29 Jan 2018
Drafting guiding principles on state obligations concerning private schools: Lessons and strategic considerations from a rights perspective
This Blog post is republished with permission as part of the NORRAG Debate stream on the Right to Education. It is published in connection with the upcoming Geneva Consultation on Human Rights Guiding Principles on State Obligations with regards to Private Involvement in Education, an event co-organised by ten partners, including NORRAG, which will take place on Monday... Read More
26 Jan 2018
SDG 4 Data: Investing Millions Today Will Save Billions in the Future
Luis Crouch is Chief Technical Officer of the International Development Group (RTI International). Silvia Montoya (@montoya_sil) is the Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. In many countries, education ministers are like air traffic controllers, who see a storm on the horizon but find that 80% of their navigation instruments are either malfunctioning or non-existent.... Read More
15 Jan 2018
NORRAG Special Issue 01: Now available in NORRAG Resource Library
The first volume of NORRAG Special Issue (NSI) is now available in the NORRAG Resource Library. NSI 01 is dedicated to examining international frameworks and national policy as well as the challenges of fulfilling the right to education in practice. It highlights the global and national level experience and perspective on guaranteeing the right to education... Read More
15 Jan 2018
NSI 01 - The Right to Education Movements and Policies: Promises and Realities
The first volume of NORRAG Special Issue (NSI) is now available in the NORRAG Resource Library. NSI 01 is dedicated to examining international frameworks and national policy as well as the challenges of fulfilling the right to education in practice. It highlights the global and national level experience and perspective on guaranteeing the right to education... Read More
15 Jan 2018
NORRAG Special Issue 01: Now available in NORRAG Resource Library
The first volume of NORRAG Special Issue (NSI) is now available in the NORRAG Resource Library. NSI 01 is dedicated to examining international frameworks and national policy as well as the challenges of fulfilling the right to education in practice. It highlights the global and national level experience and perspective on guaranteeing the right to education... Read More
12 Jan 2018
18-19 January 2018: CREAN Conference: The impact of children’s rights education and research on policy development
Joost Monks, Executive Director of NORRAG will participate and speak at the bi-annual conference organised by the Children´s Rights European Academic Network (CREAN) on 18-19 January in Geneva. The conference aims to carry on the dialogue on the role and impact of children’s rights education and research on policy development between academia and policy-makers. The... Read More
12 Jan 2018
Compare Fellowship supports early career academics from the Global South
In an effort to the develop the diversity of its authorship, and support underrepresented groups, in light of the significant inequalities of global academic publishing, Compare the UK’s leading journal of international and comparative education has established since 2017 an annual Compare Fellowship, to support early career academics from the Global South in disseminating their research and scholarship to... Read More
11 Jan 2018
Seeing like the State, Calculating like a Business: Public-Private Partnerships in Education Revisited
As part of the NORRAG Debates stream, NORRAG is starting a series of blog posts by bringing to the fore questions surrounding the realisation of the right to education (RTE). As the global education community makes progress towards the realisation of the ‘SDG 4 – Education 2030 Agenda’, questions related to ensuring the right to... Read More
21 Dec 2017
Geneva consultation on Human Rights Guiding Principles on State Obligations with regards to Private Involvement in Education
Together with the Missions of Finland, France, and Portugal, NORRAG, the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, Amnesty International, the Equal Education Law Centre, the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Initiative for Economic and Social Rights, and the Right to Education Initiative, organised a consultation on Human Rights... Read More
20 Dec 2017
Philanthropic and Education Stakeholders Gather in Geneva for the Inaugural Symposium ‘Philanthropy in Education: Global Trends, Regional Differences, and Diverse Perspectives
Following the Inaugural Symposium, NORRAG is starting a series of blog posts around the topic of ‘Philanthropy in Education’. This debate stream will contribute to the ongoing dialogue to help unpack the questions, issues, and arguments concerning philanthropy in the education sector. As a starting point for this debate stream, Joost Monks, Executive Director, and... Read More