Essential reading
Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training), ETF (European Training Foundation), UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and UIL (UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning). 2019. Global inventory of regional and national qualifications frameworks 2019, Volume I: Thematic chapters. [PDF] Turin, ETF. Available at: https://www.etf.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2019-05/03%20P221543_Volume%20I%20-%20PROOF%202_IC%20-%20080519%20-%20x%20copies.pdf [Accessed 20 April 2020].
UIL. 2012. UNESCO guidelines for the recognition, validation and accreditation of the outcomes of non-formal and informal learning. [PDF] Hamburg, UIL. Available at: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000216360 [Accessed 21 April 2020].
Further reading
ILO (International Labour Organization). 2020. Lifelong learning in the informal economy. Research brief. [PDF] Geneva, ILO. Available at: https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/---emp_ent/documents/genericdocument/wcms_742004.pdf [Accessed 2 July 2021].
Krolak, L. 2019. Books beyond bars: The transformative potential of prison libraries. [online] Hamburg, UIL. Available at: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000369835 [Accessed 21 April 2020].
Singh, M. 2018. Pathways to empowerment. Recognizing the competences of Syrian refugees in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. [PDF] Hamburg, UIL. Available at: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002629/262918e.pdf [Accessed 20 April 2020].
UNESCO. 2018. Global Education Monitoring Report 2019. Migration, displacement and education. Building bridges, not walls. [online] Paris, UNESCO. Available at: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000265866 [Accessed 21 April 2020].