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Higher Education for Development (HED)
m4Ed4Dev Research Roundtable
Roy Zimmermann Director of Programs
March 28, 2011
[email protected] Education for Development
One Dupont Circle, Suite 420Washington, DC 20036
(202) 243-7699www.HEDprogram.org
U.S Higher
Education Institutio
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Host Country
University
Host Country
UniversityPartnerships Forged
Human and Institutional Capacity Developed
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
m4Ed4Dev@Stanford
•HED Website (RFAs) (visit www.hedprogram.org)
•News Releases•Social Media Networks•e-Alerts•e-Newsletter (sign up today at http://eepurl.com/Emoj)
Get Connected with HED
Questions? Contact Us
Roy Zimmermann, PhD Director of Programs
[email protected](202) 243-7699
Higher Education for Development One Dupont Circle, Suite 420
Washington, DC 20036(202) 243-7680
www.HEDprogram.org
For more information, also visit:USAID: www.usaid.gov
MEPI: http://mepi.state.gov