Conflict Sensitive Education

Conflict sensitive education (CSE) means “understanding the context in which the education policy/programme takes place, analyzing the two-way interaction between the context and the education policy/programme, and acting to minimize negative impacts and maximise positive impacts of education policies and programming on conflict, within an organization’s given priorities” (adapted from Conflict Sensitivity Consortium).

Education policies and programmes that only focus on technical solutions are not sufficient to address the challenges found in conflict-affected contexts. If attention to conflict is not integrated into education policy and programming, there is a risk that education investments will increase tensions.

It is crucial that all humanitarian, development, and educational programmes respond to the context and the dynamics of the conflict by being “conflict sensitive,” both minimizing negative impacts and maximizing positive impacts.

1 March 2013 Manual/Handbook/Guide Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)

INEE Guidance Note on Conflict Sensitive Education

Building upon the INEE Minimum Standards, the INEE Guidance Note on Conflict Sensitive Education offers strategies for developing and implementing conflict sensitive education (CSE) programmes and policies.

1 April 2013 Manual/Handbook/Guide Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)

INEE Conflict Sensitive Education Pack

In order to support the integration of conflict sensitivity in education policies and programs in conflict-affected and fragile contexts, INEE has developed a series of tools and guidance documents that make up the INEE Conflict Sensitive Education Pack (CSE Pack).

1 January 2013 Video Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)

INEE Conflict Sensitive Education Whiteboard Videos

Based on the INEE Conflict Sensitive Education Pack, this whiteboard video illustrates conflict sensitive strategies for each of the INEE Minimum Standards five domains.

1 January 2013 Training Material Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)

INEE Conflict Sensitive Education Training Modules

These training modules are based on the INEE Conflict Sensitive Education Pack created to support the integration of conflict sensitivity in education policies and programs.

1 January 2004 Advocacy Statement

CDA Collaborative Learning Projects

A Distinction with Difference: Conflict Sensitivity and Peacebuilding

Are peacebuilding and conflict sensitivity the same thing? Different but related? Completely separate? Increasingly, practitioners and policy makers give different—and often opposing— answers to these simple questions.

5 April 2011 Manual/Handbook/Guide

Conflict Sensitivity Consortium

An Introduction to Conflict Sensitivity

This chapter explains what is meant by conflict sensitivity, who needs to have it, and when, how to place conflict sensitivity within development, humanitarian assistance and peacebuilding, and current debates within these fields.

31 December 2010 Case Study Save the Children

Barriers to Accessing Education in Conflict-Affected Fragile States: DRC

The case study of DRC is part of a larger Save the Children Alliance research project on barriers to accessing primary education in conflict-affected fragile states.

1 January 2013 Manual/Handbook/Guide US Agency for International Development (USAID)

Checklist for Conflict Sensitivity in Education Programs

The Checklist offers a practical framework for analyzing the operational and technical aspects of education programs.

1 January 2009 Manual/Handbook/Guide Save the Children

Child Friendly Spaces Facilitator Training Manual

During the training you will learn how to establish a Child Friendly Space as well as become more familiar with the Save the Children Child Friendly Spaces in Emergencies Handbook.

31 December 2007 Report Save the Children

Education for Peace: Building Peace and Transforming Armed Conflict through Education Systems

A study demonstrating that formal education systems have a vital role to play in building peace in countries affected by armed conflict, based on fieldwork conducted in three countries.

31 March 2009 Journal Article Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)

Global Trends for Education to Support Stability and Resilience

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.

31 January 2012 Manual/Handbook/Guide