This document contains information about and papers from meetings of educational practitioners and policymakers in the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and the Arab States and a collective consultation of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) on literacy and education for all. Contents (arranged by region) are as follows: "1996 Jomtien Declaration on Adult Education and Lifelong Learning"; "The Bank Has a Re-Think"; "Maoris: A Longtime Educative Tradition" (Nora Rameka); interviews and reports from parts of Asia; "Intellectual Responsibility in Development"; "Declaration on Adult Education and Lifelong Learning"; "Setting Up a Programme Is Not Enough" (Alice Tiendrebeogo); "A Book for Six Inhabitants" (Antonio da Silva); "Peace in the Land of Blue Plastic" (Uwizeyimana Adorata); "Unwanted Gifts" (Ousmane Faty Ndongo); "Backing the Commitment of African Intellectuals" (A. Niameogo); "South African Adult Education Post-1994" (Joe Samuels); interviews; "Education of Young People and Adults to Consolidate Democracy"; "Declaration and Recommendations of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Preparatory Conference"; "Read the Word..." (Sergio Haddad); "We Also Count!" (Lola Cendales); "Calandria" (Rosa Maria Alfaro Moreno); interviews; "The Role of NGOs in the Transformation of Adult Education in Latin America" (Jorge Osorio Vargas); "'Everyone Has to Learn Everything'" (Ximena Machicao Barbery); "Adult Education, Society and the Strengthening of Democracy" (Jose Rivero); "We Learned..." (Ximena Eugenia Paniagua Padilla);"Defining Cultural Identities"; conference report; "Is Literacy Neglected?" (Serge Wagner); "Creative Protagonists: The Role of Environmental Pedagogy" (P. Orefice); "An Already Long State--Civil Society Dialogue" (Anne Depuydt); "Masks""Meeting with Mr. D. Lenarduzzi"; "The New Modern Concept of Adult Education in Russia" (V. Onushkin); "Adult Learners' Week" (Alan Tuckett); "A Strengthened Partnership"; "The Hamburg NGO Platform on Adult Learning for the 21st Century"; "Vocational Education and Training" (Ulf Fredriksson); "You Can't Tie Up a Bundle of Firewood with One Hand" (Mariam Kone Traore); "Turning the Disadvantaged into Free Decision-Makers" (Ton Redegeld); "Some of the Contributions of Non-Formal Teaching to Formal Teaching" (Max Cloupet); "Adult Education and the Changing World of the Workplace" (D. Kahler); "Growing Together through Partnership" (Adama Ouane); "Beyond Programmes: Commitment, Values and NGOs" (Clinton Robinson); "Constructing Society"; "Arab Declaration on Adult Education"; "Campaigning for All Rights" (Aicha Barki); "Adolescent Women and Civic Society in MENA (the Middle East and North Africa)" (Frank Dall); "Culture and Spirituality" (Bacher Bakri); "The Emergence of a Civil Society" (Kacem Bensalah); interviews; "A Society Which Includes Women" (Aicha Belarbi); "The Socio-political Dimension of Gender: A Tool for Fair Development" (Marcela Ballara); and "Using Modern Technology Is Almost a Second Nature" (Mark Tennant). (MN)