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The Protective Role of Education in Emergencies

This framing paper discusses why education is critical, in that it provides essential protection, dignity and development of children and youth in crisis

  • Communicaiton: Communication Materials
  • Coordination: Advocacy
  • Technical Areas: Protection

Schools under Attack in Syria: A monitoring report on the impact of attacks on Syrian schools by the Southern Turkey Education Cluster (Syria response)

Syria is one of the most heavily affected countries by attacks on education.In Syria, schools arebombed, damaged, looted and destroyed on a regular basis, many places of learning are now deserted as children and teachers flee to safety.Since the conflict began, more than 4,200 schoolshave been…

  • Communicaiton: Communication Materials
  • Coordination: Advocacy
  • Emergency: Conflict, Complex
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Resource Mobilisation
  • Technical Areas: Attacks on Education, Protection

Guide to Education in Emergencies Needs Assessments

The purpose of the Guide and Needs Assessment Packages to provide practical, relevant guidance and resources to education in emergencies (EiE) coordination staff conducting, coordinating and participating in secondary data reviews and joint, harmonized and/or multi-sector needs assessments.

  • Coordination: Needs Assessment, Inter-Sector Coordination
  • HPC: Needs Assessment & Analysis
  • Technical Areas: Accountability to Affected Populaiton, Localisation

Guide to Developing Education Cluster Strategies

The purpose of this Guide and accompanying Strategy Package is to provide practical, relevant guidance and resources to education in emergencies (EiE) coordination staff on how to develop and update an Education Cluster Strategy.

  • Coordination: Cluster Strategy, Inter-Sector Coordination
  • HPC: Strategic Planning
  • Technical Areas: Accountability to Affected Populaiton, Localisation

Localisation in Coordination

"The World Humanitarian Summit recognised that increased localisation is fundamental to the delivery of a dignified and effective humanitarian response, concluding that humanitarian action should be “as local as possible, as international as necessary.” The associated Grand Bargain emphasized the…

  • Coordination: Coordination, Cluster Strategy, Inter-Sector Coordination
  • HPC: Strategic Planning
  • Technical Areas: Localisation

Localisation Checklist

This checklist provides guidance for ensuring local organisations are deliberately and explicitly engaged throughout the Cluster Strategy document and development process. Local partnership is an essential element of any emergency response, and Strategy development is a key moment to draw on the…

  • Coordination: Cluster Strategy
  • HPC: Strategic Planning
  • Technical Areas: Localisation

Education in Emergencies Response Plan for Afghanistan

Education in Emergencies Response Plan for Afghanistan prepared by the Education Working Group in November 20106.

  • Coordination: Cluster Strategy
  • Emergency: Conflict, Complex, Displacement
  • HPC: Strategic Planning
  • Technical Areas: Protection

Schools Under Attack in Syria

A monitoring report on the impact of attacks on Syrian schools by the Southern Turkey Education Cluster (Syria response)

  • Communicaiton: Communication Materials
  • Coordination: Advocacy
  • Emergency: Conflict, Complex
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Resource Mobilisation
  • Technical Areas: Attacks on Education, Protection

Hear it from the Children: why education in emergencies is critical

A study on the role of education for conflict-affected communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ethiopia

  • Communicaiton: Communication Materials
  • Coordination: Advocacy, Knowledge Mangement
  • Emergency: Conflict, Complex, Drought
  • Technical Areas: Protection

Education - An Essential Component of a Humanitarian Response

This document offers a synthesis of key information to advocate for education to be part of a humanitarian response: the rationale for EiE, the benefits of providing education, the risks to out of school children, how education strengthens other sectors

  • Communicaiton: Communication Materials
  • Coordination: Advocacy
  • HPC: Resource Mobilisation
  • Technical Areas: Protection

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