The event will create dialogue between young people, policy-makers, practitioners and researchers to promote meaningful youth engagement within different levels of formal and non-formal education and training sectors.

UNESCO: Detailview | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Promote and use OER to widen access to education at all levels, both formal and non-formal, in a perspective of lifelong learning, thus contributing to social inclusion, gender equity and special needs education.

UNESCO: 2012 PARIS OER DECLARATION

How is it that colonists in the 1770s, many of whom had little formal schooling, had higher levels of literacy, more expansive vocabularies and a better command and mastery of a wide variety of subjects, than the average student today?

FORBES: The Un-Education of a Nation: Where We Went Wrong

Describing the treaty as "fatally flawed" Bush argued that not only would it have a profoundly detrimental effect on the U.S. economy, but also criticized it for not binding developing nations such as China -- currently the world's second largest greenhouse gas emitter -- into a formal agreement to cut pollution levels.

CNN: Kyoto: The next generation

Forging both formal and informal networks at the member and staff levels is critical to being successful.

CNN: Passion and pain on Capitol Hill

Scandinavian countries are often cited as examples of how a late start in formal lessons can still lead to high standards and levels of socialisation in later years.

BBC: Nursery children more popular

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has given a formal warning to the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust over staffing levels at a Bristol hospital.

BBC: Bristol

In addition, participants who have higher levels of literacy and numeracy skills are encouraged to attend formal adult fourth grade evening classes at a school that partners with the project.

UNESCO: Z�� Pe?o School Project