12 Apr 2021
Remembering Paul Taryam Ilboudo
Dr. Paul Taryam Ilboudo, a world-renowned bilingualism researcher and bilingual policy advisor as well as mayor of Loumbila commune in Burkina Faso’s Oubritenga Province, passed away on 31 March 2021 at the age of 72. After completing high school, Dr. Ilboudo became a primary school teacher. He realized that the use of foreign language as... Read More
11 Apr 2021
Latest NORRAG Podcast Episode 09: Monitoring the 4th Sustainable Development Goal on Education (SDG 4) with Manos Antoninis
NORRAG Podcast Episode 09: Monitoring the 4th Sustainable Development Goal on Education (SDG 4) with Manos Antoninis can now be found on SoundCloud. It features guest host, Alexandra Draxler, NORRAG Senior Advisor and Former Director at UNESCO, who interviews Manos Antoninis, an economist and specialist in questions related to education & development. Antoninis is the Director... Read More
11 Apr 2021
Event Highlights - KIX EAP webinar on Scaling Impact: An Introduction to Achieving Impact at Scale
русский I العربية On 31 March 2021, NORRAG hosted the webinar “Scaling Impact: An Introduction to Achieving Impact at Scale” in collaboration with John Gargani, evaluator, writer, teacher, founder and president of Gargani + Company, Inc. and Robert McLean, senior programme specialist with the Policy and Evaluation Division of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).... Read More
06 Apr 2021
KIX EAP Podcast #1: Duishon Shamatov Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University
The first episode of the KIX EAP Podcast is hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), featuring Duishon Shamatov, Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan). In this episode, Professor Shamatov talks about his international research career from Pakistan to Canada, and how he returned to give back to his community in Central Asia... Read More
30 Mar 2021
25 April – 2 May 2021: NORRAG at CIES 2021 “Social Responsibility within Changing Contexts”
NORRAG and its network members will participate in this year’s Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference which will take place virtually from April 25 to May 2, 2021. This year’s theme, Social Responsibility within Changing Contexts, emphasizes the transformation in cultural values, economic/political agendas, and environmental challenges surrounding education. New, non-state actors are... Read More
30 Mar 2021
7 July 2021: NORRAG Executive Director to Speak at Oxford University’s Global Public Seminar
NORRAG Executive Director, Moira V. Faul, will be presenting: Governing Education by Partnership: the GPE in the Context of Other Sectors’ Global Financing Partnerships on 7 July 2021. This online event is part of the University of Oxford’s Global Public Seminar series on Comparative and International Education, jointly organised by the Department of Education and... Read More
30 Mar 2021
IIEP-UNESCO and NORRAG Launch Specialized Course on “Using Data and Information for Crisis-Sensitive Educational Planning”
Natural hazards and conflicts can devastate education systems. When faced with multiple risks – such as insecurity and severe weather – the stakes are even higher. Today, many governments, humanitarian, and development partners recognize the need to use evidence-informed risk reduction strategies to address threats head on, to prepare, and secure the right to quality... Read More
23 Mar 2021
First KIX EAP Regional Conference: Call for Abstracts
русский I العربية NORRAG is delighted to announce a Call for Abstracts for the 1st regional KIX Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Conference on Education Policy and Innovation to be held online on 15, 22 and 29 June 2021, always 10:00 – 12:15 Geneva time. The conference languages are Russian and English,... Read More
23 Mar 2021
Putting a face to the KIX EAP infrastructure
русский I العربية More than half of the 21 KIX EAP countries have successfully established their National KIX infrastructure, comprised of up to six-country representatives: five National Steering Committee members and one national KIX coordinator. Ms Nargiza Kuchkarova, Uzbekistan National KIX Coordinator and Mr Sivutha Onn, Cambodia’s National KIX Coordinator, share their experience. The national... Read More
23 Mar 2021
Launch of the KIX Peer Learning and Exchange Portal
русский I العربية On 10 February, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) launched the KIX Peer Learning and Exchange Portal. This collaborative space supports a learning environment for education policy stakeholders in GPE partner countries and among KIX grantees. Collaboration Dashboard (account needed). The portal features several sections designed to help this dialogue within the... Read More