23 May 2023
KIX EAP Podcast #23: Connecting the Dots Between IDRC, GPE KIX, and Local Stakeholders, with Tricia Wind
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Soka University of America (USA), features Tricia Wind, the Program Leader for GPE KIX at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). In the Podcast, Tricia Wind talks about the linkage between IDRC, GPE KIX and local stakeholders, the value of South-to-South learning and how... Read More
17 May 2023
Call for Proposals: Knowledge and innovation for strengthened education data systems and data use
The Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX), a joint endeavor of the International Development Research Centre and the Global Partnership for Education invites proposals for applied research projects to generate and mobilize evidence in support of scaling the impact of innovative approaches that will strengthen education data systems and data use. This call focuses on GPE partner countries... Read More
17 May 2023
SDGs Horizon Scan
17 May 2023
Event: UNESCO Masterclass on Ocean Education
UNESCO is pleased to invite you to their first English Masterclass on Ocean Education. The objective of this unique Masterclass is to support teaching teams and educators in ocean education, a major topic and concern for UNESCO. This 2-hour session will take place on Zoom, on Wednesday 7 June 2023 at 3pm (CEST/Paris). To pre-book... Read More
17 May 2023
2023 Global Education Monitoring Report on Technology and Education Expert Consultation Convened by NORRAG
The 2023 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report will examine education challenges to which appropriate uses oftechnology can offer solutions while recognising that many ofthe solutions proposed may also be detrimental. The report will examine issues of access, equity and inclusion in education, looking at how technology can help reach disadvantaged learners and ensure that more... Read More
17 May 2023
The System Transformation Turn in International Cooperation
In this blog post, Gita Steiner-Khamsi reflects on systems thinking in education, highlighting three debates that are currently taking place among scholars and practitioners. She finds that knowledge equity between the global and national levels is indispensable to ensure that globally-funded reforms are sustained over time at the national level. This blog was initially prepared... Read More
16 May 2023
Webinar: Tipping Points in Education and Digitalisation
Join AIMES (Analysis, Integration, and Modeling of the Earth System), the Earth Commission, Future Earth, and the WCRP (World Climate Research Programme) Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for an event on education and digitalisation. The webinar Tipping Points in Education and Digitalisation will take place on 25 May 2023, from 15:30 – 17:00 CEST. REGISTER This... Read More
11 May 2023
Reaching the Dropped-Out Boys and the Pushed-Out Girls – A case for Open Schooling in Afghanistan
In this blogpost, Siddharth Pillai, Education Programmes Advisor for Street Child in Afghanistan, argues that Open Schooling could be a suitable model to meet the educational needs of early school leavers including the girls deprived of secondary education in Afghanistan. 40% of Afghan children were estimated to be out of school before the restrictions were... Read More
10 May 2023
Event Highlights: NORRAG International Geneva Hackathon - 25 April 2023
On Tuesday 25 April 2023, NORRAG organised a workshop on database building using Google Looker Studio for Geneva Graduate Institute students. This session complemented the two-day International Geneva hackathon held in March, in which students created a database and a map of international organisations, foundations and NGOs in Geneva that contribute to achieving Sustainable Development... Read More