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- Kazakhstan
  
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  Population 15.48 mln
  
  Population growth 1%
  
  Life expectancy 66 years
  
  Net migration -200,000
  
  Economy
  
  GDP $104.85 bln
  
  - per capita $6,772
  
  - growth rate 9%
  
  FDI, net inflows $10.19 bln
  
  Infrastructure
  
  Cellphone users 80%
  
  Internet users 12%
  
  High-tech exports 23%
  
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Innovative financing for education in Africa

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UNESCO-IIEP, Microsoft, and Orange will launch a joint initiative Traditional development financing, including in the field of education, have shown their limits. Thus, the international community, notably through the Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development, has for several years been looking at new mechanisms to close the funding gap for development.Within this framework, IIEP has played an active role in discussions concerning education and, in particular, public-private more...

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Maxime Bouquet on January 18, 2012

Trade in higher education: The role of the General Agreement

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Internationalization of higher education has been evolving over the years. Today, trade in education has become an important framework under which cross-border mobility of students, institutions, programmes, and teachers takes place. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) has systematized and formalized the conditions for trade in services including education. This book provides a detailed analysis of various dimensions of the GATS and its implications for development of higher more...

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Estelle Zadra on February 07, 2012

IIEP Distance Course Programme

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The International Institute for Educational Planning (UNESCO) is announcing its 2011-2012 distance courses programme. IIEP’s Virtual campus proposes specialized courses and forums in French and English with various distance learning technologies. Led by experts in educational planning, courses offer high-calibre intensive training, which meets professional requirements. Among the themes proposed: Education sector planning, Education management information systems (EMIS), Financial management more...

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Estelle Zadra on January 26, 2011

Integrating conflict and disaster risk reduction into education sector planning

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These Guidance Notes aim to support ministry of education officials to integrate conflict or disaster risk reduction (C/DRR) into their planning processes. They have been designed particularly for officials in planning departments at central level in countries affected by conflict and/or disasters. Each chapter presents one of the typical phases of the planning cycle, with information on how to adapt each of the phases to integrate C/DRR measures into an education sector plan.

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Moushumi Biswas on November 10, 2011

Afghanistan: lessons from a decade of cooperation with the Ministry of Education

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On the Road to Resilience: Capacity Development with the Ministry of Education in Afghanistan, documents lessons learned in building education planning capacity during the past ten years.Education in Afghanistan has made remarkable gains over the last decade, in spite of the ongoing conflict and the frequent attacks on students, teachers and schools. In 2001, just 1 million primary school age children were enrolled, with girls accounting for a tiny fraction. By 2008, 6 million children were in more...

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Estelle Zadra on March 11, 2011

Integrating conflict and disaster risk reduction into education sector planning

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Sector planning processes should take into account predictable, recurrent emergencies as well as sudden onset disasters or conflicts. Yet few countries have included (C/DRR) into their national education planning processes. This Guidance Notes support ministry of education officials to integrate conflict or disaster risk reduction into their planning processes.They examine a number of core planning steps such as: conducting a diagnosis of the risks affecting the education sector; more...

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Estelle Zadra on November 07, 2011

Tertiary education in small states

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Small states have in common a number of challenges and opportunities, including in the domain of tertiary education. They face particular constraints in the organization of tertiary education because of their limited pools of highly qualified human resources and the difficulties in achieving economies of scale in administration and management.This publication takes stock of recent reforms in the tertiary education of selected small states. It presents regional and national experiences from more...

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Estelle Zadra on September 29, 2011

Education and Fragility in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Although not widely considered to be a 'fragile state' by the international donor community, Bosnia and Herzegovina nevertheless remains fragile due to internal and regional policitical insecurity. The current political stagnation and absence of social trust in Bosnia and Herzegovina are due in no small part to ongoing disagreement about the country's identity and future. Such disagreement has implications for the education of the country's children and young people.This review examines the more...

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Moushumi Biswas on September 21, 2011

Understanding education's role in fragility

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A synthesis of the four Situational Analyses of Education and Fragility with the aim of providing key data to shed light on the relationship between education and fragility in a variety of contexts. Four countries – Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, and Liberia – were selected to encompass a range of different types and stages of fragility, with diverse historical antecedents to such fragility and within different geographical areas. At the core of the synthesis is an analytic more...

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Estelle Zadra on March 08, 2011

Corruption and education

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This booklet deals with the issue of corruption in the education sector. How can we define corruption in education? How can we assess the magnitude of malpractices in the sector? How can we improve transparency and accountability in each of the domains of educational planning and management (such as financing, public procurement, teacher management, and examinations)? This booklet addresses these questions in order to help countries develop more appropriate strategies to detect, reduce, and more...

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Moushumi Biswas on October 20, 2010

ACADEMIC FRAUD, ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE: LEARNING FROM THE PAST AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE

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Abstract: "This paper starts by contextualizing the current trend of increasing academic fraud and corrupt practices in quality assurance and accreditation processes. Several factors are considered, such as the diversiﬁcation of higher education services and delivery systems, increased competition among students and institutions, globalization and the cross-border education phenomenon. The next section focuses on the opportunities for fraud and corruption that more...

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John Daly on January 23, 2011

Meeting the expectations of youth - IIEP Newsletter

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The “Arab Spring” was sparked off in Tunisia last December and quickly spread to Egypt, in January, and to other countries soon after. Events in Arab countries, especially Libya, Syria and Yemen, still occupy headlines in the media. Then the tragic massacre on the island of Utøya in Norway stunned the world last July. We all are still in shock about this heinous act and in solidarity with Norway as it mourns the victims. Recently, the violent riots in the UK erupted. They spread destruction and more...

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Estelle Zadra on September 29, 2011

Treatment, Care and Support for HIV and AIDS in Higher Education Institutions

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The UNESCO HIV and AIDS Education Clearinghouse, coordinated by IIEP, and the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on Education are organizing an e-forum on Higher Education Institutions Operating as Centres for HIV Treatment, Care, and Support from 4 to 15 October 2010. This Forum will provide an opportunity to share your views and experiences on two inter-related themes in order to document and disseminate good policy and practice in this area:1. Examining current practices of HIV treatment, more...

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Estelle Zadra on September 28, 2010

Planning for technical and vocational skills development

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This book tracks the ways skills have gained importance both in the developing and the more industrialized world. It analyses critically the multiple ‘drivers’ of skills development and the linkages of skills to the knowledge economy, growth, and employment in an increasingly competitive world. It also acknowledges the many modalities and delivery systems for skills development, arguing that this institutional diversity, often spread across several ministries and training authorities, has made more...

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Moushumi Biswas on October 04, 2010

Education Sector Planning Working Papers

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This Education Sector Planning Working Papers series gives a set of practical and easy-to-use guidelines on different aspects of the strategic planning of education that could be applicable in various contexts. Based on a vast accumulation of ‘field-based’ experience of IIEP staff members and consultants working with a diverse range of countries, they have been prepared primarily for senior policy/decision-makers, for staff of Ministries of Education and national and regional institutions more...

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Estelle Zadra on October 22, 2010

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