Daniel Baril is Executive Director of the Institute for the Cooperation in Adult Education, a Canadian non-governmental research center. A specialist in the right to adult education and the policies and programs that implement it, Daniel Baril has been active in adult education for 20 years. Mr. Baril has an in-depth knowledge of several sectors of adult education as well as theories in this field. Mr. Baril sits on several bodies of adult education organizations in Quebec, Canada and on the international scene, such as the board of Faculty of Continuing Education of the University of Montreal, the board of directors of Qualification Quebec and the board of directors of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), of which he is President.