Here you can find monthly news about upcoming and recent events, links to new resources from GEEAP and its members, as well as blogs by GEEAP members and guest bloggers.
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Webinar Launch: A Generation That Doesn’t Understand What It Reads
The Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP), in partnership with the World Bank, convened a Spanish-language webinar to launch the report Effective Reading Instruction in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What the Evidence Shows. The event brought together education leaders, researchers, and policymakers to discuss how evidence on reading instruction can support improved literacy outcomes across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Virtual Event – 15 June 2026
6/10/2026
Webinar Launch: A Generation That Doesn’t Understand What It Reads
The Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP), in partnership with the World Bank, convened a Spanish-language webinar to launch the report Effective Reading Instruction in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What the Evidence Shows. The event brought together education leaders, researchers, and policymakers to discuss how evidence on reading instruction can support improved literacy outcomes across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Virtual Event – 15 June 2026
Strategic Debate #1: Plan implementation – closing the policy-practice gap
How can education systems close the gap between policy and practice? This Strategic Debate by International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP-UNESCO) explores what it takes to move from planning to effective implementation, ensuring reforms lead to real improvements in classrooms and learning outcomes.
Date: 5 May 2026/Time: 14:30 – 16:00 (Paris time)/Format: Online
Achieving Reading Skills in Context: From Evidence to Inclusive Practice
The Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) convened a formal panel at the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) 2026 conference to explore how evidence-aligned reading instruction can support improved learning outcomes in diverse education systems.
San Francisco, USA – 29 March 2026
What Works to Teach Reading: From Global Evidence to Local Action in Pakistan
The Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP), in partnership with the Pakistan Institute of Education and the Government of Pakistan, and in collaboration with the World Bank, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), UNICEF, the British Council, and the Center for Global Development, convened an in-person policy dialogue with government representatives, education leaders, and researchers on the GEEAP-endorsed report Effective Reading Instruction in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What the Evidence Shows.
Islamabad, Pakistan – 13 January 2026
GEEAP-endorsed literacy report global launch
The World Bank and the Global Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) hosted a webinar with government representatives and authors of the GEEAP-endorsed paper Effective Reading Instruction in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: What the Evidence Shows.
Thursday, December 4, 2025, 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM ET
2025 ADEA Triennale
The Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel (GEEAP) is participating in the 2025 ADEA Triennale on Education and Training, taking place from 29–31 October 2025 in Accra, Ghana.
UKFIET 2025
The GEEAP is organising a panel session at UKFIET 2025 which is taking place from the 16th-18th of September
The 6th EE4A and the Inaugural EDF-K conference 2025
The 6th EE4A and the Inaugural EDF-K conference 2025
The critical importance of an education landscape driven by evidence
An estimated 7 in 10 of all children in low- and middle-income countries are unable to read and understand a simple text by age 10. This is just the starkest of many indicators showing that global education is in crisis, a crisis that has sharply deepened with the pandemic.
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