国際的な成人教育・開発目標の枠組みを視野にした公民館・CLCにおける国際交流

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International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA) VI Mid-Term Review Meeting will be held in Korea in October 2017. This paper explores future potential of Kominkan-CLC (Community Learning Centres) for promoting adult education, in coordination with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030. Lifelong learning--in particular, adult literacy--is a top priority of CONFINTEA and SDGs. In many Asian countries, equivalency programmes and CLCs are key strategies to promote education for all and lifelong learning. An Equivalency Programme is to provide alternative learning opportunities for out-of-school children, youths and adults, equivalent to formal education. CLCs are a community-based learning space for all including equivalency programmes and also community development activities. A Kominkan is recognized as a good model of CLCs through exchange programmes over the years in the region. Okayama City, the host of the Kominkan-CLC International Conference in 2014, has promoted inter-country cooperation mainly through receiving study visits from abroad. The Okayama Kominkan staff stated that the hosting of foreign visitors were good mutual learning experiences. Though there are obstacles for inter-country cooperation such as languages, it is hoped that Kominkan-CLC learning networks can be developed in this region, in cooperation with neighbours such as Korea which is hosting the CONFINTEA VI Review Meeting and is recently actively involved in CLC studies in the region.