Higher Education for Development (HED)

m4Ed4Dev Research Roundtable

Roy Zimmermann Director of Programs

March 28, 2011

rzimmermann@hedprogram.orgHigher Education for Development

One Dupont Circle, Suite 420Washington, DC 20036

(202) 243-7699www.HEDprogram.org

U.S Higher

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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

rzimmermann@HEDprogram.org(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