2025-09-22T13:05:52-05:00 2024-12-31 521392008 GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN 4550 MONTGOMERY AVE SUITE 800N BETHESDA MD 208142930 990EZ 2024-01-01 271239140 WORLD EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION WORL 2022383200 1430 K STREET NW 1200 WASHINGTON DC 20005 ROCIO GARCIA-CARRION SECRETARY GENERAL 2022383200 2025-09-22 1 0 ELIZABETH W HELLER P00397829 3019519090 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WWW.WERAONLINE.ORG X X 136211 X 73230 53936 9045 136211 58222 38955 97177 39034 169968 0 209002 X 121480 164491 68968 112203 190448 276694 20480 67692 169968 209002 X THE WORLD EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (WERA) WAS ESTABLISHED TO BUILD CAPACITY AND INTEREST IN EDUCATION RESEARCH, FOSTER SOUND EDUCATION RESEARCH POLICIES AND PRACTICES, AND PROMOTE THE USE AND APPLICATION OF EDUCATION RESEARCH WORLDWIDE. WERA PARTNERS WITH NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE COMMITTED TO ADVANCING EDUCATION RESEARCH AS A SCIENTIFIC AND SCHOLARLY FIELD. WERA UNDERTAKES PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE GLOBAL IN NATURE AND TRANSCEND WHAT ANY ONE ORGANIZATION CAN ACCOMPLISH IN A SINGLE COUNTRY, REGION, OR AREA OF SPECIALIZATION. CURRENTLY, TWENTY-EIGHT RESEARCH ASSOCIATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ARE MEMBERS OF WERA. THE MEMBERS OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS ARE FACULTY, RESEARCHERS, SCHOLARS, STUDENTS AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS THAT CONDUCT EDUCATION RESEARCH. WERA ORGANIZED AND SPONSORED SUBSTANTIVE SYMPOSIA, SESSIONS, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WORKSHOPS AND RELATED MEETINGS FOCUSED ON THE LATEST FINDING, ISSUES, AND TRENDS IN EDUCATION RESEARCH. IN SEPTEMBER 2024, WERA CONVENED THE 2024 WERA FOCAL MEETING IN MANCHESTER IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (BERA). THE FOCAL MEETING BROUGHT TOGETHER RESEARCHERS, POLICY LEADERS, AND PRACTITIONERS FROM 49 COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROXIMATELY 117 PROGRAM SESSIONS INCLUDING: PAPER SESSIONS (62), SYMPOSIA (15), POSTER SESSIONS (3), AS WELL AS OTHER PERTINENT SESSIONS (37) FOCUSED ON ADVANCING EDUCATION RESEARCH WORLDWIDE. IN 2024, WERA ALSO SPONSORED SYMPOSIA OR GAVE INVITED PLENARY ADDRESSES (IN-PERSON AND/OR VIRTUAL) AT INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS IN GERMANY, USA, SPAIN, THE UNITED KINGDOM (UK) AND RUSSIA. ALL OF THESE SESSIONS WERE HELD IN COOPERATION WITH AND AT THE SITE OF MEETINGS OF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS OR RELEVANT ROLE PLAYER SITES. IN ADDITION, WERA PRESENTED NUMEROUS VIRTUAL WORLDWIDE WEBINAR PRESENTATIONS AND HOSTED ONLINE WRITING SEMINARS. EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS ARE ALSO SUPPORTED THROUGH THE WERA MENTORING PROGRAMME AND DOCTORAL AND EARLY CAREER (DEC) NETWORK. THE WERA VISITING RESEARCH AWARD, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WERA INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT (IEA) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG, GERMANY AS WELL AS WITH CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF RESILIENCE (CSR), THE CENTRE FOR EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT (CEA), UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA (UP) AND WITH THE WERA ASSOCIATION MEMBER, THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION SINGAPORE (ERAS), THE CENTRE FOR ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION (CAE) AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE (NIE NTU, SINGAPORE) WERE ALSO AWARDED IN 2024 TO THREE SCHOLARS. FURTHERMORE, WERA SUPPORTED 12 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORKS (IRNS) INVOLVING MORE THAN 60 SCHOLARS. THE WERA TASK FORCE, GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND EDUCATION, CONTINUED WITH INNOVATIONS THAT ENABLE POSITIVE EDUCATION OUTCOMES DESPITE SEVERE ADVERSITY AND PRESENTED SYMPOSIA IN THIS REGARD. THE WERA TASK FORCE, GLOBAL RESEARCH IN EXTENDED EDUCATION, PRESENTED NUMEROUS MEETINGS, EVENTS, A WEBINAR SERIES, AND ALSO A CONFERENCE ENTITLED "BRICOLAGE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES AND PERSPECTIVES IN EXTENDED EDUCATION" IN SEPTEMBER 2024, IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. 0 27893 27893 X LIESEL EBERSOHN - PRES-ELECT THEN PRES. (TRANS. @ 6/24) 1.00 0 0 0 GEOVANA MENDONA LUNARDI MENDES VICE PRESIDENT 1.00 0 0 0 ROCIO GARCIA-CARRION SECRETARY GENERAL 1.00 0 0 0 BEE LENG CHUA - PRES THEN IMMED. PAST PRES. (TRANS. @ 6/24) 1.00 0 0 0 MUSTAFA YUNUS ERYAMAN - IMMED PAST PRES., THEN APT LN (TRANS. @ 6/24) 1.00 0 0 0 INGRID GOGOLIN APPOINTED LIAISON 1.00 0 0 0 FELICE LEVINE APPOINTED LIAISON 1.00 0 0 0 SILVANI DOS SANTOS VALENTIM DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 BARBARA SCHNEIDER DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 HARKAITZ ZUBIRI-ESNAOLA DIRECTOR 1.00 0 0 0 ANDREA GOUVEIA DIRECTOR (UNTIL 3/24) 1.00 0 0 0 MIRIAM FABIA DIRECTOR (FROM 4/24) 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FELICE J LEVINE 1430 K STREET NW 1200 WASHINGTON DC 20005 2022383200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NONE NONE 1 X 70637 90696 75230 71530 73230 381323 70637 90696 75230 71530 73230 381323 220546 160777 105 1524 1629 382952 172768 0.41980 0.40670 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 - OTHER EXPENSES DESCRIPTION: MEETING EXPENSES. AMOUNT: 27,893. DESCRIPTION: LICENSES AND FEES. AMOUNT: 4,765. DESCRIPTION: BANK & INVESTMENT FEES. AMOUNT: 3,117. DESCRIPTION: DEPRECIATION. AMOUNT: 3,180. TOTAL TO FORM 990-EZ, LINE 16: 38,955. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 - OTHER ASSETS DESCRIPTION: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 48,962. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 76,106. DESCRIPTION: PREPAID EXPENSES. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 4,106. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 23,377. DESCRIPTION: OTHER DEPRECIABLE ASSETS. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 15,900. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 12,720. FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 - OTHER LIABILITIES DESCRIPTION: ACCRUED EXPENSE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 5,583. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 0. DESCRIPTION: DEFERRED REVENUE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 2,180. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 6,633. DESCRIPTION: DUE TO AFFILIATE. BEG. OF YEAR AMOUNT: 12,717. END OF YEAR AMOUNT: 61,059.