Policy Declarations, Briefs,

Advocacy, & Reports

One crucial factor for bringing change is policy. Policies determine the framework, the direction of long term changes and control the flow of resources for the same. This is why ASEM LLL Regional Centre for South Asia acknowledges the role of advocacy, evidence-informed research influencing policies and aims to play an active role in shaping the policies in the region.

Each annual conference of the Centre leads to a policy declaration based on the need analysis of the stakeholders and the state-of-art in relation to policies in the region. Apart from that, various partner institutions engage in the preparation of reports, briefs and other advocacy material in order to facilitate a constructive change in favour of developing sustainable Lifelong Learning Ecosystems in the region.

As a part of these efforts, two Declarations have been released by the Centre and the 8th of January has been declared as the ASEM Lifelong Learning Day on 8th January 2025.

Policy Declarations

The Kanpur Declaration on the Future of Lifelong Learning within and Beyond Higher Education in India

12.12.2023, Kanpur, India

The South Asia Declaration on Lifelong Learning: Creating Lifelong Learning Ecosystems for a Sustainable Future

08.01.2025, Kochi, India

The Calicut Declaration on the Future of Sustainable Lifelong Learning Ecosystems in South Asia

12.11.2025, Calicut, India

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Policy Reports

The reports found here are the first volume of five national reports on national adult and lifelong learning policies commissioned by the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Lifelong Learning hub, and edited by Michael Osborne and Shalini Singh. In total some 51 reports will be published in successive volumes of five over the next few months, and will be updated regularly in further editions. The work has been supported by CR&DALL and the PASCAL Observatory’s Centre for Lifelong Learning Ecosystems, and the reports will be published on their websites as those of ASEM Education

Broadly, each report is structured around the following matters:

A brief historical content
Processes for gathering evidence to create current policies
Challenges identified and Priorities for action, e.g. demographic change (ageing populations, youth), equity (e.g., gender, migrants/refugees, minority groups, disabled), digital revolution (AI, Robotics, etc), industrial change (new skills needs), literacy, health (including responses to pandemics), human-made and natural disasters (climate change etc), etc etc.
Vision statements for ALE and LLL
Strategies for implementation and targets
Extent of Devolution of powers in ALE and LLL to regions and cities, and to social partners
Influence and/or policy linkages to Supranational organisations
Financing of ALE and LLL
The Role of Sectors and Involvement of community stakeholders (800 words)
- Formal and non-formal
- Within formal – schools, vocational colleges, universities and specialist adult education institutes
- The extent to which the role of non-formal entities is planned and supported nationally (libraries, museums, galleries, parks, trades unions, etc)
- Mechanisms of consultation with stakeholders
The tracking of the effective implementation of policies and indicators of success or otherwise

Many reports also contain an appendix with key resources (references to legislation, policy reports, significant academic publications) and links to exemplar nationally supported initiatives.

We thank all the authors who have engaged with us in this project.

See the Reports

ASEM Lifelong Learning Day: 8th January

In order to create awareness and develop a sense of ownership and solidarity among stakeholders in South Asia regarding Lifelong Learning initiatives, the 8th of January, 2025 was declared as the ASEM Lifelong Learning Day during the 2nd Annual Conference in Kochi from 06-08 January, 2025. More than 2200 stakeholders took part in the process.

ASEM LLL Hub Regional Centre for South Asia invites various stakeholders to join the celebration of the ASEM Lifelong Learning Day on the 8th January by organising various initiatives to promote Lifelong Learning and shape sustainable and resilient Lifelong Learning Ecosystems.

To organise activities and events on the ASEM Lifelong Learning Day and join hands with us in promoting Lifelong Learning, please write to us.

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