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The Basic Education Quality and Access Programme (BEQUAL), Lao PDR

Revitalising education for the COVID-19 generation

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Voices & Views

Quality education plays an essential role in developing sustainable, equitable and resilient societies. More than being an objective in itself, education is also an enabler of equity, green communities, digital transformation...

Worldwide
Africa
Asia
Democracy
Education
Justice & rule of law
Girls and boys attending the EDGE workshop in Bangladesh

English and digital peer learning for girls in rural Bangladesh

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Voices & Views

Since 2012, the British Council’s EDGE programme has trained 16,000 girls from marginalised communities in Bangladesh, India and Nepal, helping them steer their own future.

Asia
Bangladesh
Children and Youth
Youth engagement and participation
Education
+2
ICT in education
Inclusive education

Supporting Education in Crisis-Affected Environments

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Voices & Views

One of the many casualties of crises is education. Natural disasters, wars and protracted conflict are disrupting children’s access to schools and contributing to higher drop-out and lower completion rates. Schools can also be...

Africa
Somalia
South Sudan
+2
Asia
Iraq
Education
Fragility, Crisis Situations & Resilience

TVET Reform Promotes Social Inclusion and Skills for Bangladesh

Article
Voices & Views

In 2006 the Government of Bangladesh initiated a major overhaul of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Bangladesh, with support from the European Union. The project, implemented by the International Labour Office...

Asia
Bangladesh
Education
Employment & VET
Social Protection and Inclusion

Policy Dialogue in Practice, an Example from Cambodia

Article
Voices & Views

How is Policy Dialogue put into practice in the education sector in Cambodia? What’s working, what isn’t? How has it been strengthened? And how effective is it, taking the example of dialogue about budget allocation to education?

Asia
Cambodia
Budget support
Economics & Public Finance
Education

National Qualification Framework in Tajikistan: Learning by Sharing

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Voices & Views

The European Training Foundation is supporting a reform of vocational education and training in Tajikistan that offers an interesting case study, stressing the importance of knowledge sharing for long-term capacity development.

Asia
Tajikistan
Capacity Development
Education
Employment & VET
+5
Knowledge Management
Learning
Private Sector
Social Protection and Inclusion
Trade & Economic Integration

View from India: When Technical Cooperation is not the Path to Capacity Development

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Voices & Views

Capacity development and sustainable results are the key objectives of all European Commission assistance to partner countries, but traditional technical cooperation is not the default route for getting there. In India, the EC...

Asia
India
Development Effectiveness
Capacity Development
Education
+2
Knowledge Management
Learning

School-focused Capacity Development in Nepal

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Voices & Views

What does it mean to have a sector wide plan for capacity development? And what does it take to make it? These were the key themes of a five day learning event for government and development partners from the education sector in...

Asia
Capacity Development
Education
Knowledge Management
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Learning