20 Dec 2023
Event Highlights: KIX EMAP Webinar 17: Whose Knowledge is Used in Education?
русский I العربية The KIX EMAP Hub, in partnership with NORRAG’s #TheSouthAlsoKnows initiative, held the 17th KIX EMAP Webinar on 6 December 2023 on the topic of knowledge equity in education. More than 220 participants attended this online event. The webinar was conducted in English with interpretation into Arabic and Russian. The webinar opened with... Read More
20 Dec 2023
Call for contributions: academic freedom and freedom of expression in educational institutions
Issued by: Special Rapporteur on the right to education Deadline: 02 February 2024 Purpose: To inform the Special Rapporteur’s annual thematic report to be presented to the Human Rights Council in June 2024. Background For her upcoming report to the Human Rights Council to be presented in June 2024, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to... Read More
19 Dec 2023
Event Highlights: Sub-Regional Launches of KIX EMAP 2.0
русский I العربية On 24 October, 1 and 2 November 2023, the KIX EMAP Hub hosted four Sub-Regional Launches of KIX EMAP 2.0, sharing information such as the relevant changes, baseline survey results and upcoming schedule of activities for the countries in that sub-region. Each Sub-Regional Launch introduced the sub-region’s respective Knowledge Lead, Project Officer... Read More
14 Dec 2023
Join the Bimonthly SAMENA Knowledge Café
العربية The KIX EMAP Hub is launching a new knowledge exchange activity in the SAMENA Sub-Region: Knowledge Cafés. These Knowledge Cafés are meant to be an informal and collaborative conversation, designed to foster open dialogue and knowledge exchange amongst participants in the sub-region on topics of mutual interest. They are planned as a recurring bi-monthly... Read More
13 Dec 2023
Why Teachers Must Be at the Heart of Global Refugee Education: A Case Study from Pakistan
On the occasion of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva and a new NORRAG Policy Insights publication on refugee teachers, Syed Munir Ahmad, Christopher Henderson and Najma Begum make four key recommendations for governments, donors, and policymakers to recognize and act upon. On the occasion of the second Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, NORRAG is... Read More
11 Dec 2023
RCCS Cambodia: Participation in Workshop on Capacity Building for Policy Makers and Planners
русский I العربية From 24 to 28 October 2023, Cambodia’s Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) held a workshop titled “Capacity Building for Policy Makers and Planners on Policy and Strategy Development to Tackle Teacher Shortages and Surpluses.” This event was conducted in a hybrid model in the Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. Approximately 100... Read More
07 Dec 2023
NORRAG: Continuity through change
NORRAG started life as one of the Research, Review, and Advisory Groups (RRAGs) in 1977, funded at the time by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Swedish International Development Authority (Sida). The institutional hosting of NORRAG has moved from Stockholm to the Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries (CESO) in The... Read More
07 Dec 2023
Offre d'emploi à diffuser (deadline 16/12)- Compilation BDD pour UNESCO-BIE/Stanford/UniGe
français A call for applications has just been launched for a consultancy post (60 days spread over 6/7 months in 2024) paid for by the International Bureau of Education (UNESCO-IBE), in collaboration with the Graduate School of Education/Stanford University, Toronto University and the University of Geneva (ERHISE), for the creation of a large-scale database on... Read More
07 Dec 2023
AI in Education and Research: Towards a More Ethical Engagement
In this blogpost, which is a cross-posting with the Global Challenges dossier on the futures of universities (#14) published in November 2023, Moira Faul and Anna Hopkins argue that AI is based on extractive and exploitative origins and practices and requires a more ethical engagement. There is a large amount of public writing about the... Read More
07 Dec 2023
KIX EMAP Welcomes Egypt as a New Hub Country
русский I العربية KIX EMAP is pleased to welcome Egypt as the newest country to join the Hub. It will join the South Asia, Middle East and North Africa (SAMENA) Sub-Region. The KIX EMAP Hub is engaging with the Ministry of Education and local partners to mobilise the KIX EMAP national team. The Hub is... Read More