INEE Pledges to Strengthen Coordination for Refugee Education
INEE is proud to be making a joint pledge at the upcoming Global Refugee Forum (GRF), together with the Global Education Cluster (GEC) and UNHCR, “to strengthen education sector coordination to minimize the time that refugee children and youth spend out of school as envisaged in the Global Compact on Refugees”.
This pledge is the culmination of the Education Cannot Wait-supported “Global Partners Project”, which has seen INEE, GEC and UNHCR working together since 2018. The pledge demonstrates a commitment to the three entities’ continued collaboration in the coming years. The partnership is unique: it’s the first time the Cluster, INEE and UNHCR have collectively set out to identify gaps and opportunities to improve education sector coordination during emergencies and protracted crises.
To a refugee child or young person, education sector coordination might seem abstract – they just want to be able to go to school, meet new friends and teachers, learn and play. Yet smooth coordination between host governments, international organizations, civil society actors, and donors is critical to enable that child to go back to school and begin to recover from the traumatic experience of displacement, to learn and thrive.
Working together, INEE, GEC, and UNHCR will support stronger coordination in the education sector to reach more refugee and crisis-affected children and youth with education services, promote more effective use of resources, and encourage greater alignment of response plans with national sector strategies. Improved coordination between humanitarian responses and development programming will also help to ensure that education services are available and have the capacity to respond to the complex needs of refugee learners.
In collaboration with the Overseas Development Institute, in early 2020 the partners will publish an evidence base on education sector coordination, including a global analysis framework and six country case studies. For a preview, take a look at the conceptual framework for these studies. A final report will outline actionable recommendations for joint operational support in mixed refugee and IDP/other settings.
This joint pledge, relating to coordination for refugee education, is one of three GRF pledges to which INEE has committed. Visit the INEE website to read our call to all stakeholders about being accountable to our pledges after the Global Refugee Forum is over.
For more information on the Global Refugee Forum and how to pledge, have a listen to our recent Webinar on advocacy for refugee education, or visit the INEE webpage or the GRF website.
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Joint Pledge of GEC, INEE, and UNHCR for the Global Refugee Forum 2019 The Global Education Cluster (GEC), the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, pledge to strengthen the quality of education sector coordination in emergencies and minimise the time that refugee children and youth spend out of school. This pledge is a continuation and further formalisation of a two-year partnership, initiated by Education Cannot Wait, to strengthen education sector coordination during emergencies and collectively contribute to better quality learning outcomes for forcibly displaced children and youth. The pledging organisations will work together to generate and share knowledge on effective coordination modalities and practices, conduct joint training and capacity strengthening initiatives for coordinators and local partners, jointly provide technical support, and share information on enhancing coordination through existing platforms and networks. Stronger coordination in the education sector will promote more effective use of resources and greater alignment of response plans with national sector strategies for education and across the broader humanitarian architecture. Effective coordination across humanitarian and development programming will also support education systems to respond more effectively during periods of crisis and lead to better quality education for all. |