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Global Initiative Bi-weekly Newsletter

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                                                                           November 24th to December 10th 2025 Lebanon Ministry of Education and Higher Education and AUB Sign MoU to Advance Education Reform and Strengthen Online Learning in Lebanon Driven by a shared vision to strengthen Lebanon's education sector, the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the American University of Beirut (AUB), through its Government Engagement Platform (GEP), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a strategic partnership to advance education reform, enhance institutional capacities, and strengthen the quality and governance of online and digital learning. The signing ceremony was held at AUB and was attended by Dr. Fadlo Khuri, AUB president; Dr. Rima Karami, minister of education...
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Global Initiative Bi-weekly Newsletter

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                                                                           November 1st to 13th November 2025 RWANDA Education knows no borders: First Lady on Kepler’s inclusive vision First Lady Jeannette Kagame has commended Kepler College for its inclusive approach to higher education, urging the institution to continue supporting those who often find themselves on the margins of society. She made the remarks during the graduation ceremony of Kepler College, held at the Kigali Convention Centre, where 293 students received their degrees. Of these, 48.8 percent were women and 51.2 percent men, representing six African countries: Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Eritrea, and Gabon. “I'm particularly touched by Kepler's commitment to inclusion. You have reached out to people w...
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Global Initiative Bi-weekly Newsletter

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                                                                                 October 15th to 27th 2025 LEBANON Over 300,000 Syrian refugees return from Lebanon in 2025 – UNHCR The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced on Friday that the number of Syrian refugees who have returned from Lebanon to Syria has reached 300,000 since the beginning of 2025. Lisa Abu Khaled, UNHCR’s media officer, told the Anadolu Agency that the sixth batch of returnees departed on Oct. 23 through the Arida border crossing in northern Lebanon, with around 400 refugees heading to areas in Homs and Idlib.The latest returns are part of the voluntary repatriation program organized by the Lebanese government in coordination with the Syrian transitional government and under UNHCR supe...
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Global Initiative Bi-weekly Newsletter

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                                                                            September 26th to October 10th, 2025 UNHCR UNHCR’s Grandi: critical funding gap may force deeper cuts to refugee aid The impact of the latest funding gap could spill into next year, with no money to cover expenditure at the start of 2026. This follows an “incredibly damaging” period when various programmes to provide emergency aid, education, resettlement, and support to survivors of torture and gender-based violence were shuttered – decisions that Grandi said were the result of “political choices with disastrous financial implications”. “As things stand, we project that we will end 2025 with $3.9 billion in funds available – a decrease of $1.3 billion compared to 2024 – or roughly 25 per cent less,” Grandi told Membe...
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Global Initiative Bi-weekly site updates

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                                                                            August 31st to September 12th, 2025 UNHCR Progress in refugee education at risk from funding cuts, UNHCR warns GENEVA – Cuts to humanitarian and development aid are putting hard-won recent progress in refugee education at risk, warns UNHCR in the tenth edition of its annual Refugee Education Report, published today.  “There have been tremendous efforts to increase enrolment at all levels for refugees,” Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in the report’s foreword. “But there is still so much more to do.” Strikingly, the report shows a leap forward in tertiary enrolment to 9 per cent, up from 7 per cent last year and well on progress to meet the target of 15 per cent by 2030. Even though more re...
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