Global

What is the initiative and where is it implemented (city or country, for example)?

The following case study focuses on global initiatives implemented to support teachers teaching remotely during COVID-19.

What is the initiative and where is it implemented (city or country, for example)?

A sustainable funding strategy in higher education is usually characteristic of high-income countries with stable public structures and a peaceful political atmosphere. With the exception of economically advanced countries, most higher education structures were relatively underfunded and did not have a sustainable financing strategy in place even before the COVID–19 crisis.

In 2012, Immigration New Zealand, under the direction of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, developed the New Zealand Refugee Resettlement Strategy in order to establish better policies for accepting and orienting refugees, facilitate English language learning and provide access to healthcare and special services (Benseman, 2014).

The UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities is an international policy-oriented network providing inspiration, know-how and best practice. Learning cities benefit from global collaboration in searching for effective solutions to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Yo, Si Puedo (Spanish for Yes, I Can) is a low-cost mass education programme that involves relevant government and non-government agencies and actors to promote literacy among adults. As of 2014, Yo, Si Puedo helped over 6 million people in 29 countries to acquire basic literacy (Boughton & Durnan, 2014).