WEBINAR | IPPN Knowledge Café: System Strengthening as a Critical Lever to Transform Education and Accelerate Progress towards SDG 4

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Join us for the next IPPN Knowledge Café, a webinar series focused on building the IPPN members’ capacity to better understand a systems perspective on policy integration and acceleration; and integrated policy solutions, including curation of tools and resources that support the design and implementation of cross-cutting policy solutions. Register in two clicks to receive the Zoom connection details: https://bit.ly/IPPN_KC24 

About this webinar

Over the past six years, UNESCO Jordan, in partnership with the Ministry of Education (MoE), has implemented the System Strengthening Partnership (SSP) programme, funded through a Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) supported by Canada, the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, Switzerland, and Norway (through NORCAP). The SSP programme aims to make Jordan’s education system more effective, resilient, and inclusive by strengthening governance and fostering an ecosystem that supports evidence-based planning, budgeting, and monitoring.

The programme focuses on enhancing core functions such as planning and budgeting, monitoring and evaluation, data management, and crisis-sensitive planning, including risk management. By adopting principles of good donorship and leveraging pooled, flexible funding, the SSP programme has emerged as a successful model for accelerating progress towards SDG 4 ("Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"). It demonstrates how strategic system strengthening can transform education systems and ensure no child or youth is left behind.

Agenda

Join this webinar to explore how system strengthening can transform education systems and accelerate progress toward SDG 4. The session will highlight lessons learned and good practices from the System Strengthening Partnership (SSP) programme in Jordan, focusing on key enabling factors that contributed to its success. Participants will also discuss how this model can be scaled and adapted to other contexts to advance the 2030 Agenda.

The session will be moderated by Mr. Ernesto Calderón, Programme Specialist, Bureau of Strategic Planning, UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Keynote speakers for this session include:

• Ms. Shereen Eldaly, Programme Manager, System Strengthening Portfolio, UNESCO Jordan

• Dr. Khawla Hattab, Executive Director, Development Coordination Unit, Ministry of Education, Jordan

• Mr. Simon Snoxell, Head of Cooperation, Embassy of Canada to Jordan 

Session materials

Find the session recording below, the presentations, and all relevant materials shared during the session in the comments section.

Connection details

Date: Wednesday, 11 December 2024

Time: 8:00 AM New York/ Panama | 4:00 PM Addis Ababa/ Amman/ Istanbul | 8:00 PM Bangkok

Register in two clicks to receive the Zoom connection details: https://bit.ly/IPPN_KC24.

About the speakers

Ms. Shereen Eldaly is a humanitarian and development professional with over 15 years of experience in coordination, advocacy, resource mobilization, international relations, refugee and migration issues, political analysis, strategic planning, and project management. Since 2020, she has served as a Program Officer for the Systems Strengthening Portfolio at UNESCO’s Jordan Office. In this role, she supports evidence-based policymaking for Jordan's Ministry of Education, focusing on data systems, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, financial planning, crisis and risk management, and gender. She is currently also acting as the interim Head of the Education Unit at UNESCO Jordan. Previously, she worked at UNESCO’s Beirut Regional Bureau, focusing on education in emergencies across the Arab States, and held positions with WFP, UNHCR, and various NGOs. Shereen holds a master’s in public and international Affairs from the University of Montreal and a bachelor’s in political science and Middle Eastern Studies from McGill University.

Since January 2024, Khawla Hattab Ph.D served as the Executive Director of the Development Coordination Unit at the Ministry of Education. The DCU is central to managing the Ministry’s collaborations with international agencies, UN bodies, and global donors. The DCU is expanding its scope, especially in response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis and the launch of the National Education Strategic Plan (NESP), transitioning coordination mechanisms to a Sector-Wide Approach to enhance aid effectiveness.

In 2008, Khawla Hattab transitioned to a research role within the Field Studies Department at the Directorate of Educational Innovations, Queen Rania Al-Abdullah Center for Technology in Education. This experience led to a key role at the Ministry of Education in Jordan, joining the Development Coordination Unit for the Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy Program (ERfKE) II, where Khawla Hattab specialized in teaching and learning. EREfKE contributed to were donor-supported and focused on teacher education, professional development, early childhood education, and higher education initiatives, especially in contexts involving refugee education.

Academically, Khawla Hattab holds a bachelor’s degree in science education from the Hashemite University, a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus on science teaching from the University of Jordan (2006), and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the same institution (2014).

Khawla Hattab, Ph.D is a dedicated education professional with a robust background in science teaching, curriculum development, and educational reform. Khawla began a career as a science teacher within the Ministry of Education, where they contributed to the development of scientific experiment guides and participated in the Science Education Enhancement Development (SEED) project under Japan’s JICA initiative. This project focused on advancing blended learning methods, developing teacher training materials, and preparing science experiments for online resources.

Mr. Simon Snoxell is Canada’s Head of Cooperation in Jordan since 2022. Since 2002, he has worked as a project manager, analyst, researcher and advisor at Global Affairs Canada, Aga Khan Foundation and universities in Canada, the United Kingdom, Colombia, and Senegal. Simon emigrated to Canada in 2004 from the United Kingdom and joined Global Affairs Canada (the Canadian International Development Agency at the time) in 2009. Always in the development stream, Simon has been posted to Canada’s missions in Ethiopia (working with the African Union) and Ivory Coast (working with the African Development Bank) and has worked in Policy and Partnership Branches. He holds a BA Hons in History from the University of Cambridge, UK and a MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics, UK.

The Integrated Policy Practitioners' Network (IPPN) is a one-stop-shop for integrated policy practitioners, operating as a knowledge hub for the global community. IPPN aims to link existing efforts on SDG integration across UN agencies and beyond, and enabling cross-pollination and learning to enhance the UN System-wide capability to practice and deliver high-quality integrated policy support. IPPN is a joint effort under the auspices of the UNSDG Task Team on Integrated Policy Support.

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