23 Mar 2021
Monitoring and Evaluation for Learning in KIX EAP
русский I العربية Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) has an essential role in supporting the KIX EAP Hub to learn about what and how change in education policy and programming happens in the vastly diverse contexts of its 21 countries. In addition, the MEL tools are critical for addressing one of the key features of... Read More
19 Mar 2021
KIX EAP Webinar series – don’t miss Webinar 7 on 31 March
русский I العربية The KIX EAP webinar series is designed to enhance global public goods for policy and planning at the national level. Since its launch in May 2020, the KIX EAP hub has successfully hosted six webinars. All webinars are open access and offered in three languages – English, Russian and Arabic. The seventh... Read More
19 Mar 2021
Producing knowledge with the KIX EAP Learning Cycles
русский I العربية The first KIX EAP Learning on “Feasibility Study on Scaling Innovation” finished in February 2021. Two new learning cycles are currently being planned to start in May and June. One learning cycles currently in advanced preparation has a focus on enhancing equitable access to education through the geospatial lens. A second learning... Read More
19 Mar 2021
Giving a voice to education leaders in the EAP region
русский I العربية The KIX EAP Podcast Series is starting in the coming weeks. Our podcast aligns with our hub’s overall aim of amplifying the voice of experts from the EAP region. Each podcast episode takes no more than 30 minutes and is set as a conversation where the host and guests have the freedom... Read More
19 Mar 2021
NORRAG Launches Senior Fellowship Programme
As the world is confronted by competing tendencies of ethno-nationalism and the Black Lives Matter movement, of growing authoritarianism alongside demands for democracy, NORRAG and the Graduate Institute are launching a Senior Fellowship Programme that will collaboratively debate current issues in international cooperation in education from a decolonial perspective. Through our Senior Fellowship Programme, starting... Read More
16 Mar 2021
Lessons from COVID 19: Digitalization calls for strong public education systems
Abstract: This NORRAG Highlights is written by guest-author Margarita Langthaler, senior researcher at the Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE). In the light of accelerated digitalization processes of education systems triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, Margarita draws on her recent Briefing Paper “Digitalization, Education and skills development in the Global South” to reflect on whether... Read More
05 Mar 2021
[Online Consultation] UNESCO-NORRAG “The Futures of Education in emergencies and protracted crises”
On 17 July 2020, a group of 35 experts from across policy, practice and academia engaged in an online consultation to discuss the Futures of Education in emergencies (EiE) and protracted crises. The consultation was organized by NORRAG and the UNESCO Futures of Education Initiative. The report of the event will be submitted to the... Read More
05 Mar 2021
Just released - NORRAG Podcast Episode 08: "Peak Aid, Catalytic Change and Sustainable Educational Financing"
العربية NORRAG Podcast episode 08 is titled, “Peak Aid, Catalytic Change and Sustainable Educational Financing.” Guest hosts, Alexandra Draxler (NORRAG Senior Advisor) and Keith Lewin (Emeritus Professor of International Development & Education at the University of Sussex), discuss the fact that external aid for educational development is reaching its peak and could never be large... Read More
02 Mar 2021
Time to embed higher education into the international education agenda
Abstract: This NORRAG Highlights is written by guest-author Francesc Pedró, the director of the UNESCO Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Pedró reminds us not to overlook higher education as a focus for international development, as it is the education subsector with the most potential to contribute to each Sustainable Development... Read More
26 Feb 2021
Event Highlights - Women in higher education: has the female advantage put an end to gender inequalities?
العربية To commemorate International Women’s Day on March 8, NORRAG and the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (IESALC) hosted a webinar entitled, “Women in higher education: has the female advantage put an end to gender inequalities?” The event was streamed via Zoom on 8 March at 9:00h Caracas... Read More