{"id":18664,"date":"2025-11-20T12:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=18664"},"modified":"2025-11-20T12:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T12:07:08","slug":"david-archer","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/","title":{"rendered":"David Archer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Archer is Head of Programme Development with ActionAid (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionaid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.actionaid.org<\/a>), a board member of the Global Campaign for Education (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.campaignforeducation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.campaignforeducation.org<\/a>) and is the elected representative for Northern civil society on the board of the Global Partnership for Education. Trained as a secondary school teacher in the 1980s, he specialised in adult literacy, working on programmes across Latin America inspired by Paulo Freire. In the 1990s he developed the\u00a0<em>Reflect<\/em>\u00a0approach to adult learning (see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reflect-action.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.reflect-action.org<\/a>) and he led the development of international benchmarks on adult literacy in 2005 (Writing the Wrongs, GCE). As Head of Education for ActionAid for many years he has worked on implementing human rights based approaches to education and has managed the Right to Education Project see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.right-to-education.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.right-to-education.org<\/a>. He has written extensively including on the evolution of NGO approaches, the impact of IMF macro-economic policies (<em>Confronting the Contradictions<\/em>, ActionAid\u00a0 2007), the global crises in HIV and Education (<em>The Politics of Prevention<\/em>, Pluto Books 2009), quality aid to education (<em>Fund the Future<\/em>, GCE 2011) and human rights based approaches to development (<em>People\u2019s Action in Practice,<\/em>\u00a0ActionAid 2012)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18665,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"members-type":[873],"class_list":["post-18664","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","members-type-authors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>David Archer - WISE (Qatar Foundation)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"David Archer - WISE (Qatar Foundation)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"David Archer is Head of Programme Development with ActionAid (www.actionaid.org), a board member of the Global Campaign for Education (www.campaignforeducation.org) and is the elected representative for Northern civil society on the board of the Global Partnership for Education. Trained as a secondary school teacher in the 1980s, he specialised in adult literacy, working on programmes [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"WISE (Qatar Foundation)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/David-Archer.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u0648\u0642\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0642\u062f\u0651\u0631\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 \u062f\u0642\u064a\u0642\u0629\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/biography\\\/david-archer\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/biography\\\/david-archer\\\/\",\"name\":\"David Archer - WISE (Qatar Foundation)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/biography\\\/david-archer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/biography\\\/david-archer\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/David-Archer.png?wsr\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-20T12:07:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/biography\\\/david-archer\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/biography\\\/david-archer\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/biography\\\/david-archer\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/David-Archer.png?wsr\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/David-Archer.png?wsr\",\"width\":200,\"height\":125},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/biography\\\/david-archer\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"David Archer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/\",\"name\":\"WISE (Qatar Foundation)\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ar\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"WISE (Qatar Foundation)\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/logo.svg?wsr\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/logo.svg?wsr\",\"width\":68,\"height\":52,\"caption\":\"WISE (Qatar Foundation)\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wise.staging-dev.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"David Archer - WISE (Qatar Foundation)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/","og_locale":"ar_AR","og_type":"article","og_title":"David Archer - WISE (Qatar Foundation)","og_description":"David Archer is Head of Programme Development with ActionAid (www.actionaid.org), a board member of the Global Campaign for Education (www.campaignforeducation.org) and is the elected representative for Northern civil society on the board of the Global Partnership for Education. Trained as a secondary school teacher in the 1980s, he specialised in adult literacy, working on programmes [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/","og_site_name":"WISE (Qatar Foundation)","og_image":[{"width":200,"height":125,"url":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/David-Archer.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u0648\u0642\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0642\u062f\u0651\u0631":"1 \u062f\u0642\u064a\u0642\u0629"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/","url":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/","name":"David Archer - WISE (Qatar Foundation)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/David-Archer.png?wsr","datePublished":"2025-11-20T12:07:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ar","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ar","@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/David-Archer.png?wsr","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/David-Archer.png?wsr","width":200,"height":125},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/biography\/david-archer\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629","item":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"David Archer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/#website","url":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/","name":"WISE (Qatar Foundation)","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ar"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/#organization","name":"WISE (Qatar Foundation)","url":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ar","@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/logo.svg?wsr","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/logo.svg?wsr","width":68,"height":52,"caption":"WISE (Qatar Foundation)"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/18664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"members-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wise.staging-dev.com\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/members-type?post=18664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}