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  • Newspaper

    Private universities: calls for greater funding transparency

    Germany

    Press

    Science Business - University World News

    In Germany, the number of private universities has doubled over the last two decades, to 115, and the number of students has quadrupled. These institutions are financed from a variety of sources, including companies and family funds. Although the universities claim that their academic independence remains intact, concerns about transparency have been raised. Transparency International warns against the potential influence of companies on research through their funding and urges greater transparency to preserve academic integrity.

  • Newspaper

    New government moves to end systemic corruption affecting HE

    Poland

    Press

    Wojciech Kosc - University World News

    The Polish government has introduced measures to combat corruption in the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR), including increasing oversight by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Reports of misuse of funds and irregularities in grant allocation have prompted investigations and led to changes in the NCBiR's operations. Additionally, efforts are underway to ensure transparent and equitable financing of universities, with plans to increase funding for science and higher education.

  • UNESCO-IIEP's 60th Anniversary Symposium explores how transparency and innovative financing benefit educational planning

    News

    On 8-9 November 2023, the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) celebrated its 60th anniversary with a two-day symposium that brought together over 1400 experts, policymakers, planners, and representatives from UNESCO Member States both in person and online.

  • Open government and educational quality for SDG 4: a look at Spain and Mexico

    Maria Fatima Pinho-De Oliveira

    1 comment

  • Open government empowers students, from Portugal to Peru

    News

    New computers, recreational equipment, a school garden, or recycling equipment? In Portugal, students are having their say. For six years now, the Ministry of Education has hosted an open budgeting initiative – Orçamento Participativo das Escolas, or OPEscolas – reaching some 200,000 young people in 90% of the country’s public schools.

  • Budget ouvert : budgets participatifs des écoles au Portugal

    Cette étude porte sur les budgets participatifs des écoles mis en œuvre à l’initiative du ministère de l’Éducation du Portugal depuis 2017. Ces budgets participatifs permettent aux élèves de participer activement à l’élaboration d’un projet d...

    Peixoto, Paulo, Martins, Carla

    Coimbra, Universidade de Coimbra. Centro de Estudos Sociais, 2022

  • Transforming public procurement in education: a lesson on open contracting from Ukraine

    Viktor Nestulia

    0 comments

  • Video

    Open School Platform in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine

    Ukraine

    Video

    IIEP - UNESCO -

    This webinar presents the main findings of IIEP-UNESCO's case study on open budget in Ukraine. The study forms part of IIEP's ongoing research on "Open government: Learning from experience". It looks at how open budgeting is used in Ukraine, focusing on the Open School Platform (OS) – an innovative online open budget website developed by a Ukrainian civil society organization. 

  • Anti-corruption day: developing country capacity to fight corruption in education

    News

    IIEP has trained more than 2,200 people in the area of transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption measures in education since 2003. From 4 to 6 October 2018, the Institute joined forces with NEPC to offer a new course on this topic in Tbilisi for country teams from Azerbaijan, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Moldova, and Mongolia.

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