Spanish Language Community

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Member Engagement

• Organize webinars, roundtables, and knowledge-sharing events based on member needs.
• Support INEE Country Focal Points (CFP) in places like Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, México, Perú and Venezuela.
• Grow and manage Spanish EiE discussion spaces in the INEE Community of Practice.
• Lead INEE’s member engagement such as Meet-ups, Member Spotlights, and “INEE in 30 Minutes” web events.
• Recruit new INEE Spanish-speaking members and report on community growth.

Learning & Development

• Design and run capacity sharing workshops and orientations on INEE’s key topics including the INEE Minimum Standards.
• Support the review and translation of Spanish learning resources.

Technical Support

• Connect with local and regional partners to adapt resources to local needs.
• Provide support to members through the Help Desk and direct communication.
• Support country-level work, including emergency responses.

Advocacy

• Amplify voices from the local and regional level, including educators and teachers, in global advocacy spaces.
• Represent INEE in Spanish-speaking countries and LAC regional networks and events when possible.

Communications

• Stay in touch with members through Facebook, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and more.
• Manage all Spanish content on the INEE website – translate, edit, and upload blogs, events, and resources.
• Share monthly Spanish newsletter and resource update

Knowledge Management & Translation

• Translate and adapt INEE resources to suit Spanish-speaking members.
• Lead translation projects in collaboration with members to ensure relevance and accuracy.
• Encourage community feedback and participation in INEE projects like tool development and events.

INEE Minimum Standards (2024 Edition)

• Oversee the Spanish translation review and endorsement of the new INEE Minimum Standards.
• Provide technical support with the uptake and/or contextualization of the INEE Minimum Standard, in coordination with the INEE Standards & Practices Coordinator

Laura Tiana is the Spanish Language Community Facilitator 
For more information, please visit www.inee.org/es or write to [email protected].

Membership

There are currently 2355 members the INEE Spanish Language Community. Membership in the SLC is free and open to all INEE members. SLC members live and work in 125 countries around the world. SLC members also represent numerous organizations and bodies such as international and local NGOs, UN agencies, government institutions, community based organisations, and academic institutions such as universities and schools.  

SLC Engagement

Communications

The INEE website is fully accessible in Spanish (www.inee.org/es), and is populated with a range of member-contributed content, including news, jobs, blogs, resources, multimedia, and discussion forums.

SLC members receive a monthly newsletter, developed in collaboration with the Regional Education Group of Latin America and Caribbean that highlights developments in the field of education in emergencies (EiE) and the work of INEE network members; the newsletter also contains information about jobs vacancies, training opportunities, and scholarships. SLC members also regularly contact INEE to request materials, to learn about trainings and other network activities, and to seek volunteering and work opportunities.

Check here for the latest newsletters.

INEE Working Groups

The Spanish Language Community closely follows developments in INEE working groups and encourages Spanish-speaking members and organizations working in Spanish-speaking regions to participate in INEE's global work through working groups. The Spanish Language Community reinforces the achievements and participation in working groups, while encouraging partnerships between Spanish-speaking organizations and donors.

INEE Minimum Standards

The first and second editions of the INEE Minimum Standards (MS) handbook were translated to Spanish thanks to support of UNICEF Latin America and Caribbean Regional Office (LACRO). Several regional organizations (UNICEF, Plan International, Save the Children) as well as their country offices and Ministries of Education have printed copies of INEE MS and organized numerous trainings to introduce it and as part of broad EiE capacity development initiatives.

Some Latin-American countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru) had expressed interest to contextualize the INEE MS as well.

Accelerated Education 

In November 2023, the Accelerated Education Working Group (AEWG) and LAC Regional Education Working Group (REG-LAC) held a regional workshop for Accelerated Education (AE) in Cali, Colombia. The main goal of the workshop was to strengthen the quality of AE policies and programs in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. The workshop was an excellent example of collaboration and coordination among agencies. It was supported with funding from the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). 

Safe Schools

InOctober 2024, a Safe Schools Regional Workshop was held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Under the theme "Building bridges for comprehensive school safety", experts and key stakeholders in education and risk management shared knowledge and experiences to strengthen school safety in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event was co-organized by:

• AECID (Spanish Cooperation)
• GCPEA
• GADRRRES
• INEE
• GRE-LAC

It was an opportunity to advance the protection and preparedness of schools for emergencies in Latin America and the Caribbean, and offered theoretical and practical content on education in emergencies, INEE MS, the Comprehensive School Safety Framework 2022-2030, and the Safe Schools Declaration.