Initiatives and activities are focused on ensuring quality and accessible education in fragile contexts that also supports broader contributions to state-building, peacebuilding and stability. Trends in research, programming and financing relate back to the need to ensure quality and access in education provision in fragile contexts and the idea that education has a role in mitigating fragility.

Multi-national study examining the influence education has on attitudes towards democracy.

In this paper, ANCEFA, Pamoja West Africa, the African Platform for Adult Education, Oxfam International and ActionAid highlight the scale and impact of the literacy gap in West Africa, the region with the lowest literacy rates in the world, and make recommendations for action.

The purpose of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the emerging literature in the field of education and fragility. We examine the various attempts to capture the contexts of fragility in a pragmatic manner, from both an operational and a policy-making perspective.

Education in emergencies in places affected by conflict emphasizes system development, particularly of primary education systems. This paper suggests that education in conflict-affected countries requires greater coordination and intentional connections between projects and programs than in places where educational institutions are well developed.

Summary of interventions from Norway: For education for all to become a reality, education needs to be respected, protected and fulfilled. We have committed ourselves to the Millennium Development Goal number 2 on education for all within 2015, and to be able to reach this goal, we need to intensify our efforts.

On 12 March 2008 Save the Children launched a global debate on the relationship between education and peace; what kind of education can promote peace, and how do we make sure that children receive the quality education that will help them build peace?

Ce Manuel sur les écoles amies des enfants comprend des conseils détaillés sur la mise en place d'écoles sûres et protectrices, dotées d'un personnel enseignant qualifié, équipées de ressources adéquates et bénéficiant de conditions d'apprentissage appropriées pour tous les enfants.

Monitoring and financial incentives have been shown to have a significant impact on absenteeism, whereas local monitoring of attendance has failed to have such an impact. However, more evidence is required to strengthen these conclusions.