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Student Financing Resource Database

16 Apr 2025

Call for Contributions: NSI 12 on Innovative Financing for Education: Potentials, Challenges and Learnings

05 Mar 2025

Call for Contribution NSI 12: Innovative Financing for Education: Potentials, Challenges and Learnings Guest Editors: Arushi Terway and Archana Mehendale Context NORRAG, the Global Education...

Event Highlights: Symposium on Innovative Financing for Education

08 Feb 2025

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Date: Wednesday 6 November 2024 Time: 5am to 1pm CET / 9.30am to 5.30pm IST Location: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India and Online...

Emon Nandi : Bringing Knowledge to Action

31 Jan 2025

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Bringing Knowledge to Action: My Experience at NORRAG, Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland By Emon Nandi As an Assistant Professor at the Centre of Excellence...

Event Highlights: UNESCO Global Education Meeting 2024 – Innovative Financing for Education session

27 Nov 2024

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On 1 November 2024, Marina Dreux Frotté, Senior Research Associate for the IFE-2-Leave No One Behind project at NORRAG, delivered a keynote address on Innovative...

Event Highlights: Social Outcomes Conference 2024. Strengthening partnerships for collaborative learning in outcomes-based financing for education projects

26 Aug 2024

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12:30 CET

Lecture Theatre 1, Oxford, UK and online

Strengthening partnerships for collaborative learning in outcomes-based financing for education projects On 5th September 2024, NORRAG’s Dr Arushi Terway chaired a panel titled “Strengthening partnerships...

Innovative Financing for Education Spring Events

28 May 2024

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This spring, the Innovative Financing for Education team hosted and participated in a number of engaging virtual and in-person events. These included the Comparative and...

Event Highlights: IFE-2-Leave No One Behind Workshop on Strengthening Effective Partnerships to Address SDG 4

14 May 2024

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10:30-12:30 CEST

Online

Tuesday 21st May 2024 10:30-12:30 CEST Online Event Highlights: IFE-2-Leave No One Behind Workshop on Strengthening Effective Partnerships to Address SDG 4 IFE-2-Leave No...

Event Highlights: Private Sector Actors and Approaches in Education

04 Apr 2024

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18:30 - 20:00 CEST

Online - A2, Maison de la Paix, Geneva Switzerland

Tuesday 07 May 2024 18:30-20:00 CEST Hybrid (Webex & Auditorium A2, Maison de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland) Event Highlights: Private Sector Actors and Approaches...

Innovative EduFinance Learning Group

22 Feb 2024

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Experts from NORRAG have been contributing to a learning group on innovative financing for education, organised by the Education Finance Network (EFN) and the Education...

IFE-2-Leave No One Behind at CIES

22 Feb 2024

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IFE-2-Leave No One Behind research partners NORRAG at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Tata Institute of Social Sciences – Center of Excellence in Teacher Education (TISS-CETE)...

IFE Executive Education

22 Feb 2024

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We are excited to announce that the first cohort of participants of the Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) Executive Education course in Innovative Financing for...

IFE Executive Education Course

21 Dec 2023

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Innovative Financing for Education Scholarships NORRAG, in partnership with UNESCO International Institute of Education Policy (IIEP) and the Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID) and generous scholarship...

NORRAG Job board: Research Manager

24 Aug 2023

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RESEARCH MANAGER (F/M/D) Programme: NORRAG-Network for International Policies and Cooperation in Education and Training CONTRACT: Maximum duration contract – 12 months (potentially renewable) ACTIVITY RATE: 80%-100%...

NORRAG Job board: Data Manager & Research Assistant

04 May 2023

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DATA MANAGER (F/M/D) Programme: NORRAG-Network for International Policies and Cooperation in Education and Training CONTRACT: until the 31.12.2023 ACTIVITY RATE: 100% 40 h / w APPLICATION DEADLINE: 25.05.2023 STARTING...

Event highlights: CIES Panel – Impact Bonds for Education: Does innovation in financing address equity and quality challenges?

27 Apr 2023

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Sunday 19 February 2023 14:45 – 16:15 (EST/Washington D.C.) Chair: Nicholas Burnett Panellists: Arushi Terway, Marina Dreux Frotte, Anaka Harish Ganesh, Georgia Thorne, Cynthia Rayner...

Event highlights: CIES Panel – Innovative Financing for Tertiary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

27 Apr 2023

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Sunday 19 February 2023 16:45 – 18:15 (EST/Washington D.C.) Chair: Arushi Terway Panellists: Allan Kimaina, Gladys Mutisya, Batya Blankers & M. Najeeb Shafiq Financial...

Event Highlights: NORRAG at CIES 2023: “Improving Education for a More Equitable World”

07 Feb 2023

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Washington D.C., USA

The NORRAG team participated in the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference on 14-22 February 2023, both online and in-person in Washington D.C., USA. This...

Applications now open for Executive Education course on Innovative Financing for Education

03 Nov 2022

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NORRAG publications provide insights and recommendations on results-based financing in education

29 Oct 2022

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Building on its expertise in innovative financing for education (IFE), the NORRAG team has released new publications on the use and impact of Results-Based Financing...

NORRAG launches the Executive Education Course on Innovative Financing for Education

11 Oct 2022

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NORRAG is launching an Executive Education course on Innovative Financing for Education with a Certificate of Advance Studies being issued by the Geneva Graduate Institute....

NORRAG publications provide insights and recommendations on results-based financing in education

12 Aug 2022

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Building on its expertise in innovative financing for education (IFE), the NORRAG team has released new publications on the use and impact of Results-Based Financing...

NORRAG at the Paying for outcomes in youth workforce development webinar

11 May 2022

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Dr Arushi Terway, NORRAG Senior Lead Research Associate, spoke at “Paying for outcomes in youth workforce development” a webinar hosted on 19 May 2022 by...

NORRAG expert moderates panel on World Bank’s Funding Education for Results Conference

06 May 2022

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On 6 May 2022, Arushi Terway, NORRAG Senior Lead Research Associate, moderated a panel at the World Bank Global Conference on Funding Education for Results:...

Event Highlights: Innovative Financing for Education Symposium: Learnings and future research and practice agendas

17 Feb 2022

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Organized on 1st and 3rd February 2022, the Innovative Financing for Education (IFE) Symposium brought together education experts from diverse contexts to share their experiences...

Results-based Financing for Education for Sub-national Government and School Administrators: A Conceptual Framework and Practical Recommendations

Arushi Terway, Nicholas Burnett and Marina Dreux Frotté

08 Feb 2022

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Typically, national governments are incentivised by international aid agencies through Results-Based Aid (RBA), front line workers are incentivised through some type of performance bonus and...

Financing Early Childhood Development: The Impact Bond Innovation Fund, South Africa

Cynthia Rayner and Ncedisa Nkonyeni

25 Jan 2022

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In November 2017, in Cape Town, South Africa, a group of unlikely partners came together to launch a financial experiment. The partners included an international...

Event Highlights: Closing meeting for the COFER Innovative Financing for Education and Development Project

01 Dec 2021

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On 18th November 2021, NORRAG organized a closing consortium meeting for the COFER Innovative Financing for Education (IFE) and Development: Case Studies and Multi-Media Material...

Event highlights – NORRAG Expert invited to present to World Bank’s Education Finance Thematic Group

23 Oct 2020

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On September 22, 2020, Arushi Terway, Senior Lead Research Associate at NORRAG and director of the portfolio on private sector engagement in education at NORRAG,...

New NORRAG publications build knowledge on Innovative Financing experiences in the education sector

02 Oct 2020

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NORRAG has just released brand new publications on the topic of Innovative Financing for Education (IFE). The publications are a result of the “Innovative Financing...

22 September 2020: A review of Innovative Financing Mechanisms in Education

18 Sep 2020

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Arushi Terway, Senior Lead Research Associate, NORRAG, will speak at “A review of Innovative Financing Mechanisms in Education” event part of the World Bank’s Brown...

Event Highlights – KIX EAP webinar on “Potentials of Innovative Financing Solutions for Inclusive and Quality Education”

01 Sep 2020

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On the 27 August, 2020 at 9:00 – 10:30 (CEST – Geneva), the second Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Europe | Asia | Pacific (EAP)...

10-11 July 2020, Online Conference: The International Conference on Equitable Education: All for Education

30 Jun 2020

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The International Conference on Equitable Education: All for Education took place from 10 – 11 July 2020 Online. This conference was designed to focus on...

All Means All: funding, efficiencies, data and the quality of inclusiveness

Moira V. Faul

06 Jun 2020

Norrag Blog

This NORRAG Highlights is contributed by Moira V. Faul, Executive Director, NORRAG. She examines the 2020 GEM Report, which highlights a concern for improving inclusion...

Innovative Financing for Education Case Study Research: Partnership between NORRAG and IHEID Interdisciplinary Masters

26 Feb 2020

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Last year, NORRAG had the opportunity to partner with The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) to engage Master in Development Studies’ students...

Innovative Financing Case Studies and Debates in the New PPP Aid Architecture

21 Jan 2020

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Given the general decline in global aid to education and the need for an additional USD 1.8 trillion per year (as estimated by the Education...

16 – 17 January 2020: Dialogue Workshop on SDGs, Bangalore, India

14 Jan 2020

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Arushi Terway, Senior Lead Research Associate at NORRAG, moderated a debate titled ‘Innovative Finance: Engaging the private sector in sustainable development financing to address the...

Building New Bonds for Social Impact in Education

Beth Yu

17 Dec 2019

Norrag Blog

This post is part of the NORRAG Debates stream on Philanthropy in Education which contributes to the ongoing dialogue to help unpack the questions, issues,...

October 18 2019, Bern, Switzerland: SUDAC International Conference

17 Sep 2019

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This year’s SUDAC (swissuniversities Development and Cooperation Network) Annual Conference aims to increase public awareness of the SUDAC programme and to start a policy dialogue...

SUDAC Innovative financing for education and development project update

11 Sep 2019

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The SUDAC IFE project has been engaged in several activities over the last six months (March 2019 – August 2019). It is well underway in...

Innovative Financing for Education in Africa: Exploring Models, Connecting Actors and Fostering Conversations for Impact

Aleesha Taylor

26 Jun 2019

Norrag Blog

This post is part of the NORRAG Debates stream on Philanthropy in Education which contributes to the ongoing dialogue to help unpack the questions, issues,...

Event Report – Investing in Education in Africa: Diverse Perspectives on Innovative Financing

23 Apr 2019

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On Thursday, April 9, 2019, the Center for African Education, in collaboration with NORRAG, Tri-State Area Africa Funders, and the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise...

19 December 2018: Innovative Financing: Examples and Challenges in the New PPP Aid Architecture

11 Dec 2018

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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, NORRAG Director...

5 December 2018, Geneva: Innovative Financing for Education and Development: Potential, Progress and Debates

29 Nov 2018

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NORRAG and the Centre for Finance and Development organised on 5 December a panel discussion on Innovative Financing for Education and Development. The panellists presented their experiences and...

3-4 December 2018, Geneva: kick-off meeting for the COFER Innovative Financing for Education and Development

26 Nov 2018

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On 3-4 December, NORRAG organised the kick-off meeting for the COFER Innovative Financing for Education and Development: Case Studies and Multi-Media Material for ELearning project, which is...

23 November 2018: SUDAC Annual Conference

21 Nov 2018

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The COFER Innovative Financing for Education and Development: Case Studies and Multi-Media Material for E-Learning project was presented at the SUDAC Annual Conference organised on...

New project led by NORRAG on innovative financing for education and development: Case studies and multimedia material for eLearning

27 Jun 2018

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Starting in September 2018, and for the next two years, NORRAG and a global network of six partner universities will engage in researching and developing...

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