02 May 2018
Les tables rondes de la FGC - Formation et coopération : un «plus» pour les jeunes
L’éducation au développement dans les pays du Nord, la formation professionnelle de qualité dans ceux du Sud: l’une comme l’autre placent la coopération au service des jeunes. L’une comme l’autre sont porteuses d’espoir et de sens. Au Sud, les projets de coopération dans le domaine de la formation des jeunes favorisent l’accès au(x) savoir(s) et... Read More
30 Apr 2018
Innovations for Decent Jobs for Youth
Joost Monks, Executive Director at NORRAG, joined partners of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth on 2-3 May 2018 at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva for the Innovations for Decent Jobs for Youth event. Decent Jobs for Youth is the global initiative to scale up action and impact on youth employment... Read More
27 Apr 2018
Middle-Eastern contextualized version of NORRAG Special Issue 01: The Right to Education Movements and Policies: Promises and Realities
In collaboration with the Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, NORRAG has launched the Middle-Eastern contextualized version of NORRAG Special Issue 01 (NSI 01) on the “The Right to Education Movements and Policies: Promises and Realities”. The Middle-Eastern edition of NSI is comprised of seven articles with regionally-relevant content produced or translated into Arabic by... Read More
26 Apr 2018
Academic Symposium Technologies of Expertise as Technologies of Authorization
The Global Governance Centre at the Graduate Institute in collaboration with NORRAG organized the Academic Symposium Technologies of Expertise as Technologies of Authorization: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of the Mobilization, Production and Impact of Technologies of Expertise by International Organizations, which took place at The Graduate Institute, Geneva, on May 24 and 25 2018. The event,... Read More
20 Apr 2018
Evidence before Marketing: Recalling the Known, Independently Verified Facts about Bridge International Academies
This post is published as part of the NORRAG Debates stream on the Right to Education. It is the latest response in a series of exchanges between Bridge International Academies and a large number of organizations who have been challenging the programme in recent years. This latest response is co-signed by 113 organizations and highlights substantial... Read More
18 Apr 2018
NORRAG Hosts Backstopping Support for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Education Programmes
As of February 2018, NORRAG hosts the backstopping team supporting the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) with a mandate aimed at strengthening the quality, effectiveness and implementation of SDC’s thematic work on education. The mandate specifically supports SDC’s Education Focal Point (EFP) and team for the implementation of SDC’s new Education Strategy launched... Read More
16 Apr 2018
Fostering Collaboration through Evaluation: The Stevens Initiative, an International Public-Private Partnership to Support Virtual Exchange
This post is part of the NORRAG Debates stream on Philanthropy in Education, and follows on from a presentation by the authors at the Inaugural Symposium held in Geneva, 22-24 November 2017, titled “An international philanthropic coalition to support international exchange and online learning”. It discusses a specific case study of evaluating philanthropic involvement in education... Read More
12 Apr 2018
1st Roundtable - Philanthropic and CSR support for the Right to Education Act: A Platform for discussion and research
As part of the Philanthropy in Education Symposium Series, NORRAG and India Development Foundation (IDF), with support from Dr. V Santhakumar (Azim Premji University) organised the first roundtable “Philanthropic and CSR support for the Right to Education Act: A Platform for discussion and research” in New Delhi, India, on 27 April 2018. Read the follow-up... Read More
12 Apr 2018
NORRAG selected as a member of INEE’s Education Policy Working Group
NORRAG’s application for membership in the INEE Education Policy Working Group (EPWG) for 2018-2020 has been accepted. Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Director, and Patrick Montjourides, Senior Researcher, are NORRAG’s representatives on the working group. The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) working groups are made up of institutional members with expertise in the various aspects of... Read More
12 Apr 2018
NORRAG’s new Consultative Committee meets at CIES
The new NORRAG Consultative Committee met for its first annual meeting on 27 March 2018 at the CIES Conference held in Mexico City. It is composed of the following members, reflecting NORRAG’s diverse constituencies: Dana Burde, Associate Professor and Director of International Education, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, USA... Read More