Process and Methodology of GRALE
As part of the CONFINTEA VI process, UNESCO Member States have been requested to prepare national reports on the status and development of adult learning and education in their countries. These National CONFINTEA VI Reports will be synthesized in the form of Regional Reports, which will be presented in the respective Regional CONFINTEA VI Preparatory Conferences for discussion and validation.
The Regional Reports will highlight the salient points of the submitted national reports as well as of existing secondary literature and regional initiatives and programmes. Following the discussion and validation during the Regional CONFINTEA VI Preparatory Conferences and incorporating their main results and recommendations, the Regional Reports will be finalized. They will be published as separate documents for CONFINTEA VI.
The information culled from the national reports and the Regional Reports will constitute the primary data for GRALE. Regional Report writers and the writers of GRALE chapters will work in parallel; interacting and cross-fertilizing each other. In particular the Regional Reports will provide critical input for the GRALE chapters with regard to regional perspectives and specificities on the topics dealt with in the GRALE chapters.
In the form of a chart, the GRALE process looks like:
