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Posted: 15/08/11
ECD experts discuss concrete ways to mitigate the impact of this severe drought and food shortage on young children here.
Share your reactions, experiences and ideas in the comments. Some questions to consider:
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Is it sufficient for affected families in HoA to receive cash support and food aid? How can this be complemented with information on psychosocial support to children and mothers/caregivers?
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Is this an appropriate or suitable time to provide affected families with additional information like the importance of stimulation, or caregiver-to-child interaction; or should such information be conveyed post emergency/when more suitable conditions are in place? Why/Why not?
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Posted: 26/07/11
INEE is collecting information on how our members are responding to the drought and growing humanitarian crisis in Horn and East Africa.
We invite you to share your insights and experiences in the comments. Some questions to consider:
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Has the fact that this is a slow onset crisis (in contrast to a tsunami, earthquake, or sudden-onset conflict) impacted the response? What are the lessons we can learn from this?
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How is your organization taking into account the overlapping political, economic and environmental factors in responding to this complex emergency?
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What lifesaving and life-sustaining education interventions is your organization providing in this region?
You can also email arianna@ineesite.org with any relevant resources and information for INEE to share with the rest of the network.
This listserv message provides updates on the region and the education sector response.
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Posted: 22/07/11
The INEE Secretariat invites you to apply be a member of the Minimum Standards Working Group for 2011-2013. The new Working Group on Minimum Standards (2011-2013) will work toward the following objectives: 1. Translation, dissemination and promotion of the INEE Minimum Standards, and 2. Application and Capacity Development on the INEE Minimum Standards. Please see here for the complete TOR and here for a link to the Call for Applications.
To apply, submit a letter signed by a senior organizational officer who is able to make an institutional commitment, specifying their commitment to this two-year process. Please state the organization's ability to meet the criteria and responsibilities involved. In addition to the letter, please send the C.V. of the organization's proposed member for the Working Group.
Application deadline: August 8, 2011. Email: aya@ineesite.org and tzvetomira@ineesite.org. Late and incomplete applications will not be considered.
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Posted: 24/06/11
INEE is an active network of over 6,000 members working around the globe to ensure all persons the right to quality and safe education in emergencies through to recovery. An important and often overlooked element of emergency response is preparedness. Emergency preparedness planning within the education sector, outlining actions to respond to a range of threats, is a critical step towards ensuring access to quality education for all learners in times of crises. Part of this process involves creating a contingency plan. This articulates how the education sector will respond to a specific emerging or anticipated crisis prior to its occurrence. This can contribute greatly to the success of humanitarian response during an emergency. INEE is committed to supporting members in this planning process.
The strength and success of INEE lies in the participation of its members in sharing their experiences in the field. To encourage and facilitate such a dialogue, we are inviting INEE members to submit sector-wide contingency plans that indicate procedures for educational responses in times of an emergency.
It is also critical that education is considered in the wider national emergency response plans. Please share case study examples of how you've worked to ensure education is included in national emergency response plans as well.
We welcome contributions from all INEE members and local partners. We will post these plans on our website and share them over the listserv. They will accompany guidelines on contingency planning for the Education sector that are currently being developed by the Education Cluster and other information about preparedness and contingency plans. Your efforts will inspire and inform the work of other INEE members in the field and improve educational preparedness around the world.
Please submit contingency plans to the INEE Coordinator for Minimum Standards at minimumstandards@ineesite.org by August 26, 2011, clearly indicating which country the contingency plan was developed for.
Thank you in advance for your valued contributions!
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Posted: 17/06/11
Join INEE in honoring World Refugee Day, 20 June 2011, and help pay homage to the approximately 15 million refugees and 27.5 million internally displaced persons who have been forced to flee their homes because of deadly violence, persecution or natural disaster.
In addition, today we recognize the important work of INEE members around the world who are seeking to secure the right to education for displaced people and we applaud the hard-won gains for education as a right for refugees, internally displaced people and all who are impacted by conflict or natural disaster.
Click here to read the listserv message on World Refugee Day and download relevant tools and resources on refugee education.
Join the conversation on refugee/IDP education:
- What is your organization doing for World Refugee Day?
- What challenges does your organization face providing education for refugees or IDPs? Where have you succeeded?
Share your thoughts and stories in the comments!
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Posted: 17/05/11
Dear INEE Members:
The INEE Working Group on Minimum Standards is pleased to share this “Call for Applications” for delegates to participate in the upcoming Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop on the INEE Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response Recovery. This TOT will be held in Doha, Qatar, from Monday, June 20 to Wednesday, June 22, 2011, and will be hosted by Reach out to Asia (ROTA). The focus of the workshop will be on using the INEE Minimum Standards to support education programmes and policies. It will bring together approximately 30 participants from the Middle East and South East Asia, including representatives from NGOs, UN agencies and donor agencies. The workshop will be conducted in English. The background note is also available on the INEE website.
INEE is inviting applications from individuals who represent an organisation/institution working in the field of education, protection and/or emergency humanitarian work (government, UN, NGO, training institution, academic institution, education personnel). To be selected for this regional TOT on the INEE Minimum Standards, applicants must meet the following criteria:
1. Significant experience in providing leadership to education, protection and/or humanitarian response in emergencies, chronic crises and recovery situations
2. Currently developing and/or implementing education programmes and/or policies
3. Proven training experience and skills, including good communication and interpersonal skills
4. Familiarity with the INEE Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery
5. A written commitment from the applicant’s employer that the applicant will be supported to conduct a minimum of two local, national or regional trainings on the INEE Minimum Standards in the 12 months after participating in the TOT workshop.
6. Ability to secure organisational support for travel and expenses associated with attending the TOT workshop. (Scholarships will be provided to very few participants)
7. Fluency in English and one other language.
Individuals interested in applying for this TOT workshop on the INEE Minimum Standards must submit one word document with the following three components:
1. Completely filled-out application form.
2. A curriculum vitae (four pages maximum).
3. A written commitment from the applicant’s employer that the applicant will be supported to conduct a minimum of two local, national or regional trainings on the Minimum Standards in the 12 months after participating in the TOT workshop.
Please forward this information widely to qualified trainers in your organisation and to partner organisations, noting that the deadline for applications is Wednesday, June 1, 2011. Selected applicants will be notified by June 3, 2011.
Sincerely,
Tzvetomira Laub, INEE Coordinator for Minimum Standards
INEE Working Group on Minimum Standards:
• Academy for Educational Development, Ken Rhodes, US (NGO)
• ActionAid, John Abuya, Kenya (NGO)
• BEFARe, Shakir Ishaq, Pakistan (NGO)
• FAWE, Martha Muwezi, Uganda (NGO)
• GTZ, Sylvia Schmitt, Germany (donor)
• Mavikalem Social Assistance and Charity Association, Zeynep Turkmen, Turkey (NGO)
• NORAD, Randi Gramshaug, Norway (donor)
• Norwegian Refugee Council, Helge Brochmann, Norway (NGO)
• Oxfam Novib, Veerle Verloren van Themaat, Netherlands (NGO)
• Plan International, Sweta Shah, US (NGO)
• Save the Children Alliance, Bente Sandal-Aasen, Norway (NGO)
• War Child Holland, James Lawrie, The Netherlands (NGO)
• World Education, Fred Ligon, Thailand (NGO)
• UNESCO, Eli Rognerud, France (UN)
• UNHCR, Annika Sjoberg, Switzerland (UN)
• UNICEF, Pilar Aguilar, Switzerland (UN)
• USAID, Mitch Kirby, US (donor)
• ZOA Refugee Care, Simon Purnell, Thailand (NGO)
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Posted: 28/04/11
The political standoff may be over but international humanitarian response must be increased and adequately funded in order to address the current needs in Ivory Coast. For the education sector to effectively start classes again, adequate equipment and supplies, community mobilization efforts and teacher training and support are urgently needed.
Please comment and share your experiences responding to this crisis.
Click here to read the full update on the education needs and response in Ivory Coast, and to access related resources in French.
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Posted: 11/02/11
Call for Submission of Abstracts
UKFIET, the UK Forum for International Education and Training, annually hosts one of the largest international educational conferences, attracting over 400 practitioners, donors and researchers from around the world.
The theme for 2011 is on Global Challenges for Education: Economics, Environment and Emergency; the conference will be held in Oxford, UK from 13-15 September. Save the Children, Plan International, the Brookings Institution and INEE have proposed the thematic area “Education in Emergencies – Moving Ahead”
Calls for Submission of Abstracts: Education in Emergencies – Moving Ahead
We would like to encourage INEE members to submit abstracts on this theme to be considered for the UKFEIT conference! Abstracts can be submitted at http://www.cfbt.com/ukfiet/submit_abstract.html. The deadline for submission is 18th March.
Abstracts are invited which address the following areas:
- Disaster risk reduction through education: preventing and preparing for emergencies
- Quality education in emergencies: curriculum, teachers and learners
- Early childhood education in emergencies
- Informal and non-formal education strategies for emergencies
- Inclusive education in emergencies
- Education and psychosocial recovery in emergencies
- Financing education in emergencies
- Education as first phase humanitarian response: case studies of specific responses
- Education in emergencies: working with national authorities
Abstracts should be no more than 250 words, and need to show a clear link to the sub-theme. Please avoid using too many references or having an overly long title. This is an expression of interest so you do not currently need to have a full-fledged paper, just a short piece that outlines what you would focus on for this sub-theme. You are welcome to submit multiple abstracts; however, each person is only allowed to present one paper.
If your abstract is accepted, we will ask you to produce a paper and/or presentation; the deadline for finalising the paper is later in the year. Unfortunately, none of the convening organizations, Save the Children, Plan International, the Brookings Institute or INEE, have funds to bring presenters to the conference.
Convenors:
Deborah Haines, Save the Children
Nick Hall, Plan International
Lori Heninger, Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
Rebecca Winthrop, Brookings Institute
Details and Description of Thematic Area
Description: Education is critical for all children, but it is especially urgent for the tens of millions of children affected by emergencies, be they man-made or natural disasters. Historically, education was seen as part of longer-term development work rather than a necessary intervention in emergency response; humanitarian relief typically involved the provision of food, shelter, water and sanitation and healthcare. However, with the average conflict lasting 10 years and families remaining in refugee or internally displaced person (IDP) camps for an average of 17 years, it is clear that education cannot wait for more stable times and that the failure to prioritise education in humanitarian response renders entire generations uneducated, disadvantaged and unprepared to contribute to their society’s recovery. A growing body of evidence on education’s life-saving and life-sustaining role has resulted in a change in beliefs, with education now being included as a first phase humanitarian response. This increased attention has resulted in a significant increase in the allocation of humanitarian aid to education, although it has never reached more than 50 percent of estimated requirements.
The sub-theme aims to move debate and understanding forward against the question: What new angles, understanding and analysis do we have on the role of education in emergencies?
This is a very exciting opportunity to increase the evidence base within the field of Education in Emergencies; please consider both attending the conference and submitting an abstract on our theme.
More information is available here.
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Posted: 21/01/11
Stay up-to-date on news from the Gender Task Team! Read the latest listserve message here
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Posted: 21/01/11
Here are the latest updates from INEE’s Adolescents and Youth Task Team! To read the entire listserve message, click here.
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