Session Overview: Minimum Standards 4 years on

Have we made a difference? INEE Minimum Standards 4 years on.


Global Consultation 2009, Istanbul

Tuesday 31 March, 16:45-18:30: Concurrent Learning Session Block 2

Abstract

Launched in 2004, the INEE Minimum Standards represent the first global tool to define a minimum level of education quality required in situations of emergencies, chronic crises, and early reconstruction. Four years after their launch, the handbook has been translated into 14 languages and is being used in more than 80 countries.

While there is broad consensus on the utility and relevance of the INEE Minimum Standards, education practitioners and humanitarian workers are still grappling with the question of how to translate the good practices codified in the INEE Minimum Standards Handbook into concrete action and quality programming. Guided by the Working Group on the Minimum Standards, INEE has researched and systematized answers to some of the most pressing questions: How are the INEE Minimum Standards being used by various stakeholders and across contexts? What are common challenges, lessons learnt and good practices? Have they actually contributed to increased coordination, accountability and quality? What is the added value of operationalizing and contextualizing indicators? How can additional tools and capacity-building opportunities support the implementation of standards?

If you are using the INEE Minimum Standards or interested to explore how you may apply them in your work, this learning session will give you an opportunity to hear directly from other INEE members working in the Canadian International Development Agency, Afghanistan, and on the Thai-Burma border and from the INEE Working Group on Minimum Standards. Participants will also be able to ask questions and to discuss their own challenges and good practices in order to identify how they may apply the lessons learnt and good practices shared by the panel in their own education programs.

Session Objectives

  • Objective 1: To share lessons learnt on the application of the INEE Minimum Standards through global analysis findings and field experiences.
  • Objective 2: To evaluate whether applying the INEE Minimum Standards makes a positive difference on the work of organizations implementing education interventions.
  • Objective 3: To identify opportunities to utilize the INEE Minimum Standards and potential areas of support needed.


Expected Outcomes

  • Outcome 1: Knowledge is gained on application and analysis efforts carried out at the global level by the INEE Working Group on Minimum Standards and by INEE members.
  • Outcome 2: Opportunities to use the INEE Minimum Standards are identified based on the key findings shared by the panel and the discussion.
  • Outcome 3: Examples of promotion and use of the INEE Minimum Standards are identified from participants’ experiences.


Panel

Chair: Ken Rhodes, Academy for Educational Development

Presenters:


For more information regarding this session please contact the Session Coordinator Jennifer Hofmann at {encode="jennifer@ineesite.org" title="jennifer@ineesite.org"}.

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