The Next Frontier for Education in Emergencies - Promising Practices & New Directions in Social-Emotional Learning

Education can be lifesaving, particularly in emergency contexts. Join FHI 360, UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and the LEGO Foundation to discuss the next frontier for education in emergencies, highlighting:

• The importance of ensuring that education systems are set up to address the trauma that many migrant and refugee children face before and during their journeys to new countries
• The need for safe, nurturing and responsive playful learning environments (formal and non-formal)
• The need for better training for teachers to provide psychosocial support to children who have lived through traumatic events, including through social-emotional learning

Drawing on the findings of the GEM Report’s policy paper Education as healing: Addressing the trauma of displacement through social and emotional learning and showcasing new interactive learning through play approaches championed by the LEGO Foundation, participants will gain insights into new directions for social-emotional learning in emergency settings.

Speakers:

• Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, UNESCO
• Rahmatullah Arman, Malala Fund Gulmakai Champion & CEO, Teach for Afghanistan
• Patrick C. Fine, CEO, FHI 360
• Paul Frisoli, Associate Director, Education in Emergencies, FHI 360
• Richard Lui, journalist and news anchor for MSNBC and NBC News (Moderator)
• Bo Stjerne Thomsen, Global Head of Research, LEGO Foundation

Please join us for drinks and light snacks at a reception directly following the event.

*This is a UNGA 74 side event. For more information on UNGA 74 and its side events, click here