{"id":4010,"date":"2022-04-14T08:16:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T08:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reci-education.ch\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:29:48","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reci-fobbiz.ch\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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About us<\/h1>

RECI-FoBBIZ is the Swiss network for education and vocational skills development in international cooperation. It brings together NGOs, academic institutions, foundations, and experts to promote the importance of lifelong learning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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We are an independent, non-profit network working for the right to inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning for all and worldwide. <\/span><\/p>

RECI-FoBBIZ members are Swiss-based NGOs, academic institutions and individual experts working in the field of education and international cooperation. <\/span><\/p>

Through its members, RECI-FoBBIZ reaches more than 60 countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia and Eastern Europe.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our Mission…<\/h2>

…is to strengthen the impact of Swiss organisations on international education practice and policy. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the international human rights conventions are the framework for our work.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our Vision<\/h2>

A world in which everyone’s right to inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong learning is realised.<\/p>

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Topics<\/h3>

We promote exchange and mutual learning on topics relevant to improving access to quality education worldwide.<\/span>


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Events<\/h3>\nWe organise workshops, conferences and webinars for exchange and mutual learning among our members, partners and the wider interested public.<\/span>\n

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Tools<\/h3>\nWe work together to develop recommendations and practical tools to help realise the right to education for all worldwide.<\/span>\n


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Engagement<\/h3>\nWe advocate as the voice of Swiss civil society on the right to quality education for all.<\/span>\n


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