NORRAG’s fields of activity

NORRAG is a focus and a forum for the analysis of aid and international policy development in education and training. Its current membership is over 4,000 individuals based in over 160 countries. Registration is free. The network is active and visible through four instruments:

  • NORRAG News is a digital newsletter focusing on policy implications of research findings and on the practical impact of new policies formulated by development agencies, foundations and NGOs. A shorter version is also available in French and Spanish.

  • Blog: NORRAG has a blog to give the opportunity to its members to comment on the discussions taking place in the field of international education and development.

  • Events: NORRAG organises workshops and conferences; it also participates in many events each year in collaboration with other partners.

  • Networking Tool: Registered members have access to a tool allowing them to find other members by searching for their country of residence, and their countries and fields of expertise.

 

 

Post-2015 programme of work


NORRAG carried out an analysis of what looked like the gathering storm of proposals around education and skills in the post-2015 development agendas back in August 2012 (King and Palmer, 2012). In the last seven months, there really has been a hurricane of activity. In a new working paper, we revisit the architecture of the post-2015 movement, paying particular attention to the role of the South in post-2015 debates; and the role of ‘Skills Development’ or ‘TVET’ in the Education and Skills debate. But with a battery of different levels of meetings and consultations, from local, to national, regional to international, how is it possible to contribute effectively to the debate? So another dimension of the paper analyses the route map itself, and explores the process whereby any goals or targets for new development agendas might be established, and what are the key meetings that could determine this process.
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Education and the Sustainable Development Goals: Open Working Group Discussion Today – 17th June

The intergovernmental Open Working Group (OWG) on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) called for in the Rio+20 Outcome Document will convene its fourth meeting on 17-19 June 2013. On Monday June 17th at 3pm (EDT) (BST 8pm) I’ll be in New York to share with the UN Open Working Group what I believe should be in the new SDGs for education post-2015.

Here is what I am going to say:

1. Lets “lean in” on education equity - and make sure our global goals recognize that education is a right.  We have excellent evidence that in order for societies grow and prosper in peace, learning must be spread widely and equitably (to quote my colleague Keith Lewin). We cannot afford to leave anyone behind.

2. We need a clear target for global finance: measurable commitments that ensure no one is excluded, particularly from a full cycle of basic education – by gender, ethnicity, poverty, disability, state failure or geography.

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