18 Aug 2020
27 August 2020: KIX EAP Webinar on Potentials of Innovative Financing Solutions for Inclusive and Quality Education
The second Knowledge Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe | Asia | Pacific (EAP) Webinar will be organised by NORRAG on 27 August 2020 at 9:00-10:30 (CEST/Geneva). The webinar will be conducted in English with interpretation into Russian. Recent estimates show that in low- and middle-income countries, total spending on education will need to increase from USD... Read More
11 Aug 2020
Upgrading Informal Apprenticeship Systems
This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Fabian Jacobs, policy advisor on TVET at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The author discusses how TVET can be rendered relevant and accessible for target groups from the informal economy. One possible option to develop skills and employability of informal workers is to upgrade and enhance the... Read More
29 Jul 2020
Event Highlights - First KIX EAP webinar on Implementing Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) during COVID-19: Thoughts, Ideas & Reflections
On the 22 July 2020 at 14.00-15.00 (CEST-Geneva), the first Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe | Asia | Pacific (EAP) webinar brought together 103 participants from more than 35 countries to discuss Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) practices during COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar was organised by NORRAG and facilitated by FHI 360, a strategic... Read More
27 Jul 2020
Job Announcement: UNICEF home-based consultancy in Europe and Central Asia
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is looking for a consultant who can document, and support UNICEF’s work on youth engagement in the COVID-19 response in Europe and Central Asia. The contract will be for 45 working days (full time equivalency) over a period of 3 months from mid-August 2020. The deadline for the application... Read More
24 Jul 2020
IDRC-GPE: Four Regional KIX Calls for Expression of Interest Released
The Knowledge and Innovation Exchange, a partnership between IDRC and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), launched the first of four regional competitive calls to generate and mobilize innovative knowledge for education challenges shared across GPE member countries. Find below information about the calls as well as the deadlines. Deadline for submitting the Expression of... Read More
22 Jul 2020
TINA comes to European Education? The European Commission, PISA, PIAAC, and American-Style Knowledge Capital Theory
This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Hikaru Komatsu (Associate Professor at National Taiwan University) and Jeremy Rappleye (Associate Professor at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Education). The authors critically analyzed the European Commission (EC) report by Hanushek and Woessmann and refute their human/knowledge capital claims. Contrary to the EC report, their findings indicate that there... Read More
21 Jul 2020
Livestreaming: Education, inequality and innovation in the time of COVID-19
Please join us for a live streaming of the Researchers Bootcamp Theme 9 report launch on Wednesday, 22 July 2020 at 11:30 – 12:30 (CET). The topic will be on “Researchers Bootcamp Theme 9: Education, inequality and innovation in the time of COVID-19 report launch”. A panel discussion will be led by Jane Hofmeyr with... Read More
17 Jul 2020
As we build global solidarity and action in education, think infrastructure not architecture
This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Noah W. Sobe, Senior Project Officer at UNESCO’s Futures of Education initiative. It is published in conjunction with the UNESCO-NORRAG online consultation on the Futures of Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises (17.07.2020). In this post, the author calls for reimagining education structures in the wake of COVID-19 around... Read More
17 Jul 2020
UNESCO and NORRAG hold Futures of Education in emergencies and protracted crises online consultation
UNESCO and NORRAG, in partnership with several Geneva-based international organizations in the field of EiE and with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), are organizing, on Friday 17 July, an online consultation on “The Futures of Education in Emergencies and Crisis Situations”. This foresight exercise will feed into UNESCO’s global... Read More
08 Jul 2020
Ubuntu in Education: Towards equitable teaching and learning for all in the era of SDG 4
This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Chiedza A. Chinhanu (PhD Researcher in the School of Performance and Cultural Industries at the University of Leeds) and Seun B. Adebayo (PhD Researcher at the School of Education, National University of Ireland, Galway). The authors argue that a practical approach through which SDG 4 can potentially be realized... Read More