▁Category : Pol it ical ▁parties ▁established ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁Category : Pol it ical ▁parties ▁in ▁England ▁Category : Pol it ics ▁of ▁South ▁Rib ble ▁Category : 2 0 0 3 ▁establish ments ▁in ▁England <0x0A> </s> ▁Learning ▁society ▁is ▁an ▁educational ▁philosophy ▁advoc ated ▁by ▁the ▁O E CD ▁and ▁UN ES CO ▁that ▁positions ▁education ▁as ▁the ▁key ▁to ▁a ▁nation ’ s ▁economic ▁development , ▁and ▁holds ▁that ▁education ▁should ▁extend ▁beyond ▁formal ▁learning ▁( based ▁in ▁traditional ▁educational ▁institutions ▁– ▁schools , ▁univers ities ▁etc .) ▁into ▁inform al ▁learning ▁cent res ▁to ▁support ▁a ▁knowledge ▁economy ▁( known ▁as ▁a ▁“ world ▁education ▁culture ” ). ▁ ▁A ▁learning ▁society ▁regards ▁the ▁actual ▁process ▁of ▁learning ▁as ▁an ▁‘ activity , ▁not ▁a ▁place ’ ▁– ▁that ▁is , ▁it ▁takes ▁place ▁outside ▁of ▁regular ▁educational ▁institutions , ▁and ▁is ▁thus ▁also ▁decent ral ised ▁and ▁der eg ulated , ▁a ▁ten et ▁of ▁global isation ▁theory . ▁ ▁Learning ▁soci eties ▁are ▁bro ader ▁in ▁context , ▁drawing ▁on ▁elements ▁of ▁systems ▁to ▁facil itate ▁the ▁ability ▁for ▁lif el ong ▁learning ▁in ▁the ▁individual . ▁If ▁lif el ong ▁learning ▁is ▁about ▁the ▁ability ▁of ▁the ▁individual , ▁then ▁this ▁is ▁enabled ▁through ▁a ▁Learning ▁Society . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁‘ social isation ’ ▁ ▁of ▁individual ▁lif el ong ▁learning , ▁and ▁is ▁currently ▁a ided ▁through ▁techn ologies ▁and ▁the ▁increasing ▁focus ▁on ▁social ▁networking , ▁by ▁using