Litcam 2008: Family Literacy

According to UNESCO an estimated 771 million adults worldwide can not read nor write, with two thirds of them being women. An estimated 100 million children worldwide do not attend school. Western industrialised countries struggle with the consequences of poor Basic Skills for individuals as well as the national economies: Despite a comprehensive educational infrastructure and compulsory schooling millions of adults lack the Basic Skills they need to meet the demands in everyday life or their workplace. Basic Skills such as Literacy or Numeracy represent the foundation for the permanent acquisition of competencies within lifelong learning.

Enough motivation for the worlds largest book fair to put Literacy and Basic Skills on the agenda and offer it an international platform by hosting the literayc campaign "Litcam".

Together with its partners the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, the German Federal Association for Adult Literacy and Basic Education and the Swiss e-learning developer Avallain Frankfurt Book Fair invites international organisations, experts, trainers and policy makers to discuss latest developments, exchange ideas and strengthen cooperation at the annual conference that is taking place during the world's largest book fair.

Workshops during the book fair address a wide range of topics, including health, family or media-literacy, publisher involvement, assessing literacy levels and building public awareness. An accompanying exhibition offers an insight into the current level of literacy work worldwide. As a forum for literature, a meeting place for international publishers, authors and politicians and a focal point of international interest, the Frankfurt Book Fair is the ideal platform to draw attention to literacy.

Find out more at www.litcam.org

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Litcam
• Frankfurt Book Fair
• UNESCO
• Avallain
• NRDC
• Literacy
• Numeracy
• reading
• Writing
• Adult Education
• Basic Education
• Google
• Basic Skills
• e-learning
• NALA
• ACEV
• Family Literacy