Event Highlights: Social Outcomes Conference 2024. Strengthening partnerships for collaborative learning in outcomes-based financing for education projects
Strengthening partnerships for collaborative learning in outcomes-based financing for education projects On 5th September 2024, NORRAG’s Dr Arushi Terway chaired a panel titled “Strengthening partnerships for collaborative learning in outcomes-based financing for education projects” at the Social Outcomes Conference 2024, organised by the Government Outcomes Lab at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.... Read More
26 Aug 2024
UNESCO - Session 4 – Evidence in policy formulation: How to use research evidence to construct policy solutions
14 November 2024 (Time TBD) Engaging with research, and ensuring research evidence is used well, is key to professionalising education policy making processes, and ultimately to improving educational outcomes. On the one hand, systematic and thoughtful engagement with research in policy requires ensuring the right skills, in the right measures, within and across policy organisations.... Read More
22 Aug 2024
Call for proposals - Jacobs Foundation
The Jacobs Foundation is pleased to announce the 2024 Call for Proposals for its LEVANTE framework. The Jacobs Foundation is devoting up to CHF 4 million to support project proposals to become part of the LEVANTE network. Apply here now. Deadline for submission: October 06, 2024. The Learning Variability Network Exchange (LEVANTE) seeks to understand how children grow, learn,... Read More
22 Aug 2024
Many Paths Up the Mountain of Strengthening Systems through Outcomes-Based Finance
This is the second of two cross-posted blogs sharing insights from a learning group on innovative finance in education, co-facilitated by the Education Finance Network and The Education Outcomes Fund. The group has brought together experts from 34 organizations in five discussion sessions over a period of nine months for an earnest exchange on opportunities and challenges around... Read More
22 Aug 2024
Piecing Together the Measurement Puzzle: Experiences from Outcomes-Based Finance Programs in Education
This is the first of two cross-posted blogs sharing insights from a learning group on innovative finance in education, co-facilitated by the Education Finance Network and The Education Outcomes Fund. The group has brought together experts from 34 organizations in five discussion sessions over a period of nine months for an earnest exchange on opportunities and challenges around... Read More
19 Aug 2024
5th African Philanthropy Conference
The 5th Annual African Philanthropy Conference (5th APC) was hosted in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Livingstone, Zambia from Monday 29 July to Friday 2 August 2024 by the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) and TrustAfrica in collaboration with The Africa Philanthropy Forum, Africa the Philanthropy Network, the East Africa Philanthropy Network (EAPN)... Read More
19 Aug 2024
NORRAG at WCCES - Panel on Transforming Knowledge for Just and Sustainable Futures
Transforming Knowledge for Just and Sustainable Futures: Implications for Education Policy and Research Part One: Implications for Education Policy On July 23rd, NORRAG’s Executive Director, Moira Faul, participated to a panel of the XVIII Wolrd Congress Comparative Education Societies. The panel was part one of a two-panel proposal on Transforming Knowledge for Just and Sustainable... Read More
19 Aug 2024
UNESCO-IBE supporting the 2023 Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development 22-24 May 2024
NORRAG’s Executive Director, Moira Faul was invited to participate in a UNESCO-IBE expert meeting in Geneva to develop a Reader supporting the 2023 Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights, and Sustainable Development. Experts from around the world contributed insights. This work aims to contribute to “the new UNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace and... Read More
15 Aug 2024
Maternal Education as a Key Determinant of Student Academic Achievement in Pakistani Schools
In this blogpost, Aisha Naz Ansari, Sadia Muzaffar Bhutta, and Sohail Ahmad present the findings of a nationwide study from Pakistan shedding light on the influence of the education of parents, most notably of mothers, on the education of their children. It is widely acknowledged that parents play a pivotal role in shaping their children’s... Read More
13 Aug 2024
Final days to apply: KIX EMAP Learning Cycles 6 & 7
Update: Applications are now closed. This is the final week to apply for the two upcoming KIX EMAP Hub learning cycles. Applications for both learning cycles are due by Friday, 16 August 2024. These free, online courses will both begin in September 2024. There are no course fees as the course is funded by the... Read More