Call for Education Sector Contingency Plans!!

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!