, Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General, declared: "Literacy is a basic right and an essential motor for [...]

Mélaine Descamps, ISPA-ECOSOC liaison, and Jean-Claude Guillemard, ISPA-UNESCO Liaison Officer and Chair Child Well-Being and Advocacy Committee, have kindly provided the following reports on various UNESCO activities: Report from UNESCO 2014 First meeting of the new NGOs Liaison Committee at UNESCO Headquarters (Paris) Friday February 13th 2015 UNESCO 4th World Forum on Lifelong Education