In this newsletter, you can read about how libraries are leading the drive for learning cities in Australia; the success of the second Global Learning Festival; the contributions of our members to UNESCO's Global Network of Learning City international conference and publications, and most importantly the day to day work of ensuring citizens have access to relevant, quality lifelong learning opportunities.

United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), in collaboration with the Global Taskforce of Local and Regional Governments, which gathers the 25 main networks of local and regional governments worldwide, has been producing the yearly reports ‘Towards the localization of the SDGs’ since 2017.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL). On 9 December 2021, the UNESCO’s Section of Youth, Literacy and Skills Development, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, and the University of East Anglia (UK) will host a webinar on ‘Family literacy and indigenous and local learning’.

I am glad to share with you IIEP’s Policy brief on the research conducted by IIEP and partners on cities in France, as well as the survey implemented by IIEP, UIL and the Global Network of Learning cities.