Upcoming Opportunities

We are grateful to our donors, supporters, coalition members, and partners!

For Giving Tuesday, we hosted GCE-US 101 featuring youth advocates, the GCE-US team, and partners, including USAID, Education Cannot Wait, Global Partnership for Education, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, RESULTS, and the Global Campaign for Education, discussing our work, global education advocacy, and how to get involved. Missed the event live?

Please watch and share with others who may want to learn more about GCE-US!

Please take action by contacting your Senator or Representative in support of global education: Now is a critical time to reach your Senators and Representatives, before Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) funding levels are finalized.

Highlights

November Global Campaign for Education-US Coalition Meeting

Thank you to all speakers and participants for your engagement and partnership! Did you miss the discussion? The recording can be viewed here. We appreciated hearing from the following speakers on these topics:

• Nicola Dean, Dubai Cares and RewirEd - RewirEd Summit Information and Global Education Opportunities
• Joseph Nhan-O'Reilly, International Parliamentary Network for Education (IPNEd) - G20 Call to Action and Post-G20 Summit Updates, Afghanistan Education Advocacy
• Cristina Álvarez Álvarez, Global Campaign for Education - Update on the Upcoming GCE Education in Emergencies Campaign
• Andrea Melnikas, Population Council - Recommendations from the UNESCO global study on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 school closures

• Anja Nielsen, UNICEF UK - Summary of Education and Advocacy Developments from the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26)

Opportunity: USAID is requesting proposal submissions for the Higher Education Global Evidence Summit by December 9. This inaugural USAID Higher Education Global Evidence Summit will take place virtually over three weeks in May 2022: May 3 & 4, May 10 & 11, and May 17 & 18, in support of the USAID Higher Education Learning Agenda. 

More info: The Summit offers a unique opportunity for academics, researchers, donors, and practitioners to showcase emerging research, new data, trends, and promising practices related higher education in a global forum. USAID is explicitly seeking knowledge from individuals in developing country contexts, research, and evidence that thoroughly engages local knowledge to support best practices in solving local problems. Learn more by reading the Call for Proposals.