22 Nov 2024
5th KIX Global Symposium: Promoting a Culture of Evidence-Use in Policymaking – Challenges and Opportunities
Date: 16 -17 December 2024 Time: 7:00-10:00 AM (Ottawa/EST) / 1:00-4:00 PM (Geneva/CET) Location: Online The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are pleased to invite you to the 5th Annual Global Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX) Symposium. The symposium will explore different perspectives on evidence use in... Read More
22 Nov 2024
Event Highlights: Innovative Approaches to Conflict Transformation and Refugee Support Conference
On 19- 20 September 2024, the KIX EMAP Hub partnered with the “Innovative Approaches to Conflict Transformation and Refugee Assistance Conference,” hosted by the Free International University of Moldova (ULIM) in Chișinău, Moldova. This event, funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), gathered experts and contributors from Germany, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova and Ukraine. The... Read More
21 Nov 2024
Job Opportunity: Education Outcomes Fund
The Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) is advertising a new Consultant Roster. They are creating a roster of consultants who they can contact in future when EOF has assignments related to its programmatic work. Applications are being received through UNICEF’s career page until 10 January 2025. LEARN MORE AND APPLY
21 Nov 2024
Event Highlights: Launch of the Chinese Edition of NORRAG Special Issue 08 “The Education-Training-Work Continuums: Pathways to Socio-Professional Inclusion for Youth and Adults”
普通话 On Friday, November 15, 2024, the online launch event for the Chinese edition of the NORRAG Special Issue No. 08 (NSI 08) was held. The event was hosted by Associate Professor Yiyun Hu from the Institute of International and Comparative Education at Beijing Normal University (BNU). The Chinese edition was co-edited by Professor Teng... Read More
21 Nov 2024
Youth Divestment Movements and Petro-fied Climate Education Policy
In this blogpost, which is part of NORRAG’s blog series on Provocations for Education from Youth Climate Activism, Carrie Karsgaard and Lynette Shultz showcase the persistent naturalization of oil-based culture within education policy and argue for a vision for education beyond fossil fuels, which respects planetary boundaries by promoting degrowth. Youth are demanding action and education... Read More
21 Nov 2024
UNSRTE : Call for contributions: safety as an element of the right to education and a precondition for its full realization
MORE INFORMATION Purpose: To inform annual thematic report to be presented at the 59th session of the Human Rights Council in June 2025. Background Safety directly affects access, quality and equality in learning environments. Without safety, students face significant barriers to participation, limiting their ability to learn and thrive. The lack of safety also impacts equality,... Read More
20 Nov 2024
Conference and Call for Papers: ICPP7 - Chiang_Mai 2025
ICPP returns to Asia for its seventh edition. Following ICPP3 in Singapore, ICPP7 will take place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in collaboration with Chiang Mai University School of Public Policy, from July 2 to 4, 2025, with a Pre-Conference scheduled for July 1, 2025. As in previous editions, leading scholars will gather for three plenary sessions, along with a wide range of... Read More
19 Nov 2024
Invitation to the launch of Save the Children's 2024 report "Stop the War on Children: Pathways to Peace" - 20 November 2024 at 3 PM
Save the Children’s report Stop the War on Children: Pathways to Peace. will be launched at an event on 20 November 2024 at 3pm. “Stop the War on Children” is Save the Children’s annual report on children and armed conflict. The report estimates that the lives of 473 million children are directly impacted by armed conflict... Read More
KIX EMAP Webinar 22: The Future of Education Technology in South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa
العربية Date and time: Wednesday 04 December 2024, 2:00 – 3:30 PM (CET/Geneva) Location: Online The webinar will be conducted in English with interpretation to Arabic. READ EVENT HIGHLIGHTS The KIX EMAP Hub Webinar 22 will focus on the future of education technology in the South Asia, Middle East and North Africa (SAMENA) sub-region. Several... Read More
15 Nov 2024
Cross-sectoral Perspectives on Education - UNESCO Global Education Meeting 2024
NORRAG was proud to contribute to the background paper for the UNESCO Global Education Meeting (GEM), which took place in October 2024 in Fortaleza, Brazil. The contribution introduces the section on cross-sectoral perspectives on education, focusing on how education can offer solutions and accelerate progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The world today... Read More