Policy & research
Where policy meets practice
Research, policy and implementation, aligned with national strategies and SDG 4.
Focus areas
Where policy design and delivery capability have to be built together.
- Technology that serves pedagogy — not the other way around.Platform and portal strategyReadiness assessmentImplementation sequencing
- Capacity building that outlasts any single programme.Training model designCertification pathwaysSchool-level coaching
- Learning outcomes connected to labour markets.Skills-to-sector mappingPathway designEmployer engagement
- Closing gaps in who gets to learn, and how well.Barrier analysisOut-of-school provisionCost and reach modelling

Applied research
We run the programmes we write about
Findings come out of programmes we are accountable for, which puts a hard limit on how abstract the conclusions are allowed to get.
Collaboration
Who we work with on policy and research
Policy engagement runs alongside delivery, with partners across government, academia and the multilateral system.
Government
- National ministries
- Public-sector education programmes
Academia
- Universities
- Research institutions
International
- International organisations
- SDG 4 aligned programmes
