INEE Tools Launch 2010

Geneva, New York, Paris: 23 June 2010 – Today we are thrilled to announce the global launch of four major new inter-agency tools that have been developed by literally hundreds of INEE members over the past year.

A press release is available here. The listserv message sent to INEE members today is available here. Please share these widely with you colleagues and networks.

The tools

• INEE Minimum Standards Handbook (updated 2010 edition) is the only global tool that articulates the minimum level of educational quality and access in emergencies through to recovery, providing good practices for coordinated action by education practitioners and policy makers in governments and international and national agencies. Also available in French here. Click here for tools, documents and training materials relating to the INEE Minimum Standards.

• INEE Guidance Notes on Teaching and Learning articulates good practice on critical issues related to curricula adaptation and development, instruction and learning processes, teacher training and support, and the assessment of learning outcomes, focusing on the importance of quality side of Education for All. Please click here for more information about the development process.

• INEE Reference Guide on External Education Financing provides an overview of the different types of mechanisms for financing education in order to help governments, policy makers and civil society better understand the ways in which donors provide education assistance, how various funding mechanisms work and why donors choose one funding mechanism over another. Also available in French here. Please click here for further information about this tool including briefs in English and French.

• INEE Pocket Guide to Gender distils essential gender equality programming principles and provides concrete strategies for putting gender equality into practice. It is intended for anyone working to provide, manage or support education services as part of emergency preparedness, response or recovery. Also available in French here. Please click here to access the INEE Gender Task Team webpage for more relevant tools, resources and training materials.

Regional launch events

The launch events will bring together education practitioners and policy makers in a series of inter-active workshop events that will officially launch the tools, offer a choice of orientation workshops on a range of INEE Tools, and provide opportunities to interact and network with fellow education in emergencies actors.

Currently, events are planned in the following locations:

• Dakar, Senegal on June 25, co-hosted by UNICEF with Action Aid, UNESCO, Plan International, Save the Children;
• Washington, DC on July 1, co-hosted by Brookings Institution, Academy of Educational Development (AED), ChildFund International, Plan International, Save the Children, Fast Track Initiative, and World Learning
• New York, NY on July 7, co-hosted by ChildFund International, UNICEF, UNESCO, IRC, Save the Children and other partners
• Bangkok, Thailand on July 12, co-hosted by UNESCO
• Nairobi, Kenya on July 30, co-hosted by Save the Children, UNICEF, UNHCR and World Vision
• Oslo, Norway on September 21, co-hosted by Save the Children, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NORAD, Norwegian Refugee Council
• Lima, Peru in October, co-hosted by the Ministry of Education UNICEF, CARE, Save the Children, World Vision, UNFPA, UNESCO, OCHA, Plan International, ITDG, COOPI and UNDP.
• Panama City, Panama on October 27, co-hosted by the Refugee Education Trust and UNICEF TACRO
• Geneva, Switzerland on September 30, co-hosted by IASC Education Cluster, RET, and UNHCR.
• Paris, France on 5 November 2010, co-hosted by UNESCO
• Sarajevo, Bosnia on March 10, 2011, co-hosted by Open Society Foundation
• Amman, Jordan on May 17, 2011

If you are interested in attending any of these events in person, please email {encode="network@ineesite.org" title="network@ineesite.org"}, indicating the location. Spaces for participation may be limited in some locations, but we will work with the co-hosts to try to accommodate as many INEE members as possible. Please note that INEE is not able to fund travel or other expenses related to attending these events.

Organise a launch event

If you don’t see your location listed above, and would like to launch these new INEE tools in your country, city, or office, please consider working with others to organize a launch event yourself.

Virtual launch events

In additional to the physical launch events, the INEE Secretariat is planning a series of virtual launches over the next few months to share these new tools with INEE members who are not able to attend the face-to-face events. There will be online opportunities to view the tools, hear about the content of each tool from those involved in their development, and ask questions about how you might use them in your own work. More details will be forthcoming, but if you would like to register your interest, please email {encode="network@ineesite.org" title="network@ineesite.org"}.