Major Achievements of the Working Group on Education and Fragility 2009

Major Achievements of 2009

Situational Analyses of Education and Fragility

  • Development of Situational Analyses of Education and Fragility for Cambodia and Liberia (final reports forthcoming in 2010).
  • Release of desk study entitled “Education and Fragility in Afghanistan: A Situational Analysis” developed by IIEP/UNESCO on behalf of the Working Group.
  • Development of “Education and Fragility in Bosnia-Herzegovina” developed by the UNESCO Chair at University of Ulster (forthcoming in 2010).

Capacity Development

  • Release of issue paper on capacity development in July by INEE, GTZ and the European Training Foundation entitled “Capacity Development for Education Systems in Fragile Contexts.”

Governance

  • Development of the forthcoming European Commission “Study of Governance Challenges for Education in Fragile Situations” including eight country case studies and synthesis report.

Financing Modalities

Development of in-depth analysis paper on financing modalities entitled “Appropriate and Effective Financing Modalities and Channels for Education in Fragile Situations” was developed as the basis for forthcoming INEE Information Guide on Financing Modalities.

  • Background analysis includes six country case studies of Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Somalia.

Ongoing process of development of the content and design of the “INEE Reference Guide to External Education Financing” underway with the consultative process for review of the tool was scheduled for mid 2010.

  • More than 40 financing experts from around the world recruited to participate in the consultative process of developing the Reference Guide.

Policy and Advocacy

Ongoing promotion of and dialogue around issues of education and fragility included facilitation of sessions at the INEE Global Consultation

  • Effective Education Financing in Fragile Contexts: Challenges and Opportunities.
  • Capacity Development for Educational Systems in Fragile Contexts.
  • The Hidden Emergency: Education in Fragile Situations.
  • Evidence for change in fragile contexts: research, analysis and advocacy.

Outreach and support to the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2011 on education and conflict and the World Bank World Development Report 2011 on security, conflict and development.

Please click here for the Major Achievements of the Working Group in 2008.