Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), received Mr. Jay Kimmelman, Co-Founder and CEO of NewGlobe Education, along with his accompanying delegation, to explore ways to strengthen cooperation in advancing education transformation and organizing future joint initiatives.

At the outset of the meeting, held on Monday 17 March 2025, Dr. AlMalik welcomed Mr. Kimmelman and his delegation to ICESCO, emphasizing that this meeting lays the foundation for an important strategic partnership that should be further enhanced to serve shared objectives.

He further highlighted NewGlobe’s contributions over the past year in supporting several key initiatives and activities organized by ICESCO, most notably the third session of the ICESCO Conference of Ministers of Education, held in the Sultanate of Oman. He reaffirmed ICESCO’s commitment to broadening future collaboration to ensure tangible educational outcomes in multiple Member States.

For his part, Mr. Kimmelman expressed his satisfaction with the ongoing partnership between NewGlobe Education and ICESCO, which aims for transforming education and improving learning quality comprehensively in several countries across the Islamic world. He noted that the collaboration over the past year has been both practical and fruitful, and he looks forward to achieving ambitious goals in the future.

The Meeting covered several key areas to strengthen the partnership between ICESCO and NewGlobe in alignment with ICESCO’s Education Sector Strategy. These key areas included: early childhood education development, utilizing education technology to enhance effective learning, ensuring inclusive education, and equipping teachers with essential skills to improve education quality.

Additionally, the two sides explored ways to drive effective transformation in education systems through developing an innovative educational model that can be replicated in multiple ICESCO Member States, securing increased support from donors to enhance existing education systems, co-organizing future education conferences, launching awards to recognize outstanding achievements in education and education-related fields, and advancing scientific research to provide data insights that are necessary for understanding and improving education systems in the Islamic world.