INEE Tools Launch - New York

The regional launch in New York, NY on July 7, 2010 brought together over 40 participants attending from different United Nations agencies, local NGOs and international donor agencies and government departments. This event was co-hosted by UNICEF, UNESCO, Mission of Qatar to the United Nations, ChildFund International, the International Rescue Committee and Save the Children.

Participants celebrated the release of four major tools focused on improved educational preparedness, response and recovery, and actively engaged in a one day interactive event, which included:

• An official launch and overview of four new inter-agency tools;
• A choice of four orientation workshops on the new tools;
• Discussion of next steps for improved educational preparedness, response and recovery;
• Opportunities to interact and network with regional education in emergencies actors;
• An introduction to INEE, a global open community with a vast range of resources and collaborative initiatives to be explored.

The four new tools launched were:

• INEE Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery
• INEE Guidance Notes on Teaching and Learning
• INEE Reference Guide to External Education Financing
• INEE Pocket Guide to Gender

Event documents:

• Report of the launch
• Agenda
• List of participants

Orientation workshop documents

• Plenary - Powerpoint presentation
• Contextualization of the INEE Minimum Standards - Powerpoint presentation of the orientation workshop
• Reference Guide on External Education Financing - Powerpoint presentation of the orientation workshop
• Teaching and Learning Guidance Notes - Powerpoint presentation of the orientation workshop
• Pocket Guide to Gender - Powerpoint presentation of the orientation workshop

Click here to see the photos from the event!

If you wish to order hard copies of any of the materials shared at the launch, please send an email to {encode="materials@ineesite.org" title="materials@ineesite.org"}