‘From Minds to Ministries’ is a comprehensive overview of everything the Jacobs Foundation achieved over the past year, including ten milestones, among them our new Research Agenda.
Annual Report 2022
From Minds to Ministries
Introducing the 2022 Annual Report
As we entered the second year of our Strategy 2030, we have strived to make sound scientific evidence the basis of education transformation on all levels. Co-CEOs Fabio Segura and Simon Sommer explain more in this short video.
Learning and teaching must change if they are to keep pace with the rapidly changing world – this conviction is at the core of the Jacobs Foundation’s Strategy 2030. Positive change in education is not possible without a deep understanding of learning processes, an extensive understanding of learning places and technologies, and an accurate understanding of policy-making and implementation processes. Our Research Agenda will provide that extra depth of understanding and lay the foundation for evidence-based transformation of education systems.
The Jacobs Foundation in figures
CUMULATIVE PROJECTS
FOUNDATION ASSETS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2022
CHF 840.256 Million
CHF 6.3 Billion
PROJECTS APPROVED IN 2022
PAYMENTS TO PROJECTS IN 2022
CHF 43.619 Million
38.363 Million
PROJECTS APPROVED IN 2022 BY PORTFOLIO*
PAYMENTS FOR PROJECTS IN 2022 BY PORTFOLIO
* This includes projects of CHF 1.7 m for foundation-wide Monitoring Evaluation & Learning activities and CHF 0.9 m for corporate communications and BOLD platform operations
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OUR 2022 HIGHLIGHTS
Take a look at some of the milestones we achieved in 2022 to transform education at all levels:
Launch of the Child Learning and Education Facility (CLEF) in Côte d’Ivoire
The Child Learning and Education Facility (CLEF) brings together the government of Côte d’Ivoire, 16 cocoa and chocolate companies, and two philanthropic foundations jointly committing CHF 75 million to provide quality education through evidence-based interventions.
Unlocking the impact of EdTech
We hosted the first-ever convening of EdTech investors, companies, researchers, and funders as part of our CHF 40 million commitment to unlocking the impact of EdTech.
Bridging research and practice
The LEAP Challenge, in partnership with MIT Solve, connects researchers and social entrepreneurs with innovative education organizations to strengthen the evidence base of their solutions.
Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes
We awarded Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prizes to the Luker Foundation, Luminos Fund, and Youth Impact for outstanding achievement and practice in advancing quality education.
Supporting quality education in Ghana
We supported quality education in Ghana by designing a strategy with the Ministry of Education for establishing 100 Communities of Excellence, which aims to lead to deep and enduring systemic change.
Studying how AI-driven learning technologies can ensure children’s wellbeing
We awarded CHF 2 million to set up the global collaborative Center for Learning and Living with AI (CELLA), which aims to research how AI-driven learning technologies can ensure children’s wellbeing in the world of AI.
Supporting quality education in Colombia
We announced Colombia as our fourth country of focus in support of quality education for all children, in addition to Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Switzerland, with the goal to strengthen learning ecosystems across the country.
Developing the Global Learning Ecosystems Framework
We collaborated with Economist Impact to develop the first ever global Learning Ecosystems Framework, to understand and assess the strengths of different environments that jointly contribute to young people’s learning and wellbeing.
Launching the Digital Museum of Learning
We launched the first phase of the Digital Museum of Learning to empower educators and act as a champion for the impact of their work with world-class digital curation of knowledge, artefacts, exhibits, and resources.
Our research agenda
We have refined and evolved our thinking on learning variability through interviewing experts, commissioning literature reviews, and discussing the findings with scholars. From this, we designed an ambitious research agenda to guide our work over the coming years, framed by a set of ‘transformative questions’.
