Session Overview: Change in Fragile Contexts

Evidence for change in fragile contexts: research, analysis and advocacy


Global Consultation 2009, Istanbul

Wednesday 1 April 14:15-18:15, Concurrent Learning Session Block 4

Abstract

Education plays a central and very visible role in any state. Education’s role is no less central in fragile contexts. Yet our understanding of this role, and knowledge of how best to support education during prolonged periods of crisis or slow recovery, has yet to be rooted in a strong evidence base. This session will briefly explore the notion of education and fragility: what does it mean and why is it important? This will lead to an examination of the need to increase the evidence base, and to organize and analyse that evidence in a way that can contribute to mitigating fragility. The Education and Fragility Working Group’s Analytic Framework will be presented as a means to help organize and ‘interrogate’ collected evidence. In smaller groups, participants will use the framework to pursue more incisive understanding of the interplay between education and security, governance, economy, society, and environment. To conclude the session, groups will combine insights gained from each education and fragility ‘lens’ to develop a revised analytic framework and other policy, planning and implementation guidance that the Education and Fragility Working Group, and INEE members, can use to pursue more and better evidence about the interplay between education and fragility.

Session Objectives

  • Objective 1: Highlight the relevance of the education – fragility interplay for host country and international populations, government and civil society and donors.
  • Objective 2: Explore approaches to developing broad-based and reliable evidence about the impacts, promising practices and lessons learned from the education – fragility interplay and explore emerging means that INEE partners can use to identify and share this information.


Expected Outcomes

  • Outcome 1: Participants can articulate the various aspects and interplays of education and fragility
  • Outcome 2: Approaches for exploring and documenting the education and fragility evidence base are increased and/or improved.
  • Outcome 3: Participants are motivated to explore and gather evidence from their own country and institutional base.


Panel

Chairs:

  • John Hatch, United States Agency for International Development, EGAT/ Office of Education
  • Cornelia Janke, Center for Institutional Learning and Center for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Education Development Center


Presenters:


For further information on this session please contact the Session Coordinators Cornelia Janke at {encode="cjanke@edc.org" title="cjanke@edc.org"} or Lyndsay Bird at {encode="l.bird@iiep.unesco.org" title="l.bird@iiep.unesco.org"}.

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