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The Director-General of
UNESCO Irina Bokova has
designated the National
Instituteof AdultContinuing
Education
(United
Kingdom) and Infocentro
Foundation (Venezuela) as
the laureates of the 2010
UNESCO King Hamad bin
Isa Al Khalifa Prize for
the Use of Information
and
Communication
Technologies in Education.
The winners of the Prize,
focused this year on the
theme
Digital
Literacy:
Preparing Adult Learners for
Lifelong Learning and Flexible
Employment, were selected
on the recommendation of an
international jury.
The National Institute for
Adult Continuing Education
(NIACE) is the leading non-
governmental
organization
promoting the interests of
adult learners in England
and Wales. The Jury found
that NIACE has developed
a national network of 6,000
internet access centres to
serve adults in both rural and
urban settings, in addition to
194 internet projects for adults
in sheltered housing. Close to
3000 E-Guides were trained
as tutors to work with adults
supported by national and
regional networks. NIACE is
also considered to provide
an exemplary model to other
countries looking to help adults
achieve digital literacy.
The Infocentro Foundation
was selected for its project
“Technological Literacy for
Older Adults”. The Foundation
is a governing body supported
Connecting the
disconnected:
UK and Venezuelan ICT
experts
awarded UNESCO
King Hamad
bin Isa Al Khalifa
Prize