Guidance on Anticipatory Action in Education

The purpose of this document is to explain how Save the Children’s approach to Anticipatory Action can be applied to our education programming. Understanding how we can apply the AA Framework to the education sector will enhance our child-centred approach to AA, support the provision of timely and quality education in emergencies, strengthen our education advocacy work, and contribute to nexus-focused programming. We also explore opportunities to link our organisational ambition on Anticipatory Action to our leadership role in the education sector. 

Better defining Anticipatory Action in the education sector will also support SC’s climate resilience and adaptation work. Anticipatory action can be an important tool within broader efforts to support climate adaptation and resilience. Anticipatory action in the education sector can help reduce the impacts of predictable crises on children’s education and wellbeing. Children and school communities can also play a critical role in supporting anticipatory action. 

This document is our current understanding of Anticipatory Action in Education and will be used as a starting point for discussion, planning and preparedness with Regional and Country Office colleagues and cross-sectoral work in the Center. It will also be shared as a contribution to the work of the Global Education Cluster’s Task Team on Preparedness and Anticipatory Action to initiate inter-agency work on a coordinated approach to AA in the Education sector. It will be updated as we learn of emerging work in this area and capture additional examples, good practice and opportunities to collaborate.