INEE Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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1. How can I become a member of INEE?
2. What are the benefits of being an INEE member?
3. How can I recover my password to access my INEE profile?
4. How can I get INEE tools and publications?
5. How can I receive INEE email messages?
6. How do I update my INEE profile and email subscriptions?
7. How can I share information with INEE?
8. How can I contact other INEE members?
9. What are the INEE Task Teams, and how can I join?
10. What are the INEE Language Communities, and how can I join?
11. What are the INEE Working Groups?
12. What is the role of the INEE Secretariat?
13. What is the role of the INEE Steering Group?
14. What is the difference between INEE and the INEE Minimum Standards?
15. Does INEE offer any training on education in emergencies or the Minimum Standards?
16. Does INEE offer employment opportunities?
17. Does INEE provide any funding?
18. How can I donate to INEE?
19. What academic institutions offer courses or conduct research in education in emergencies, or in education and international development?
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1. How can I become a member of INEE?
INEE is open to all individuals and organizations who implement, support, study, advocate and are interested in education in emergencies. Membership is free and involves no obligation. To join INEE, click here to register.
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2. What are the benefits of being an INEE member?
Membership in INEE includes the option to receive regular electronic communications, including the Bi-Weekly Bulletin, thematically-based Listserv messages and the weekly Jobs Bulletin. Members can also join Task Teams and Language Communities to engage with other members who have similar interests. Being an INEE member also allows you to search for other INEE members, trainers, and researchers in the Member Database and communicate with them directly. Members are encouraged to become involved in various activities coordinated throughout the year, and can contribute to INEE by sharing ideas, information, resources, staff, and expertise.
To join INEE, click here to register.
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3. How can I recover my password to access my INEE profile?
If you have forgotten your password to access your INEE profile, go to the INEE login page and click on the link “Forgot your password?” Enter the email address that you used to register with INEE, and click on the “Get My Password” button. A new password will be sent to your email.
If you have forgotten what email you used to register with INEE, please write to memberservices@ineesite.org for assistance.
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4. How can I get INEE tools and publications?
All of INEE’s tools and many other publications can be freely downloaded from the INEE website. If you are interested specifically in INEE tools, you can find them neatly organised and available for free download in the online INEE Toolkit.
To receive hardcopies of INEE tools, please select the publications you want on this Request Resources webpage, and complete the associated online request form. Depending on availability and the distance to your location, the order may take between 4-6 weeks to arrive. Shipping and handling fees may apply, and you will be notified in advance.
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5. How can I receive INEE email messages?
To receive INEE email messages, you just need to become a member of INEE. Membership is free; to become a member, click here.
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6. How do I update my INEE profile and email subscriptions?
Steps to update your INEE profile:
1. Log in to your INEE online account.
2. Once logged in, click on "My Profile" in the upper right hand corner of the page
3. Click on "Edit Your Profile" link below your name
4. Edit the information you would like to modify, such as your email address, password, personal and professional information. You may also want to share your photo and click the box to share your profile on the INEE website.
5. Click "Update Profile" at the bottom of the page.
Steps to update your INEE email subscriptions:
1. In any INEE listserv message that you receive, click the “Update Profile/Email Address” link at the bottom of the message.
2. Modify your subscription details accordingly.
3. Click the “Save Profile Changes” button to save your changes.
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7. How can I share information with INEE?
To share/submit information with the INEE Secretariat or with INEE at large, we encourage you to use the following means of communication:
• Jobs – use the Add a Job form (must be logged in)
• Information, events, and resources for the Bi-Weekly Bulletin – email bwb@ineesite.org
• Resources for the Resource Database – email resources
• Publications for the Academic Space – email acadamicspace@ineesite.org
• Blog post – email blog@ineesite.org
• Case studies and lessons learned on the INEE Minimum Standards – email msupdate@ineesite.org
• Feedback on INEE tools – use the Online Feedback form
For general queries, contact info@ineesite.org, and for specific queries, contact the appropriate Secretariat member at the email address listed here.
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8. How can I contact other INEE members?
INEE members are able to contact other members through the INEE Member Database. Once you are logged in, click on Member Database in the Members dropdown menu. Use the search criteria to narrow your search for members, and click Submit. (Just click the Submit button without search criteria to get a list of all members.) Once you find a member that you would like to contact, click on the “Contact Me” link to the right of his/her name and send him/her a message using the form.
Within the Member Database you can also find qualified Minimum Standards trainers by country and search for researchers based on their areas of expertise.
If you are not yet a member of INEE, click here to register.
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9. What are the INEE Task Teams, and how can I join?
The INEE Task Teams allow INEE members to work collectively on specific areas of interest, advocating for key thematic issues and collaboratively developing tools and resources to help practitioners provide inclusive, quality and safe education for all affected by crisis. Task Team membership is open to any INEE member. INEE currently has five Task Teams:
• INEE Adolescents and Youth Task Team
• INEE Inclusive Education and Disability Task Team
• INEE Early Childhood Task Team
• INEE Gender Task Team
• INEE HIV/AIDS Task Team
Click here to read more about the INEE Task Teams.
To join a Task Team, please send an email request to taskteams@ineesite.org.
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10. What are the INEE Language Communities, and how can I join?
The INEE Language Communities are groups of INEE members who work in languages other than English. The Language Communities seek to expand and share access to resources, tools, and experience in the non-English working languages of INEE, namely Arabic, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The current INEE Language Communities are: Arabic, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. To read more about INEE’s Language Communities, click here.
You can join an INEE Language Community simply by updating your INEE profile and your INEE email subscriptions to include the language(s) of your choice. Instructions for updating your profile and email subscriptions can be found here.
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11. What are the INEE Working Groups?
INEE Working Groups involve members and organisations to help develop and promote specific work within INEE. The current INEE Working Groups are: INEE Working Group on Minimum Standards, which promotes the INEE Minimum Standards and other INEE tools, and the INEE Working Group on Education and Fragility, whose mandate is to coordinate diverse initiatives and catalyze collaborative action on the impact of education on state fragility and resilience.
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12. What is the role of the INEE Secretariat?
INEE members are supported by five Secretariat staff members based in Geneva (UNHCR), New York (IRC and UNICEF) and Paris (UNESCO). The INEE Secretariat work closely with the INEE Steering Group and the INEE Working Groups to ensure that the mandate of the network is met and that member needs are supported. To meet the network's goals, which are articulated in a Strategic Plan, the INEE Secretariat engages in activities:
a.) to strengthen commitment, collaboration, and partnerships within the INEE network;
b.) to enhance knowledge and capacity within and beyond the INEE network; and
c.) to influence policy-makers and stakeholders to strengthen education in crisis and crisis-prone contexts.
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13. What is the role of the INEE Steering Group?
In consultation with the wider membership and in line with the INEE Strategic Plan, the INEE Steering Group sets goals and plans for the network; approves new working groups and task teams; and provides strategic guidance to the INEE Secretariat staff.
Steering Group members are senior representatives of organizations actively engaged in education in emergencies. The current Steering Group members represent the following organizations: ChildFund International, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), International Save the Children Alliance, Open Society Foundations (OSF), Refugee Education Trust (RET), UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF and the World Bank. Steering Group members are all equal in status, and no one Steering Group member may make decisions for INEE in his/her own individual capacity.
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14. What is the difference between INEE and the INEE Minimum Standards?
INEE is a network of over 6,000 individuals who come together to create knowledge, share information and advocate for education in crisis and crisis-prone situations. The INEE Minimum Standards: Preparedness, Response, Recovery, is the network's foundational tool for providing good practices and concrete guidance to governments and humanitarian workers in order to ensure access to safe, relevant and quality education opportunities for all. The INEE Minimum Standards Handbook is widely used in the field to guide education in emergencies programming, advocacy, research, coordination and Monitoring and evaluation.
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15. Does INEE offer any training on education in emergencies or the Minimum Standards?
Yes. Hundreds of humanitarian workers, government representatives and education practitioners have already been trained, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to provide the psychosocial, physical and cognitive protection that quality education can afford communities in crisis. If you are interested in participating in a training on the INEE Minimum Standards training or want to find an upcoming training in your country or region, please email mstraining@ineesite.org or become a member of INEE and stay informed about upcoming trainings through INEE’s regular communications.
If you want to learn by yourself, you can use the INEE E-learning module to learn more about the INEE Minimum Standards. If you want to organize and facilitate a Minimum Standards training or TOT, you can find the complete training package here.
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16. Does INEE offer employment opportunities?
INEE has a paid Secretariat of five full-time staff; these positions occasionally become available as staff move on. INEE regularly hires consultants and recruits interns to carry out specific projects and tasks. All positions, including internships, are posted on the INEE Jobs List, along with many other positions in other organisations in the field of education in emergencies.
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17. Does INEE provide any funding?
No. INEE is not a funding organization; therefore we do not provide any form of financial disbursement. We do not provide grants, contributions, scholarships, or travel funds to individuals or organizations. We do support our members through information and tools sharing, and we encourage the free use of INEE resources in all education in emergencies work.
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18. How can I donate to INEE?
INEE gratefully accepts donations online, as well as by check or money order from any country, and by bank transfer. To donate on line, go to: www.rescue.org/donate_to_INEE.
To donate via check or money order, please send the check/money order – made out to “International Rescue Committee” with a note that designates the funds are a “Donation to INEE” – to the following address:
Lori Heninger, INEE Director
International Rescue Committee
122 East 42nd St., 14th floor
New York, NY 10168 USA
To donate through a bank transfer, please contact donations@ineesite.org to receive contact bank information.
Thank you!
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19. What academic institutions offer courses or research in education in emergencies, or in education and international development?
Although INEE has no direct partnership with academic institutions, below is a list of institutions that offer courses and conduct research in education and international development. The institutions that offer specialised courses in education in emergencies are marked with a red asterisk (*). Click on the link for each institution to find out more.
National Institute of Education Singapore (Singapore)
Department of Education, University of Bath (UK)
Department of International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London (UK)
Department of International Development, Oxford University (UK)
Institute of Development Studies (UK)
Institute of Education, University of London (UK)
International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
Lund University (Sweden)
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol (UK)
The Graduate Institute (Switzerland)
TBD
Department of Organizational Leadership, Development, University of Minnesota (USA)
Florida International University (USA)
Graduate School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University (USA)
Graduate School of Education, Harvard University (USA)
Graduate School of Education, University of California Berkeley (USA)
Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania (USA)
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (Canada)
School of Education, Stanford University (USA)
School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder (USA)
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University (USA)
*Northern New York's College for Technology, Health, Management and Public Service, SUNY Canton (USA)
*Teachers College, Columbia University (USA)
TBD
To contribute to this list, please contact academics@ineesite.org
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