18 Aug 2016
The Roles and Responsibilities of Non-State Actors: The Case of Education and Training by Ezgi Yildiz
By Ezgi Yildiz, Graduate Institute, Geneva, and NORRAG Intern. As the separation between ‘public’ and ‘private’ is increasingly getting blurred, the state-centric... Read More
10 Aug 2016
UNESCO Institute for Statistics Charts a Course to Monitor the Education 2030 Agenda by Silvia Montoya
By Silvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics and Dankert Vedeler, Co-Chair of SDG Education 2030 Steering Committee. Can the... Read More
08 Aug 2016
China and the Global Governance of Education and Training by Xiulan Wan
By Xiulan Wan, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China Some reflections on China’s role and positioning: Representatives from developing countries, including China, are... Read More
03 Aug 2016
The Governance of Education and Training Agenda 2030 and Beyond: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa by Peliwe Lolwana
By Peliwe Lolwana, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. As the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pick up from where the Millennium Development Goals... Read More
28 Jul 2016
PISA for Development: Expanding the Global Education Community Esperanto or Developing a Dialect? By Camilla Addey
By Camilla Addey, Humboldt University in Berlin[1] In the 1990s, the International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA) phenomenon suddenly exploded and over the following... Read More
21 Jul 2016
Can the Measurement of Learning Outcomes Lead to Quality Education for All? By Pablo Zoido, Michael Ward, Kelly Makowiecki, Lauren Miller, and Catalina Covacevich
By Pablo Zoido (former OECD), Michael Ward, Kelly Makowiecki, Lauren Miller, Catalina Covacevich (OECD) This is one of the complex questions that... Read More
18 Jul 2016
International Geneva, Conflict and Peacebuilding: What Role for Education? By Mario Novelli
By Mario Novelli, University of Sussex & NORRAG[1] When we think of ‘International Geneva’ we may reflect on the unique role that... Read More
04 Jul 2016
ICTs in Technical and Vocational Skills Development: Reaching the Poorest Populations? By Rao Bhavani and Ajay Balakrishnan
By Rao Bhavani and Ajay Balakrishnan, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita University, India During the last Tech4Dev Conference[1] NORRAG and AMMACHI Labs (Amrita University,... Read More
27 Jun 2016
“(Mis-)Educating the Ghettoes of our world” – is there a Collective Neglect of the Role of Education for Youth in Violent Cities Around the World? By Mieke Lopes Cardozo, Jovana Carapic, and Joost Monks
By Mieke Lopes Cardozo, University of Amsterdam; Jovana Carapic, Small Arms Survey, Geneva; Joost Monks, NORRAG Violent cities: the ghettoes of our... Read More
20 Jun 2016
Can African Universities Deliver Knowledge for ‘Transforming our World’ Without Decolonizing the Academy? By Hanne Kristine Adriansen
By Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Aarhus University, Denmark. In the UN document of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Transforming our World: the... Read More