A/71/358 Contents Page I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 II. Activities undertaken by the Special Rapporteur during the reporting period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 III. Vision and concept of “lifelong learning” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 IV. Lifelong learning as a right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Emergence of the “right to lifelong learning” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Lifelong learning: State obligations and social responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 A. Right to education as a social right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 B. Lifelong learning and corporate responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 C. Lifelong learning and its interface with other human rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Lifelong learning and the national legal system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 A. Constitutional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 B. National laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 C. Lifelong learning, social policies and education strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 VII. Lifelong learning and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 VIII. Skills development perspective throughout life and technical and vocational education and training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 A. Technical and vocational education and training and the linkage between the right to education and the right to work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 B. Technical and vocational education and training through an overall lifelong learning framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 C. Making technical and vocational education and training professionally coveted and valorising its social esteem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 National qualifications framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 A. Recognition, validation and accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 B. Framework for the recognition and certification of skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 C. A holistic approach to quality education in qualifications frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 X. Information and communications technologies and lifelong learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 XI. Financing lifelong learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 A. Co-responsibility in financing lifelong learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 B. Financing, public incentives and support measures: some examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 C. Individuals as beneficiaries and cost-sharing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 D. Technical and financial assistance for developing countries and international cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 V. VI. IX. XII. 16-14910 3/26