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IDP Rising Schools
Program Highlighted in Microfinance News
December 28, 2011
The IDP Rising Schools Program is highlighted
in the latest volume of Microfinance News: A
Newsletter on Microfinance Issues and
Development in Ghana. To see the full
newsletter click
here. Scroll to page 22 to read about the
IDP Rising Schools Program!
Public Private
Partnership Week!
November 4, 2011
As part of USAID’s 50th Anniversary, the
Agency is celebrating Public-Private Partnership
Week October 17-21, 2011 to highlight the mutual
benefit that development and business have in
establishing public-private partnerships (PPP) and
to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Global
Development Alliance (GDA) program. Read more here!
The IDP Foundation
Co-hosts Education Stakeholders Meeting in Ghana
November 1, 2011
Public-Private Partnership – A New Approach to
Education in Ghana
On Tuesday, 18 October 2011 an innovative
Education Stakeholders Meeting took place in
Accra, Ghana. IDP Foundation, Inc., UK Department
for International Development, and the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization sponsored this timely meeting to
bring together government officials, development
partners, NGOs and other key stakeholders in
education. The attendees focused the discussion on
the state of this sector in Ghana and highlighted
opportunities for improving education access and
quality through an engaged and effective
public-private partnership.
The day-long event commenced with a keynote
address delivered by the Honourable Deputy
Minister for Pre-Tertiary, Elizabeth Amoah-Tetteh,
on behalf of the Honourable Deputy Minister of
Tertiary, Mahama Ayariga. The address highlighted
that while Ghana has improved access to education,
the growing private sector is helping to fill the
gaps. In calling attention to the 15,000 private
schools in Ghana in 2009, roughly 6,000 of which
were low-cost private schools*, the Honourable
Deputy Minister underscored the importance of
developing public-private partnerships in order to
achieve Ghana’s Education for All goals, the
Millennium Development Goals and to increase the
quality of education in Ghana.
With many participants surprised by the number
and indeed existence of low-cost private schools
serving Ghana’s children, notable leaders in the
education field took the stage to continue the
conversation and address the current state of
public-private partnerships and the role of
technology in promoting effective teaching and
learning. The comments of such international
educational experts as Rachel Hinton (DFID),
Stephen Adu (GES), Tirso Dos Santos (UNESCO), Seth
Odame Baiden (GESDI), Irene Pritzker (IDPF), Ruby
Sandhu-Rojon (UNDP), and Dr. Josiah Cobbah (GIMPA)
led participants into dynamic discussions among
their working groups about the role of
public-private partnerships in education and
opportunities for collaboration to serve Ghana’s
education needs.
The day culminated with the showcasing of each
working group’s recommendations. While the
recommendations were varied, one common theme
emerged – that a public-private partnership is
essential to provide all children in Ghana with a
quality education, and that the Education
Stakeholders Meeting was the first step in
realizing such a partnership. Stakeholders now
need to seize this momentum and develop an action
plan to transform the idea of a public-private
partnership into a reality by establishing a body
to implement this.
To see the agenda and speaker biographies, please
click here.
* ”Final Ghana Country Report: Market Research
Project on Low Income Private Schools” October
2010. Prepared for the International Finance
Corporation by CDC Consult Limited
Also, read this post
from the Global Partnerships Forum!
Harvard Magazine writes
about IDP Rising Schools Program
October 4, 2011
Harvard Magazine article "Snapshots
of Ghana" features the IDP Rising Schools
Program.
IDP Foundation, Inc.
Featured in Forbes!
October 3, 2011
The IDP Foundation, Inc. is featured in Forbes
article "Occupy Change: Business Doing Business to
Save the World." Read the article here!
UNESCO and Varkey GEMS
Foundation launch principals’ training programme
September 27, 2011
UNESCO and the Varkey GEMS
Foundation,announced the "10,000 Principals
Leadership Programme," which will be implemented
in Kenya, Ghana and India. Read on here!
IDP Rising Schools
Featured!
September 20, 2011
Class Is in Session at Neighborhood School
Near Kumasi, Ghana. The IDP Rising Schools Program
is featured on this blog
from Opportunity International!
African Training Fund
Pictures!
August 24, 2011
Field Museum curator, Bruce Patterson,
recently returned from his field work in Kenya for
the IDP
Foundation/Field Museum African Training Fund
and took these awesome pictures! For all the
pictures, take a look at our facebook
album!
We are hiring an
Administrator!
August 9, 2011
The IDP Foundation, Inc. is hiring a
management level Administrator. We seek A
professional and creative self-starter who is able
to quickly and efficiently handle high-level
administrative responsibilities for a charitable
foundation. Please find the full description on
Idealist.
Insight Trip to Ghana
July 28, 2011
Our partner in the IDP Rising Schools Program,
Opportunity International, is holding an Insight
Trip to Ghana in October 2011. Download the
brochure here!
We are hiring!
July 18, 2011
We are hiring a Program Assistant for our IDP
Rising Schools Program. Please find the
description here!
France Supports Ghana
July 19, 2011
France has committed €58 million ($81.84
million) worth of financing in support of urban
and business development initiatives in Ghana...
Please find the full article here.
Irene and Liesel
Pritzker's philanthropy highlighted!
July 18, 2011
Our President and Vice President Irene and
Liesel Pritzker are highlighted for their
philanthropy and work with the IDP Rising Schools
Program in the latest issue of Global Giving
Matters, a publication of Synergos. Please find
the full article here.
The World Bank and Ghana:
Working Together for Economic Growth
July 13, 2011
Watch this video from the World Bank about
their work in Ghana! Check it out here!
Interview with IDP
President Irene Pritzker!
July 11, 2011
IDP Foundation, Inc. President Irene Pritzker
is interviewed by Shannon Schuyler of
Pricewaterhouse Coopers at the UN Social
Innovation Summit. Check out the video here!
Spotlight on Educational
Microfinance and IDPRS!
July 5, 2011
Spotlight on Educational Microfinance &
IDP Rising Schools: Students of the World (SOW)
Meets Students & Educators in Ghana. Read more
here!
IDP Team at ISTE
Conference!
June 28, 2011
Some members of the IDP Foundation, Inc. team
are in attendance at the International Society for
Technology in Education Conference in Philadelphia
this week. Find out more about this very large and
informative conference here!
YFPF Mentions IDP as
Social Entrepreneur
June 21, 2011
On Tuesday 14th of June, Amir Dossal had the
privilege of leading a roundtable discussion
with members of Young Professionals in Foreign
Policy (YPFP), an innovative non-profit,
non-partisan organization committed to
cultivating the next generation of foreign
policy leadership. The roundtable centered on
the concept of “Smart Power, Smart
Philanthropy.” Read more
here!
US TO HELP GHANA
ADDRESS POVERTY
The US will help Ghana address
poverty in the Northern regions. Check out this
announcement from Devex!
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EDVILLAGE LAUNCHES
GLOBAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Check out this announcement from
EdVillage on their new global fellowship
program!
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UN SOCIAL INNOVATION
SUMMIT
IDP Foundation, Inc. President Irene
Pritzker participated in the United Nations
Social Innovation Summit in June 2011. You can
find the full webcast of the event here!
Read More >>
EXPERTS SPEAK:
EDUCATION MICROLENDING IN GHANA AND THE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Check out this article from
Enterprising Schools!
Read More >>
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