Event Highlights: Policy Insights Launch - Refugee Teachers: The Heart of the Global Refugee Response
Wednesday 13 December 2023 16:30 to 18:00 CET In-person: Auditorium A2, Maison de la Paix, Geneva Online: Webex Side event to the Global Refugee Forum Speakers Welcoming and moderation: Moira Faul, Executive Director, NORRAG Opening: Martina Ramming, Sector Policy Advisor Education at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Chris Henderson, Education in Emergencies Specialist,... Read More
International Cooperation Forum Switzerland
français Thursday 11 and Friday 12 April 2024 Basel, Switzerland In a world marked by numerous crises and conflicts, potentially at a turning point in history, this peace-themed event will bring together opinion leaders, experts and representatives of civil society. Join us for themed discussions that aim to develop concrete solutions for pressing peace-related issues.... Read More
22 Feb 2024
Innovative EduFinance Learning Group
Experts from NORRAG have been contributing to a learning group on innovative financing for education, organised by the Education Finance Network (EFN) and the Education Outcomes Fund (EOF). The “Innovative EduFinance Learning Group” brings together key stakeholders interested or engaged in innovative financing for education, including donors and multilateral agencies, research organisations, foundations, intermediaries and... Read More
22 Feb 2024
IFE-2-Leave No One Behind at CIES
IFE-2-Leave No One Behind research partners NORRAG at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Tata Institute of Social Sciences – Center of Excellence in Teacher Education (TISS-CETE) and University of Cape Town – Graduate School of Business (UCT-GSB) will come together to present research findings in two exciting panels at the upcoming Comparative and International Education Society... Read More
22 Feb 2024
IFE Executive Education
We are excited to announce that the first cohort of participants of the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Executive Education course in Innovative Financing for Education (IFE) have completed the course. The course brought together professionals from diverse stakeholder groups, primarily from the Global South. There were two participants representing Ministries of Education, two representing... Read More
22 Feb 2024
Improving the use of evidence for education policy, planning and implementation: strategic review
A strategic review produced by NORRAG and just published by UNESCO finds that the current approach to improving the use of research and evidence is not working. Drawing on a survey with 898 participants from 103 countries, as well as a comparator study and interviews, the study addresses how the use of research evidence for... Read More
22 Feb 2024
Critical Issues of Education Technology in and with Low- and Middle-income Countries
In November 2023, Southern Voice published a report on Ed-tech in the Global South: Research Gaps and Opportunities. In this report, María Balarin, Santiago Cueto, Mauricio Saavedra Sanchez and Claudia Sugimaru explores the evolving landscape of educational technology (Edtech) in the context of increased global and national attention. The report is an outcome of a collaborative... Read More
22 Feb 2024
Let’s Drop the “Driver’s Seat” Mindset in International Aid
This text by Jean-Marc Bernard marks the launch of a three blogpost miniseries within a new NORRAG blog series on “Financing Education”. The mini-series on “Rethinking international aid” highlights disconnections and sometimes contradictions between development processes and aid processes, advocates for a mindset shift, and explores how such a shift would require radical changes within international aid. ... Read More
20 Feb 2024
ERICC & INEE Webinar “Towards education for all: Strengthening data systems in conflict and crisis settings”
Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC) and the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) are hosting a webinar event on strengthening data systems in education in conflict and crisis settings, to help drive evidence-based educational decision-making and the design of policies and programs in response to the needs of children. Data is... Read More
20 Feb 2024
CICE 2024 Special Issue - Call for Papers
Current Issues in Comparative Education (CICE) is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 2024 Special Issue commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). For the 2024 special issue, CICE invites authors to reflect on the past, present, and future of human rights in the field of comparative... Read More