Higher Education for Development (HED) m4Ed4Dev Research Roundtable Roy Zimmermann Director of Programs March 28, 2011 [email protected]Higher Education for Development One Dupont Circle, Suite 420 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 243-7699 www.HEDprogram.org
Higher Education for Development (HED). m4Ed4Dev Research Roundtable Roy Zimmermann Director of Programs March 28, 2011 [email protected] Higher Education for Development One Dupont Circle, Suite 420 Washington, DC 20036 (202) 243-7699 www.HEDprogram.org. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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HED partnerships address a wide range of development challenges, including:
• Health• Global Food Security• Business/Economics• Environment and Natural Resource Management• Agriculture• Workforce Development• Small Business Growth and Entrepreneurship• Education• Democracy and Governance, Public Policy, and
Journalism• Information Technology• Women and Development
Areas of Focus
USAID’s New Education Strategy1. Basic education with an emphasis on literacy2. Higher Education and workforce development3. Access to education in crisis and conflict
Other priorities and trends4. Climate Change5. Entrepreneurism and small and medium sized
economic development6. Feed the future7. Global Health
USAID Education Goals
•Possible joint collaboration in entrepreneurship education in business/technology skills enabled through US universities to developing nations
Collaboration within USAID/EGAT/ED between basic education and Higher Education for Development (HED)
Reflects coordination of basic and higher education goals of new Education Strategy
Creating a template for future meetings
Goal is to generate recommendations for demonstration grants that will possibly be jointly funded between USAID and HED
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