World Literacy Foundation | World Literacy Summit

The World Literacy Summit is a global literacy event held every 2 years in Oxford, United Kingdom. The Summit provides a central platform for collaboration, sharing of ideas and partnership amongst champions of literacy worldwide. The event gives attendees a greater insight into how individual countries, with different cultural backgrounds, are tackling their own literacy issues and allows for a more in-depth exploration into specific factors impacting upon literacy.

Oxford Declaration

The Oxford Declaration provides a unique opportunity to contribute to the literacy standards and enables all participants to voice their opinion. The living document features long-term solutions to the global literacy crisis. Participants are invited prior to and during the summit to contribute to the declaration. To view the 2012 declaration in its entirety, click here.

To view images and video interviews of the past World Literacy Summit event, visit our image gallery (courtesy of E3 Imagine) or Youtube channel.

World Literacy Summit 2014

The World Literacy Foundation will convene the second World Literacy Summit from April 13-16 2014. Over three days, more than 50 keynote and breakout sessions will provide opportunities for exploration, analysis and discussion of the key themes and issues impacting global literacy today. The Oxford Declaration will be revisited and we will use the event to create greater awareness of the international literacy crisis around the world.

The World Literacy Summit website will be launched in the coming months. In the meantime, we invite you to register your interest now to ensure you don’t miss out on any updates or important information.

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