29 May 2017

31 May in Bern- Launch of the The SDC’s Education Strategy on Basic Education and Vocational Skills Development and the SECO Position Paper on Skills Development

Basic education and vocational skills development are powerful drivers in the fight against poverty, as well as for economic and social development. Education is a catalyst for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations and for the creation of a just and peaceful society. Children and young people are our future and important...
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24 May 2017

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Arushi Terway and Patrick Montjouridès as new members of our research team

Dr. Arushi Terway holds a doctorate in education from Teachers College, Columbia University and an Ed.M. in International Education Policy from Harvard. She brings 12 years of professional experience working in developing countries (India, Rwanda, South Sudan) and doing analytical work on education sector reform and youth education. Her previous work includes USAID funded education...
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23 May 2017

13 June in Bern - Swiss Commission for UNESCO Education Platform 2030

The Swiss Commission for UNESCO is organizing the first “Swiss Education Platform 2030”, which will be held on 13th June 2017, 9h15- 16h45 in Bern. Currently, Switzerland is working on the implementation process of Agenda 2030, including Objective 4 on education: “by 2030, ensuring universal access to quality education, on an equal footing, and to...
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23 May 2017

NORRAG’s visit to China in early May

NORRAG accomplished a fruitful trip to China from 6th to 13th this May. This visit consisted of a series events including the launch event of the NORRAG News 54 (Chinese version) at Zhejiang Normal University, a seminar on Philanthropy and Education: Chinese Experience and Perspective in collaboration with the China Donors Roundtable, a seminar on...
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23 May 2017

Russia and Education Assistance: Searching for its Role as a Returning Donor by Tuomas Takala and Nelli Piattoeva

By Tuomas Takala and Nelli Piattoeva, University of Tampere, Finland. The topic of Russia’s development assistance in general, and specifically in the education sector, has seldom been of interest among researchers – even in analyses of “emerging” donors (e.g. Mawdsley 2012); in the case of Russia, the appropriate term is rather “returning”. This situation is...
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04 May 2017

The Cost of Ignorance Revisited: A Reply by Silvia Montoya

By Silvia Montoya, UNESCO Institute for Statistics A blog in reply to ‘The Cost of Ignorance Revisited: Imitating the OECD or Learning to Be Critical?’ (12th April, 2017) It’s certainly a necessary and worthwhile pursuit to assess and validate findings and research hypotheses in such a challenging area because it helps to improve them. But...
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