NORRAG Bulletin #43 - March 2019
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Series Update - Philanthropy in Education: Global Trends, Regional Differences and Diverse Perspectives
As part of the symposium series Philanthropy in Education: Global Trends, Regional Differences and Diverse Perspectives, NORRAG published a map of all past and upcoming events. The series of events brings the topic of Philanthropy in Education to various regions of the world and seeks to facilitate greater understanding and collaboration between philanthropic organizations, national policymakers, representatives of international organizations and academics working in the field of education. The series was launched in 2017 by NORRAG, the Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, the Open Society Foundations and the Graduate Institute, Geneva read more...
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Upcoming events in the PiE Series:
- 14-18 April 2019, San Francisco: NORRAG panels at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference, Education for Sustainability.
NORRAG members and friends are cordially invited to join these CIES events and CIES reception read more...
- 19 April 2019, Stanford University: Silicon Valley Philanthropy "Disruption" and the Implications for Educational Development read more...
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FreshEd Live: Altered States (of Education) - Prof. Gita Steiner-Khamsi in conversation with Will Brehm
NORRAG is supporting the first-ever FreshEd with Will Brehm Live event on 14 April, where he speaks with Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Professor at Teachers College Columbia University, New York and at the Graduate Institute, Geneva and NORRAG Director, about her latest research and the interaction between the public and private education sector, why the State has taken on the logic of business and how a quantum leap in privatization has radically altered education. Register for the live event (limited space available) at the following link...
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19 March 2019: Lunch Briefing - Public-private Partnerships: Challenges and Consequences for Education
Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Professor and Director of NORRAG is invited to a Lunch Briefing on Public-private Partnerships: Challenges and Consequences for Education which will take place on 19 March at Maison de la paix, The Graduate Institute in Geneva. Register for this event...
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Philanthropy in Education in South Africa: A space for learning and collaboration
As part of the Philanthropy in Education (PiE) series, the Zenex Foundation, NORRAG and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) organised in Magaliesburg, South Africa, “Philanthropy in Education in South Africa: A space for learning and collaboration” on 31 January – 1 February 2019. The roundtable brought together about 50 people from philanthropies, government representatives, researchers and implementing partners read more...
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Philanthropy in Childhood Education in China: perspectives and opportunities
A conference on Philanthropy in Childhood Education in China: Trends and Perspectives was held in Beijing on 15 January, the first of its kind in China. The event brought together more than 170 participants and high-level speakers. China Global Philanthropy Institute (CGPI) in collaboration with NORRAG and the 21st Century Education Research Institute organized this third event in the Philanthropy in Education Symposium Series with the sponsorship of Lao Niu Brother & Sister Foundation read more...
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Russian version of NORRAG Special Issue 01: The Right to Education Movements and Policies: Promises and Realities
In collaboration with Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education (NUGSE), Astana, Kazakhstan, NORRAG has launched the Russian-language version of NORRAG Special Issue 01: The Right to Education Movements and Policies: Promises and Realities. The Russian version is comprised of 14 context-relevant articles from the original English volume published in 2018 and is available in NORRAG Resource Library read more...
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Innovative Financing: Examples and Challenges in the New PPP Aid Architecture
Teachers College Columbia University and NORRAG organised two Skype-transmitted presentations and discussion on 19 December 2018 at Teachers College, introduced and moderated by Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Professor and Director of NORRAG. The recorded lectures, available on our website, addressed the use of innovative finance as a vehicle to generate additional funds for the education sector but also foster new partnerships and mechanisms to improve aid effectiveness, innovation, and quality of education read more...
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Report on the Right to education for migrants workshop at “Education and migration” thematic day
NORRAG recently published a summary report of the workshop on the Right to Education for migrants which took place during the "Education and Migration" thematic day in Bern on 6 November 2018. The panel discussion was moderated by Joost Monks, Executive Director of NORRAG, with Koumbou Boly-Barry, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, William Smith Senior Policy Analyst at the Global Education Monitoring Report-UNESCO and Peter Hyll-Larsen of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE). The report summarizes the main themes that took place during the discussion read more...
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3-4 December 2018, Geneva: kick-off meeting for the COFER Innovative Financing in Education and Development project
On 3-4 December, NORRAG organised the kick-off meeting for the COFER Innovative Financing in Education (IFE) project, which is partially funded by swissuniversities Development and Cooperation Network (SUDAC). NORRAG welcomed representatives from the six partner organizations from Switzerland, Argentina, China, India and South Africa read more...
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NORRAG Debates - recent posts
- [Philanthropy in Education] The Growth of Philanthropy in China: From Education to Philanthropy to Philanthropy for Education by Fabrice Jaumont read more...
NORRAG Highlights - recent posts
- What Makes a Good Classroom? New UIS Data on School Conditions by Silvia Montoya read more...
- Global movement for assessments of early childhood development and what’s missing in SDG4.2 by Kenji Kitamura read more...
- Landmark UN Youth Strategy brings new paradigm by placing youth as agents of change by Hiromi Amano read more...
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New landmark Abidjan Principles on the right to education and private actors adopted by experts
On 13 February 2019, a group of human rights experts from around the world adopted the Abidjan Principles on the right to education, following three years of consultations, reflection and drafting. The Abidjan Principles seek to strengthen existing efforts to ensure that everyone’s right to education is protected in the context of growing, and often unregulated private actor involvement in education read more...
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