VII Literacy Week discuss Youth and Adults Education and Local Sustainability Founded in 1997, Alfabetização Solidária, or Solidarity in Literacy, (AlfaSol) was born with the mission of reducing high illiteracy rates and broadening the availability of Youth and Adult Education (YAE) in Brazil and the world. Since then, our work has involved the creation of a network of partners made up of institutions of higher education, businesses, governments (municipal, state and federal), international agencies, non-governmental organizations and common citizens. Based on the foundations of a more dignified and just society, Alfasol seeks to value the identities of peoples in their cultural diversity and in overcoming historic social inequality.  In this way, we play a catalyzing role in education, meeting pressing needs for social transformation, constructing sustainable strategies that allow social equality for current and future generations. And it was this premise that led us to choose the theme “Youth and Adult Education and Local Sustainability” for the Seventh Annual Literacy Week, which will take place in September, in São Paulo. The event, which will take place the week of International Literacy Day (9/8), will have an even more special feel, because it coincides with the 10th anniversary of the organization. The Seventh Annual Literacy Week brings together representatives of government, business, institutions of higher education, international agencies, non-governmental organizations, and civil society to discuss, using various approaches, concepts and methods involved in youth and adult education. Our challenge is to reflect on how YAE policy should provide local sustainability, allowing the continuity and expansion of proposed activities, and extending the guarantee of the right of youth and adults to continuous education. Issues such as the involvement and training of local social agents, the continuity of the education process in EYA and the evaluation of projects of this kind will also be discussed. The week’s schedule includes round tables in the morning sessions, with invited lecturers debating issues related to the central theme of Literacy Week. In the afternoon session of the 12th, projects will be presented in the thematic rooms. The afternoon session of the 13th will bring another new development: pedagogical training sessions that will present educational practices that can help teaching activities. Pedagogical and sector coordinators from higher education partnerships will have space to present their experiences in five themed areas.