24 May 2023
Event highlights: Launch of NSI 08 The Education-Training-Work Continuums: Pathways to Socio-Professional Inclusion for Youth and Adults
Wednesday 21 June 2023 13:30 – 15:00 CEST Online FLYER In collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO), the NORRAG Special Issue 08 on the Education-Training-Work Continuums was launched on Wednesday, 21st June 2023 during an online event. This NSI focuses on the discontinuities that currently exist between education, training and decent work, arguing that... Read More
24 May 2023
Call for Proposals: Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development's 12th International Conference
Technology, Pedagogy and Society: Critical Appreciation of the Present and Prospects for the Future Thu, Nov 30-Fri, Dec 1, 2023 | In-person and Online The Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development is proud to invite proposal submissions for their 12th International Conference. The Conference seeks to highlight the interaction between technology, pedagogy and... Read More
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