Events - IDP Foundation

IDPF Shares Investing Experience at ADIS 2019

February 6, 2019
Claire England

Lively and engagingly informative discussions dominated the 2019 African Diaspora Network’s “African Diaspora Investment Symposium” held in the heart of Silicon Valley, California on January 26 – 28, 2019.

Muppets Take Accra

November 20, 2018
Claire England

IDP Foundation, Inc. (IDPF) and our partners at Sesame Workshop, with the help of researchers from NORC at the University of Chicago, had the opportunity to present the Techniques for Effective Teaching (TFET) program at the 2018 mEducation Alliance Symposium on November 6 in Washington DC.

Techniques for Effective Teaching: Making Teaching and Learning Fun

August 23, 2018
Claire England

Earlier this month, teachers, proprietors and head teachers from 45 of the nearly 600 schools that have participated in the IDP Rising Schools Program (IDPRSP) in Ghana gathered for another Master Teacher Training session in the Techniques for Effective Teaching (TFET), led by Sesame Workshop.

Collaboration, Learning, and New Partnerships at Global Schools Forum 2018

May 24, 2018
Claire England

The Global Schools Forum (GSF) is an international non-profit membership organization for school operators, serving the millions of students around the world who attend non-state schools in low- and middle-income countries.

IDP Foundation Takes on ADIS 2018

February 21, 2018
Claire England

Last month, our President & CEO Irene Pritzker and our COO Alison Ehlke took a break from the Chicago cold to head to San Francisco for the African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS).

Converging at the Intersection of Impact Investing and the Sustainable Development Goals

December 14, 2017
Claire England

As the IDP Foundation made its rounds in New York City during the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly in September, a constant theme surrounding the efforts of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) resonated throughout many of the sessions.

IDP Foundation Visits Harambe’s Rome-coming

October 2, 2017
Claire England

In September, IDP Foundation’s President and CEO Irene Pritzker, and Chief Operating Officer Alison Ehlke made their way to Rome, Italy for the fourth biennial Harambe Rome Forum.

Education Stakeholder Workshop: Engaging the Private Sector in Delivering Basic Education in Ghana (Report)

May 19, 2017
Claire England

The IDP Foundation, Inc. and the World Bank co-hosted an Education Stakeholders Meeting on Wednesday, 29 March 2017 at the Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana. The half-day event brought together government officials, development partners, NGOs and other stakeholders in education to identify opportunities for effective collaboration and engagement.

Gordon Brown Delivers Lecture at the UN: “Promises Made to Children are Sacred”

April 27, 2017
Claire England

On Wednesday, April 19 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, The Irene D. Pritzker/IDP Foundation Distinguished Lecture on Social and Economic Development, co-hosted by Foreign Policy Association in the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Chamber, featured the Right Honorable Gordon Brown, former United Kingdom Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy for Global Education.

Irene Pritzker Discusses the State of Impact Investing at Yale School of Management

January 9, 2017
Claire England

A trip to Ghana in 2008 to help secure microfinance loans for struggling rural schools convinced IDP Foundation President Irene Pritzker that a new financing model was desperately needed to ensure the survival of these small local institutions.

IDPF Shares Investing Experience at ADIS 2019

Muppets Take Accra

Techniques for Effective Teaching: Making Teaching and Learning Fun

Collaboration, Learning, and New Partnerships at Global Schools Forum 2018

IDP Foundation Takes on ADIS 2018

Converging at the Intersection of Impact Investing and the Sustainable Development Goals

IDP Foundation Visits Harambe’s Rome-coming

Education Stakeholder Workshop: Engaging the Private Sector in Delivering Basic Education in Ghana (Report)

Gordon Brown Delivers Lecture at the UN: “Promises Made to Children are Sacred”

Irene Pritzker Discusses the State of Impact Investing at Yale School of Management

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