Events & Webinars

USAID Administrator Samantha Power Launches the Updated USG Strategy on International Basic Education at USAID's Global Education Conference

USAID Administrator Samantha Power announced the launch of the updated U.S. Government Strategy on International Basic Education at the Agency’s Global Education Conference this week. The 2024—2029 Strategy reaffirms the U.S. government’s commitment to investing in and supporting quality and inclusive education worldwide and emphasizes the importance of local partnerships, inclusive education, and builds on lessons learned from the global pandemic.

With the scale of the needs we face, progress will rely on partners around the world collaborating closely, sharing learnings, and building on each other’s efforts.” —USAID Administrator Samantha Power

BEC is thrilled to hear the Administrator highlight the importance of international basic education and USAID’s continued commitment to the sector. We look forward to supporting the implementation of the updated Strategy in the years to come!

Don't Miss BEC Member Presentations at CIES!

The 2022 CIES program is chock-full of excellent BEC member presentations, during which they’ll share their technical expertise in areas such as Anti-Racism, Diversity, and Inclusion; Early Childhood Education; Education Technology; Gender & Social Inclusion; Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, & Learning; and more.

Click here or on the below image for the full program of BEC member presentations (available either in-person, online, or hybrid).

Don't Miss BEC Member Presentations at CIES!

The 2021 CIES program is chock-full of excellent BEC member presentations, during which they’ll share their technical expertise in areas such as Early Childhood Education, Education Technology, Gender & Social Inclusion, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, & Learning, and more.

Click here or on the below image for the full program of BEC member presentations.

Pause & Reflect Event Follow-Up: Distance Continuous Professional Development

Thank you for your interest in the BEC-Chemonics event: Distance Continuous Professional Development!

The Basic Education Coalition and Chemonics International were pleased to welcome 200+ members of our global development community to discuss what we’ve learned over the past year from pivots in our education programming.

Click here or on the image below to access the recording.

BEC Member Room to Read Webinar: Diverse & Inclusive Storybooks

Room to Read has worked hard to help us improve our integration of inclusive practices within our International Education work. One such example is their “Diverse Storybooks: Inclusive Practices to Grow Children’s Book Collections” webinar. Supporting literacy development in a globally diverse population of young children requires an equally diverse collection of children’s books so that every developing reader can both see their experiences reflected in a book and have books present a window to the world beyond their own.  

Find the webinar recording by clicking here or on the image below.

BEC-GRN Webinar Follow-Up: Supporting the Return to School

The Basic Education Coalition and Global Reading Network were pleased to welcome 150 members of our global development community (from France to Trinidad and Tobago to Qatar) to discuss ways to support learners' reentry to school.

Please find the reference information below:

Finally, if you are not yet on the GRN email list, you can sign up here. Please also feel free to reach out to the Global Reading Network at GRN@usaid.gov. To join the BEC newsletter listserv, click here.

BEC-GRN Webinar Follow-Up: Learning & Adapting on Reading Programs during COVID-19

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Thank you for your interest in the BEC-GRN event: Learning and Adapting on Reading Programs during COVID-19!

The Basic Education Coalition and Global Reading Network were pleased to welcome 200 members of our global development community (from Honduras to Chad to Indonesia) to discuss ways to learn and adapt on reading programs during this pandemic.

Please find the reference information below: 

Finally, if you are not yet on the GRN email list, you can sign up here. Please also feel free to reach out to the Global Reading Network at GRN@usaid.gov. To join the BEC newsletter listserv, click here.

BEC-GRN Webinar Follow-Up: Evaluating/Assessing Reading Programs during COVID-19

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Thank you for your interest in the BEC-GRN event: Evaluating/Assessing Reading Programs during COVID-19!

The Basic Education Coalition and Global Reading Network were pleased to welcome 250 members of our global development community (from Haiti to Ethiopia to Fiji) to discuss ways to evaluate reading programs during this pandemic.

Please find the reference information below: 

Finally, if you are not yet on the GRN email list, you can sign up here. Please also feel free to reach out to the Global Reading Network at GRN@usaid.gov. To join the BEC newsletter listserv, click here.

Stay tuned for the next webinar in this series, which will focus on learning and adapting reading programs during COVID-19. 

BEC-GRN Webinar Follow-Up: Monitoring Reading Programs during COVID-19

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Thank you for your interest in the BEC-GRN event: Monitoring Reading Programs during COVID-19!

The Basic Education Coalition and Global Reading Network were pleased to welcome over 300 members of our global development community (from the Dominican Republic to Kyrgyzstan to Nepal) to discuss ways to monitor reading programs during this pandemic.

Please find the reference information below: 

Finally, if you are not yet on the GRN email list, you can sign up here. Please also feel free to reach out to the Global Reading Network at GRN@usaid.gov. To join the BEC newsletter listserv, click here.

Stay tuned for the next webinars in this series! One will focus on Evaluation/Assessment, the other on Learning.