13 Jan 2026
Apply now for KIX EMAP Learning Cycles 8 & 9
***The application deadline is extended to 1 February 2026, 11:59 PM (CET/Geneva).*** The KIX EMAP Hub has opened applications for two new Learning Cycles. Applications are due by 1 February 2026, 11:59 PM (CET/Geneva). The courses will both begin in February 2026. An information session was held on 15 January 2026. During the session, the... Read More
09 Jan 2026
KIX EMAP Learning Cycles 8 & 9: Information Session
Date: 15 January 2026 Time: 12:00-1:00 PM (CET/Geneva) Location: Online, via Zoom Languages: English, with simultaneous Arabic and Russian interpretation REGISTER FOR THE INFORMATION SESSION The KIX EMAP Hub is organising two new Learning Cycles. Interested participants are invited to join an information session to learn more about the professional development opportunities and how to... Read More
08 Jan 2026
After Farce: Why Education Financing Needs an Honest Reckoning
In this blog post, Will Brehm examines whether education can remain a public good and a human right amid the rise of ‘investability’ in development financing. This blogpost is part of NORRAG’s “Financing Education” blog series. Development financing is in crisis. Official development assistance dropped 9% in 2024 and is set to fall another 9%... Read More
05 Jan 2026
GPE KIX Global Learning Cycles: Newsletter - First Edition
The Global Partnership for Education Knowledge Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX) project “Institutional Support for Promoting the Use of Research Evidence in Policy and Planning”, implemented by NORRAG and Teachers College, Columbia University, is organising a new initiative: GPE KIX Global Learning Cycles. To advance institutional capacity and strengthen a global network of education policy institutes committed... Read More
19 Dec 2025
Event Highlights: KIX EMAP Webinar 26: Advancing ECCE in Asia and the Pacific – A Call to Action
русский I العربية On 12 November 2025, over 220 policymakers, practitioners, and partners from more than 56 countries convened online for KIX EMAP Webinar 26: “Advancing ECCE in Asia and the Pacific – A Call to Action.” Co-organised by the KIX EMAP Hub, UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok and Office for UN Coordination for Asia... Read More
19 Dec 2025
Rapid Customised Country Support in Indonesia: Participants complete Learning Cycle training modules
The KIX EMAP Hub is conducting a Rapid Customised Country Support (RCCS) activity in Indonesia in response to a request from the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education (MoPSE). The Hub launched the RCCS in Indonesia in the form of a Learning Cycle on the use of data for education policies. Over the course of... Read More
18 Dec 2025
KIX EMAP Skills-Strengthening Workshop: Qualitative Research
Date: 28 – 29 January 2026 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 PM (CET/Geneva) Location: Online (Zoom) Languages: English, with simultaneous interpretation to Arabic and Russian READ EVENT HIGHLIGHTS This will be the third workshop in the KIX EMAP Skills-Strengthening Workshop Series. This KIX EMAP skills-strengthening workshop, organised in partnership with the Building Evidence in Education (BE2)... Read More
18 Dec 2025
Trauma, Education and AI in Conflict Contexts: Care or Control?
This blog post probes education, trauma, and human rights to ask whether AI technologies will heal or control. This think piece is a cross-post from UNESCO’s Ideas LAB as part of NORRAG’s blog series “AI and the Digitalisation of Education: Challenges and Opportunities.” The expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) in educational settings affected by armed conflicts, forced displacements, and humanitarian crises creates a... Read More
15 Dec 2025
KIX EMAP Skills-Strengthening Workshop Series
русский I العربية The KIX EMAP Hub is organising a Skills-Strengthening Workshop Series, which partners with key experts to offer education stakeholders in the Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Asia and Pacific (EMAP) region the opportunity to strengthen relevant skills for evidence-based policy and planning. As a complement to the KIX EMAP Hub’s thematic... Read More
11 Dec 2025
Human Rights Day and the Future of Education: Old and New Challenges to Guaranteeing the Right to Education
On the occasion of Human Rights Day on 10 December 2025, Marina Avelar and Salomão Ximenes outline challenges to the right to education in the changing global context. Launching the 2025 Human Rights Day campaign ahead of the 10 December celebration, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk remarked that “human rights are our compass in... Read More