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🔔Happening Tomorrow! The webinar will: 🔹 Unpack the key findings from the newly published evaluation of the QEI-DIB. 🔹 Explore how the QEI-DIB influenced the design of future outcomes-based financing initiatives. 🗓 27th Oct ⏰ 12:00–14:00 CET 📍 Zoom 🔗 Register: https://f.mtr.cool/1jhy7ieu9i

"It has been said that the United Nations was not created in order to bring us to heaven, but in order to save us from hell" - Dag Hammarskjöld On #UNDay and #WorldDevelopmentInformationDay, we highlight our work alongside UN agencies for five years.  🔗https://f.mtr.cool/lmwftbphju

What can we learn from the Quality Education India Development Impact Bond? Join our expert panellists as they reflect on their experiences with the QEI-DIB. 🗓 27 Oct | ⏰ 12-2 pm CET |  Zoom 🔗 Read More and Register: https://f.mtr.cool/eyw3zrmdvs #impactbonds #sdg4

Follow our new page on the Coalition for Academic Freedoms in Europe (CAFE), which recognises the importance of protecting academic freedoms in an increasingly polarised and rapidly changing world. 🔗: linkedin.com/company/coaliation-for-academic-freedoms-in-europe-cafe

This week's blog post examines support and skills for aspirational young Zambian school leavers to shape and realise their own future ambitions. Read the blog: https://f.mtr.cool/yxojtvdbsz #CareerGuidance #Skills #Data

📣 More key reflections from Part 4 of our NSI 12 series! Explore insights on education financing, system strengthening, disability inclusion, and lessons from outcomes-based funding. 🔗 Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/ke2xj2940l #Education #Research

📢 Our NSI 12 highlight series concludes with Part 4: Evidence and Reflections from Implementation. Explore authors’ insights on education impact bonds, results-based financing, equity and lessons learned. 🔗 Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/5sd19u0zb4 #Education #Research

Reflecting on #InternationalDayfortheEradication of Poverty reminds us that education is one of the most effective tools we have to reduce poverty. In fact, it has accounted for 40% of the decline in global poverty since 1980.  📚: https://f.mtr.cool/doa91eub2h

In this week's blog post, Huma Zia Faran explores what Pakistan’s learning data reveals about the importance of early numeracy and considers how it can be better integrated into foundational learning efforts. Read the blog: https://f.mtr.cool/zshwa2m84i #Learning #Policy #Numeracy

More key insights on private capital & market-based approaches in NSI 12: PE in India’s schooling; EAA nurturing a social investment market in lower-income countries; community-based schools as viable investments in Africa; blended finance for ECCE in LMICs. 🔗: https://f.mtr.cool/awv3trmcfd

This week's blog post offers a reflection from a Sri Lankan School Leader that examines teachers’ work conditions and agency in top-down policy environments and advocates for sustainable, professional workloads and recognition. 🔗: https://f.mtr.cool/rrmk7miuk4 #SouthAlsoKnows #SchoolLeaders

Section 2 of NORRAG's latest NSI 12 focuses on domestic resource mobilisation, covering tax justice, debt swaps, and results-based transfers to enhance accountability and aid predictability.  Read more: shorturl.at/x27MT

Refugee teachers are vital but often overlooked. This #InternationalTeachersDay, see NORRAG’s latest policy insights to support them.  📘 Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/fncog3gx9j  #RefugeeTeachers #EduSky

On #InternationalDayofNonViolence, we open a call for blogs for our Humanitarian‑Development‑Peace Nexus series. Themes: taking stock of the Nexus; centring humanity & well‑being; teaching at the heart of the Nexus; leading locally; making the connections. Submit:  https://shorturl.at/5gSAn

Opportunity! SNSF-funded postdoc: “Knowledge Production, Networks, and Power in Global Education Governance” (UNESCO, OECD, World Bank). Apply by Oct 21, 2026. Details & apply: https://shorturl.at/RSlTv

Has the OECD Changed Its Mind About Education? This week's blog post analyses a recent OECD report that appears to signal an important seismic shift in the organisation’s conceptualisation of the purpose of education. 🔗 :  https://shorturl.at/0QxGI

On #InternationalTranslationDay, we champion intercultural understanding through multilingualism. NORRAG's Special Issues are translated into French, Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, and Russian, with regional contextualisation. Read translated NSI 10:  https://shorturl.at/6j0Bj

NORRAG launched its 12th Special Issue: Innovative Financing for Education: Potentials, Challenges and Learnings Learn about Framing and Understanding Innovative Financing for Education from Arushi Terway and Marina Dreux Frotté, Nana Ama Boa-Amponsem, and Steven Klees  🔗: https://shorturl.at/YAhW5

Amid education funding cuts, open access matters more than ever. On #AccessToInformationDay, NORRAG keeps all publications free. New NSI 12 weighs innovative finance against risks to equity, accountability, and sustainable public funding. Read: https://shorturl.at/E8hww

In this week's blog post, Katrin Kohl and Julia Heiss, Chief reflect on the importance and future direction of Education for Sustainable Development following the Global Expert Symposium in Munich, Germany, in September 2026.  Read more: https://shorturl.at/EJNmB #ESDBeyond2030 #UNESCO

This #PeaceDay, we highlight NORRAG’s policy insight on the humanitarian–peace–development nexus. Authors show that peace remains one of the least developed pillars in education in emergencies, despite its centrality to sustainable recovery. Read more: https://sl1nk.com/dpaiyaa

In this week’s blog post, Bede Sheppard explores a historic UN push to turn children’s right to free education into stronger, binding international law. Read more: buff.ly/EJDQQqJ #RightToEducation #EarlyChildhoodEducation

On the #International Day of Science, Technology and Innovation for the South, we invite you to read our Policy Insight, “AI and Digital Inequities.” 📘: buff.ly/GU8dwcz

On #InternationalDayofDemocracy, we highlight NORRAG’s project “Academic Freedoms Under Threat.” Education is essential to protecting academic freedom, and academic freedom is essential to sustaining democracy. Read more about our project: buff.ly/S9gPi2j

🌍 Sept 12 – UN Day for South-South Cooperation #TheSouthAlsoKnows is our megaphone to amplify expert voices from the Global South through a network, a searchable database, and a global campaign. 🔗 buff.ly/laR612H #SouthSouthCooperation #GlobalSouth #edusky

In this week's blog post, Layal Assaad and Ruth Simpson explore how a Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus approach can support teachers in creating safer, more inclusive learning environments. 📖: buff.ly/cYIvXxe

What happens when the teachers keeping education going in times of crisis are themselves overlooked? On the #InternationalDaytoProtectEducationfromAttack, we highlight NORRAG’s Policy Insights on Refugee Teachers: The Heart of the Global Refugee Response. 📖: buff.ly/22OKN3f

On the day of #WorldLiteracyDay, we highlight NORRAG’s special Issue 10. This publication explores the critical role of education in shaping a more just and equitable world and is now available in five languages with the latest translation in Arabic. 📖: buff.ly/KslKqMm #WorldLiteracyDay

🔔 Happening tomorrow! 🗓 8th Sept | ⏰ 1-3pm CEST | 📍 Online Engage with funders, implementers, researchers and government officials involved in the Haryana DIB this Thursday. 🔗 Register: buff.ly/Sc8RQ7f #innovativefinancing #sdg4

This week's blog post explores what happens when education systems respond to crises by asking children to learn more, rather than asking systems to change. 📖 Read more: buff.ly/1JjtuH8 #EducationSystems #SystemsChange #EducationPolicy #GlobalSouth

How can outcomes-based financing foster scalable solutions and systemic change? Join our speakers on 8th September for a discussion about the Haryana Early Literacy Development Impact Bond! ⏰️ 1-3pm | 🖥️ Online 🔗Register: buff.ly/Qh7B6tJ #innovativefinancing #sdg4

New Webinar Series: What We Know About Innovative Financing for Education Webinar 1: Fostering Scalable Solutions and Systemic Change with Outcomes-Based Financing: Evidence from the Haryana Early Literacy Development Impact Bond. 🗓 8 Sept | ⏰ 1-3pm CEST 🔗 Register: buff.ly/Qh7B6tJ

In this week’s blog post, Aisha Naz Ansari reflects on the balance between subject knowledge, pedagogical expertise, and classroom practice, and what these changes could mean for teachers’ professional identity and Pakistan’s ongoing learning crisis. 📖 : buff.ly/HtR1Cyu #EducationPolicy

In this week's Systems Thinking blog, Daya Ram, Executive Director of Aspire, reflects on three decades of working alongside public education systems in India to improve access, learning, and community ownership. Read the full blog: buff.ly/zFTHf14 #SystemsThinking #Education #PublicSystems

On #WorldHumanitarianDay, read our Policy Insight on Education and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus at 10 that explores the Nexus, centring humanity, putting teachers at the heart, leading locally, and making connections across humanitarian, development and peace efforts. 🔗 buff.ly/YEpmHnZ

📢 In this week's blog post, Dylan Orchard explores an important question: Is AI in higher education really inevitable? Read the full blog: buff.ly/U9KeGHe #HigherEducation #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalEducation #EdTech

🌍 Can education, emotions, and faith help drive climate action? In this week's NORRAG blog, Brooke Samaratunga explores how SEL, ESD, and religious environmentalism can foster sustainable behaviours and help communities respond to climate change. Read more: buff.ly/FtbnKj5

This week's blog post by Sajid Ali, Khadija Gul, Sohail Ahmad, Aisha Naz Ansari, Yasir M. Qadir, and Sadia Bhutta explores the history, evolution, and current landscape of PPPs in education. Read more: buff.ly/UP0ksEP

This blog post, cross-posted from GEM World Education, reflects on fifty years since the Soweto Uprising and what it means to honour the youth who fought for dignity, education, and the right to shape their future. Read more: buff.ly/T4GYPHY Image: The World, Extra Late Edition, 16 June 1976

On #InternationalDayofParliamentarians, we recognise the vital role parliamentarians play in advancing education. They can: 📚 Legislate for inclusive education. 💰 Secure sustainable investment. 🔎 Hold governments accountable. 🗣️ Champion education for all. #EducationForAll

📢 Call for inputs! The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is inviting contributions for its upcoming report on "Education as a tool to prevent racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance." 🔗 buff.ly/v0p6A4W

Education systems are under pressure from overlapping crises — climate, conflict, migration, and economic shocks. This blog post brings six regional perspectives on resilience and why local ownership, inclusion, and long-term planning matter. Read more: buff.ly/dIJ0ol9

Reflecting on #WorldRefugeeDay, we invite you to explore NORRAG’s Policy Insights – Refugee Teachers: The Heart of the Global Refugee Response 📘 : buff.ly/7ucEa96

Can AI expand educational opportunities in Africa without reinforcing digital inequalities? Susan Isiko Štrba argues that the answer depends on who develops AI, who owns the data, and whose priorities it serves. Read more: buff.ly/sTb9XJp #AI #AIinEducation

Strong start for the new GPE KIX initiative on using research evidence in education policy and planning. High demand led to expanded participation in our first learning cycles: 📚 Gender equity in school leader selection 📊 Using data to improve education quality and equity 🔗 buff.ly/xUWY8k2

Can AI democratize higher ed or create new inequalities? Saqib Raza argues AI is becoming digital capital in Pakistan's higher education. Access ≠ benefit. Family background, English skills & digital literacy shape who gains an advantage. Read: buff.ly/EURlxq7 #GenerativeAI #HigherEducation

On this #InternationalDayForDialogueAmongCivilizations, we open a call for contributions for our #TheSouthAlsoKnows blog series. We welcome contributions from the Global South, whose perspectives may be underrepresented. Contributions may respond to one of our Thematic Priorities

Как язык формирует знания — и чьи голоса учитываются в образовании? В #МеждународныйДеньРусскогоЯзыка изучите русскоязычное издание NSI от NORRAG 🔗 buff.ly/bfF6Ozs

🌍 On World Environment Day, we highlight NORRAG Special Issue 07 “Education in Times of Climate Change.” NSI 07 explores how education can support climate action and just, sustainable futures through transformative learning, curriculum innovation, and diverse knowledges. 🔗 buff.ly/OWdl3mr

On #International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, we spotlight Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) and their vital work supporting children and vulnerable communities affected by conflict. Read more: buff.ly/Bf9Fo5n