INEE Minimum Standards Acknowledgments

Funding Partners: This update was made possible with the financial support of Dubai Cares, Lego Foundation, Open Society Foundation, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.

Graphic Design: 2D Studio 
Plain Language Review: CLEAR Global (Translators without Borders)
Copy-editing: Dody Riggs
Indexing: Pierke Bosschieter (ISB&Index)

INEE MS Update Reference Group
Co-Chair: Rachael Lumley (Plan International) and Mamadou Traore (Plan International Nigeria)
Members: Barbara Moser-Mercer (AHEEN), Jisun Jeong (George Washington University), Abdullahi Muse (Independent), Dima Radwan (Independent), Bente Sandal-Aasen, Andrew Armstrong (INEE Secretariat), Jeffrey Dow, Wisam Zeidan (International Rescue Committee), Jennifer Roberts (UNHCR), Alissar Yordanov (War Child)
INEE Coordinator: Ariel Rivera Solari (INEE Secretariat)

Phase 1: Groundwork 

INEE MS Uptake and Usage Assessment: Dr. Bassel Akar Team lead (Center for Applied Research in Education, Notre Dame University - Louaize, Lebanon), Dr. Kefah Barham (An-Najah National University, Palestine), Dzaghig Kalsahagian, Dr. Jo Kelcey (Lebanese American University, Lebanon), Dr. Maria Camila Ospina (Fundación Centro Internacional de Educación y Desarrollo Humano, Colombia), David Ospina (Fundación Centro Internacional de Educación y Desarrollo Humano, Colombia), Dr. Taghrid Diab Saad (Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth, Lebanon), Dr. Rui da Silva (Center for African Studies, University of Porto, Portugal), Budahere Katalemba

Use of INEE MS by Ministries of Education assessment: Chris Talbot (Consultant)

Thematic Reviews

• Anti-racism and decolonization: Seun Adebayo (Consultant)
• Gender and disability inclusion: Carly Manion and Haddy Njie (Consultants)
• Early childhood development: Maria Benavidez (INEE Secretariat) and ECD Working Group
• Environmental crises and climate change: Katherine Curtiss (Consultant)
• Disaster risk reduction and resilience: Marla Petal (Save the Children Australia)
• Shelter: Javier Parra (Independent) 
• Higher Education: African Higher Education in Emergencies Network (AHEEN)
• Education management information systems: Francesca Pinna, Artur Borkowski, Claude Ndabananiye, and Luke Pye (UNESCO) 
• Cash and voucher assistance: Emilia Sorrentino (GEC Cash Task Team/Plan International), Marco Grazia, Isidro Navarro (GEC Task Team/World Vision), Dana Truhlarova Cristescu (GEC Cash Task Team), Marianne Vik (GEC Taks Team/Save the Children), Andrew Mathew (International Rescue Committee/GEC Cash Task Team) 
• International humanitarian law: Vanessa Murphy, Mark Chapple, Beatrijs Johanna Vanhove (ICRC) 
• Coordination: Michelle Brown, Mackenzie Monserez, Thorodd Ommundsen, Elisa Radisone, Nicolas Servas (Global Education Cluster) 

Online and Offline Consultation Consultants: Julia Tran Thanh, Souad Abisamra, Abdullahi Muse
Design of consultation workshop material: Andrea Naletto (Consultant)

Country Consultation Consultants: Ahmed Al-Qadhi (Yemen), Bilal Khalifa (Syria), Abla Assaf (Palestine),  Maria Bou Rouphael (Lebanon), Sahar Bani Mustafa (Jordan), Dr. Shuaib Abdullahi Salad (Somalia), Edemawan Dorothy Ossai (Nigeria), Loise Gichuhi (Kenya), Georges Bissiongol (Cameroon), Rima Abou Chakra (Francophone Sahel Region), Musharraf Tansen (Bangladesh), Zahir Abdul Azizi (Afghanistan),  Carmen América Affigne (Venezuela), Zulema Herrera (Honduras), Lizeth Estephany Cardozo Rodriguez (Colombia), Jacqueline Baumgratz (Brazil), Talot Bertrand (Haiti), Eleftherios Baltzidis (Greece)

Thematic and Language Workshop Facilitator(s)

• Spanish: Laura Tiana, Ariel Rivera Solari, and Claudio Osorio (INEE Secretariat) 
• French: Emeline Marchois and Nathalie Bienfait (INEE Secretariat) 
• Arabic: Ayman Qwaider (INEE Secretariat) 
• Distance Education: Asim Latif (INEE Secretariat), Diana Woolies, and Leya Amonde Ouko (Distance Education Reference Group) 
• Comprehensive School Safety: Ariel Rivera Solari (INEE Secretariat) and Abdullahi Muse (Consultant)
• INEE members: Ariel Rivera Solari (INEE Secretariat) and Abdullahi Muse (Consultant)

Phase 2: Synthesis

Narrative Synthesis and Blueprint Consultants: Seun Adebayo, Vanessa Macamo, and Adesola Sekumade

Phase 3: Drafting

INEE MS Writing Team: Andrew Armstrong (INEE Secretariat), Caroline Pontefract (Consultant), and Silje Skeie (Consultant), with advisory support from Dean Brooks, Rachel McKinney, Ariel Rivera Solari, and Bente-Sandal Aasen (INEE Secretariat).

Reading Group Members: Sandrine Bohan-Jacquot (Humanitarian Inclusion), Melissa McLeod (Queen's University), Leena Zahir (Education Above All Foundation), Jane Yau (DIPF Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Global Young Academy), Matthias Mollet, Leia Isanhart, Selamawit Tadesse, Jeane Green (Catholic Relief Services), Janet Shriberg, Shanna Kohn, Kristen Sandmeier (Sesame Workshop), Susanna Davies (CP Minimum Standards Working Group/Save the Children), Joanna Wedge (CP Minimum Standards Working Group/UNICEF), Monica Martinez (Save the Children seconded to UNHCR), Amel Amirali (UNHCR), Camilla Jones (The Alliance/World Vision), Elena Giannini (The Alliance Learning & Development Working Group), Maija Liakka, Mohamud Hure (UNHCR), Neven Knezevic (UNICEF), Clare Sadd, Laurel Jansury, Krista Sojo, Maher Daboul, Anas Tahhan (People in Need), Adrien ANGALIA (CHDD), Dieuwerke Luiten, Gerhard Pulfer, Iwanna Swart, Jurgena Bega, Simeon Mawanza (Porticus), Shyamol Alam Choudhury (Save the Children), Alejandra Echeverry (Independent), Kate Lapham (LTLGP/ECCN), Anna Spector (USAID), Monique Mujinga (USAID DRC), Kevin Nascimento (Creative Associates), Linda Jones (UNICEF), Mariana Cruz (LTLGP/LAC Hub), Julia Finder Johna (USAID); Wendy Wheaton (USAID), Consilous Rwanyonga (Education Development Center), Isabelle Hoagland (USAID), Fatima Abou Nassif Mourad (University of Rochester), Alison Joyner, Yakubu Joseph, Elizabeth Lory, Mamadou Salif Traore, Suzanne Zuidema, Peter Ukpusugh, Mohammed Nasir Aliyu, Elizabeth Ndyanabangi, Lizeth Cardozo, Velasco Pena-Lory, Reyna Elizabeth, Aimee Linda Vachon, Assoumane Bori (Plan International), Vongaishe Changamire (World Vision Canada), Tamara Jacod (PGL Foundation), Mona Ghali (Children Believe), Hila Olyan (CODE), Abla Assaf, Marco Fuduli, Julie Dunn, Heather Carroll, Mohammad Reza Ahmadi, Yannick Manfouo Meli, Yaya Diarassouba, Reem Shammout, Romain Monsieur, Therese Curran, Marta Schena (Norwegian Refugee Council), Jennifer Roberts, Benoit D'Ansenbourg, Manal Stulgaitis, Els Jelema, Gabriel El Khili (UNHCR)

Collection and Summary of Feedback on the 2023 INEE MS first draft: Susan Kippels, Soha Osman, and Sahar ElAsad (Elm Consulting) 

The INEE Secretariat provided significant support and contributions throughout the update process, specifically: Oula Abu-Amsha, Sonja Anderson, Maria Benavides, Charlotte Bergin, Natalie Brackett, Dean Brooks, Alanna Christopher, Lauren Gerken, Martha Hewison, Myriam Jaafar, Emeline Marchois, Asim Latif, Rachel McKinney, Matt Michels, Sarah Montgomery, Ayman Qwaider, Bente Sandal-Aasen, Peter Transburg, Natalie Akstein, Laura Tiana, Claudio Osorio, Faiz Alkozai, Sumbal Bashir, Nathalie Bienfait, Lindsey Fraser, and Maria Fernanda Regis

The INEE MS update project was a collaborative process coordinated by Ariel Rivera Solari (INEE Team Lead Standards & Practice) with technical support from Andrew Armstrong (INEE MS Update Technical Lead), and the overall guidance of Dean Brooks (INEE Director).