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
14 Nov 2024
SDGs as Global Governance of Education
In this blogpost, which is part of the NORRAG blog series on “International Organisations and the Global Governance of Education”, William C. Smith, Melanie C.M. Ehren and Sotiria Grek argue that the SDGs illustrate the increased use of soft governance in the global governance of education. The blogpost draws largely on an article by the... Read More
12 Nov 2024
Event Highlights: KIX Bangladesh National Uptake Forum
The KIX EMAP Hub organised the KIX Bangladesh National Uptake Forum on 10 and 11 June 2024, in cooperation with the University of Dhaka and the respective Institute of Education and Research, a KIX research grantee. The National Uptake Forum was attended by 72 online and 195 in-person attendees over both days, with representatives from... Read More
12 Nov 2024
Event Highlights: Launch of the Spanish Edition of NORRAG Special Issue 08 "The Education-Training-Work Continuums: Pathways to Socio-Professional Inclusion for Youth and Adults"
english I español Spanish Edition of NSI 08 launched! The Spanish Edition of NSI 08 was launched online on Tuesday 29 October 2024. It was prepared by prepared by Felicitas Acosta, Researcher and Professor of Comparative and History of Education at National University of General Sarmiento, Argentina, Regional Editor of NSI and NORRAG’s Regional... Read More
11 Nov 2024
UNESCO Chair Series in Comparative Education Policy with Osmany Porto de Oliveira
Lecture with Osmany Porto de Oliveira “Policy Transfer and International Cooperation: Lessons from the South” Date: Monday 09 December 2024 Time: 12.30pm to 2pm CET Location: S5, Maison de la Paix & Online (Zoom) Open Café with Osmany Porto de Oliveira Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024 Time: 10am to 11am CET Location: The Fab, Maison de... Read More
KIX EMAP Webinar 21: Climate Change and Education in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Date: Wednesday, 27 November 2024 Time: 5:00 – 7:00 AM (CET / Geneva) 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (BTT / Thimphu) 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (WIB / Jakarta) 5:00 – 7:00 PM (TOT / Tonga) Location: Online The webinar will be conducted in English. READ EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Climate change, environmental degradation, and climate shocks... Read More
08 Nov 2024
Impactpool - Virtual Career Fair | Women in Crisis
Virtual Career Fair | Women in Crisis See the time of the event in your time zone. Join us for this virtual career far hosted by UNDP, focusing on Job Opportunities for Women in Crisis Settings. In crisis settings around the world, extraordinary women are driving change, dedicated to uplifting communities in some of the... Read More
08 Nov 2024
Webinaire - Intégration économique des jeunes migrant∙e∙s dans les centres urbains d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Nord
La migration des jeunes en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Nord représente un défi majeur pour l’accès à l’emploi et l’insertion économique. Mais qui sont ces jeunes, quels sont leurs parcours migratoires, et comment cela impacte-t-il leur accès au travail et leur vulnérabilité ? Les acteurs étatiques et leurs partenaires connaissent mal ces populations, tandis... Read More
08 Nov 2024
How NGOs can Keep the Balance between their Independence and their Reliance on Funding
In this blogpost, Batjargal Batkhuyag reflects on the challenges of NGOs to maintain their independence. This blog post is published in anticipation of the event UNESCO Chair Series in Comparative Education Policy with Batjargal Batkhuyag. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been a crucial part of development in the past few decades often times acting as both think... Read More