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
08 Nov 2024
Learning Cycles 6 and 7 In-Progress
русский I العربية Learning Cycle 6: Increasing Women’s Representation in School Leadership Learning Cycle 6 (LC6) “Increasing Women’s Representation in School Leadership” focuses on identifying policy options for improving the participation of women in school leadership. LC6 brings together 96 participants from 15 KIX EMAP countries: Albania, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, Maldives, Moldova, Nepal,... Read More
07 Nov 2024
Event Highlights: Launch of the Russian Edition of NORRAG Special Issue 08 “The Education-Training-Work Continuums: Pathways to Socio-Professional Inclusion for Youth and Adults”
The Russian Edition of NSI 08 was launched as a hybrid event on Wednesday 16th of October 2024. It was prepared by Kairat Kurakbayev, Assistant Professor at Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education, and Regional Editor of NORRAG Special Issues (NSI). The Russian Edition of NSI 08 offers two regional contributions by two groups of... Read More
06 Nov 2024
Call for inputs on the rights of the child and violations of the human rights of children in armed conflicts
Issued by: OHCHR Deadline: 08 January 2025 Purpose: To inform the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on the rights of the child and violations of the human rights of children in armed conflicts, to be presented at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council in September/ October 2025. ENGLISH FRANÇAIS ESPAÑOL Background In the... Read More
01 Nov 2024
Event Highlights: AI Literacy for Diplomats
Organised by theTech Hub, Geneva Graduate Institute Date: Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 November 2024 Time: 09:00 – 17:00 CET Given the role that technologies traditionally play in international security, economic and geopolitical dominance, the rapid development and deployment of AI is attracting the attention of diplomats and other stakeholders on the international stage. Indeed, AI... Read More
31 Oct 2024
UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report 2024 is Out!
The UNESCO Global Education Monitoring Report 2024/2025 entitled Leadership in education: lead for learning was just launched this October 31st at the 2024 Global Education Meeting held in Fortaleza, Brazil. READ GEM 2024/5 Leadership is at the heart of quality education. There is a growing belief that educational leadership is the second most important factor... Read More
31 Oct 2024
A Geneva policy dialogue for impact: country solutions on education in emergencies and climate change
A Geneva policy dialogue for impact: country solutions on education in emergencies and climate change Friday 8 November | 10.30 am to 12 noon CET Co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Colombia, Philippines, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies (EiE Hub) The event will take place at the... Read More
31 Oct 2024
Virtual Launch: The Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Governance of Education
Fri 15 Nov 2024 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM GMT Online, Teams MORE INFORMATION Join the Comparative Education and International Development (CEID) Research Group as we host the virtual launch of the latest special issue from the International Review of Education. Articles in this issue explore how global governance actors shaped the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and... Read More
31 Oct 2024
The Limitations of Foundational Literacy Metrics
In this blogpost, which is part of NORRAG’s “Missing Education Data” blog series, Hamza Sarfraz and Zain Ul Abidin argue that “foundational literacy” and “learning poverty” are based on unreliable metrics that potentially misrepresent the actually existing learning situation in any particular context and risk leading to misguided education policy and resource allocation. As the... Read More