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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: shorturl.at/6j0Bj

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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 🔗: shorturl.at/YAhW5

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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: shorturl.at/E8hww

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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: shorturl.at/EJNmB #ESDBeyond2030 #UNESCO

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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: sl1nk.com/dpaiyaa

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

🌍 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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

🔔 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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

📢 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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🌍 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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

📢 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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🌍 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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🌍 In this blog post, Noor Muhammad Ansari explores how gaps in education data systems exclude the most marginalised children and why stronger learner-level data is essential for inclusion. 🔗 buff.ly/BSywdFj

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

On #InternationalDayOfParents, we honour parents & caregivers shaping children's #learning, #wellbeing, and #futures. #Education begins at home—with encouragement, curiosity, and care that builds confidence & love of learning. Let's support families making learning possible. #SDG4

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

In this week’s blog post, Rosa Tiziana Bruno explores how the PNI Protocol uses storytelling and body mapping to rebuild empathy, resilience, and social cohesion in schools. Read more here: buff.ly/qgYXbxI #SEL #Education #UNESCO #SocialCohesion #PeaceEducation

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

On the occasion of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, join NORRAG’s global network of 7,000+ members across 180 countries and explore diverse perspectives shaping education and international development. ✨ 🔗 buff.ly/zxUH6LU #WorldDayforCulturalDiversity

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

In this week's blog post, David Sathuluri explores how AI and climate education still privilege dominant Northern knowledge systems, while sidelining epistemologies from the Global South. Read more: buff.ly/pUWYsq8 #TheSouthAlsoKnows #KnowledgeJustice #AI #ClimateJustice #EpistemicJustice

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

On the International Day of Living Together in Peace, we invite contributions to the Blog Series on the Humanitarian-Development-Peace (HDP) Nexus. We welcome reflections, research, and practice-based insights on education, humanitarian response, development, and peacebuilding. 🔗 buff.ly/yLuzBMJ

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

“Writing is tested. It is rarely taught.” In this week's blog post, Aakash Kumar argues that Pakistan’s English writing crisis is fundamentally about class inequality, not pedagogy. Who gets taught to think and write critically, and who gets trained to memorise? Read: buff.ly/IGlb6mL

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

🔔 Reminder 🌍 Beyond 2030: What Role for Higher Education in the New Global Agenda? 🗓 13 May | ⏰ 15:00–17:00 CET 📍 Online (Zoom) Join us to explore governance, equity, learning, and new development paradigms. 🔗 Register: buff.ly/WLbAnNr #HigherEducation #SDGs

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Join us for the launch of Beyond 2030: What Role for Higher Education in the New Global Agenda? 🔹 Matthew Witenstein on just transitions & decarbonization 🔹 Miah Dionne Sears on tackling structural oppression 🔹 Andrea Velásquez Butrón on epistemic justice and Indigenous knowledge buff.ly/BThlLAA

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Join us on 13 May for the launch of Beyond 2030: What Role for Higher Education in the New Global Agenda? Our speakers: 🔹 Maia Chankseliani on positive impacts of international student mobility 🔹 Savo Heleta on international aid and higher education 👉https://buff.ly/BThlLAA

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

💡 Within education subsectors, TVET leads with USD 69.7m in upfront capital (42 projects), but pre-primary has the highest per-project averages. Data from the IFE-2-Leave No One Behind: Education Impact Bonds Database, tracking 140 projects globally. Explore: buff.ly/HMWeYO5 #ImpactBonds

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Following the Money: Where Education Impact Bond Financing Actually Flows

This factsheet presents analysis of data on 140 education impact bond projects totalling USD 184 million in upfront capital and USD 445 million in maximum...

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The US & UK alone account for 57% of global upfront capital in education #ImpactBonds. Meanwhile, Development Impact Bonds (DIBs) are concentrated in low & lower-middle-income countries — but at much smaller scale. 🗺️ See the full geographic breakdown ⬇️

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

📢 NEW: Where does education #ImpactBonds financing actually flow? Our new factsheet tracks USD 184m in upfront capital across 140 projects: 🌍 92% of upfront capital goes to high-income countries 🏫 TVET & employment lead in capital; primary education leads in outcome payments 🔗 buff.ly/HMWeYO5

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NORRAG @norrag.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Join our Policy Insight: Beyond 2030 Launch and hear from our Speakers: 🔹Rowena Shivam on integrated scientific frameworks and circular transitions. 🔹Maryna Lakhno on the declining legitimacy of the UN and the widening gap between scientific research and global policy, 👉 buff.ly/BThlLAA

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