2024

Klaus J. Jacobs

Best Practice Prize

Friday, November 15th, 2024

The Jacobs Foundation is pleased to invite you to attend the 2024 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize ceremony, which recognizes exceptional achievements in the field of child development and learning.

The ceremony will bring together the three prize recipients—Fundación Escuela Nueva, Imagine Worldwide, and Laboratório de Educação—as well as all the finalists, representing organizations from around the world that develop evidence-based, best-practice solutions to some of education’s biggest global challenges.

Join us in Zürich to learn about their outstanding achievements and practices in advancing quality education.


Date: Friday, November 15th, 2024

Time: 6pm

Location: Alte Cigarettenfabrik, Sihlquai 268, 8005 Zürich

The final date for registration was Thursday, October 31st, 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact jacobsfoundation@standingovation.ch.


2024 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize Finalists

Building Tomorrow

Building Tomorrow is a social impact organization focused on community-powered education in rural, underserved areas of Uganda with the vision of literacy and numeracy for all children.

Coschool

Coschool enhances social-emotional skills through EdTech and innovative pedagogy, creating positive learning environments, delivering high-quality education, and improving well-being.

Fundación Escuela Nueva

FEN has worked for 37 years in educational development in rural and underserved settings in Colombia, and abroad.

Imagine Worldwide

Imagine Worldwide currently work in 7 Sub-Saharan countries, namely Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Ghana, Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Liberia. They develop literacy and numeracy skills required for children around the globe to achieve their full potential.

International Rescue Committee

Launched through a partnership between the IRC and Sesame Workshop, Ahlan Simsim combines educational media with direct services for children and families to support children affected by crisis and conflict, giving them the chance to learn, grow, and thrive.

Laboratório de Educação

Labedu equips adults with the tools and knowledge required to champion equal opportunities for all children to reach their learning potential.

Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL)

Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL) provides comprehensive, freely accessible digital programs aligned with the school curriculum, featuring innovative offline solutions to reach remote areas.

Lively Minds

The Lively Minds program is getting quality early childhood care and education to more than 250,000 children in over 3,000 last-mile communities in Ghana and Uganda.

University of Oxford and OxEd

OxEd‘s mission is to translate research evidence into practical applications by providing world-class assessments, interventions, and training to improve educational outcomes for children, particularly those at risk of educational difficulties.

Universidad Veracruzana (CIESAS)

Universidad Veracruzana (UV) is a Public Higher Education Institution, and CIESAS is a decentralized public organization attached to the System of Public Research Centers of the Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (CONAHCyT) in Mexico.


Program

17:30 - 18:00
Doors open & welcome apéro
18:00 - 18:45
2024 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize Ceremony

Welcome note

Best Practice Prize Films 2024

Award ceremony

Closing remark

18:45 - 22:30
Networking over flying dinner & drinks


Location

Alte Cigarettenfabrik

Sihlquai 268, Zürich
8005 Zürich

We recommend you arrive via public transportation. The closest stations are Quellenstrasse and Löwenbräu.

Parking is available at Parkhaus Pfingstweid.