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1 January 2009 Report UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning (UNESCO-IIEP)

Without capacity, there is no development

Against this background, IIEP-UNESCO undertook a wide range of studies on capacity development for achieving EFA. The focus is on educational planning and management because stronger capacities in these areas may have an important spill-over effect on the system as a whole.

1 January 2009 Case Study Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning (UNESCO-IIEP)

Education and fragility in Afghanistan: A situational analysis

This paper is a part of a wider research project on education in fragile contexts being undertaken under the auspices of the Inter-Agency Network on Education in Emergencies (INEE). It asks how education can be delivered effectively in Afghanistan and how it contributes to, or mitigates, fragility.

1 January 2009 Case Study
Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning (UNESCO-IIEP)
University of Ulster

Education and fragility in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The review examines the post-war period in particular, from the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in 1995 through to the present day. For the purposes of this review, ‘fragility’ is understood as referring to the multiple transitions the BiH State and society are currently undergoing, and the many challenges inherent in these transitions.

1 January 2009 Manual/Handbook/Guide United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), World Bank

Six Steps to Abolishing Primary School Fees: Operational Guide

The main objectives of this Operational Guide are to generate knowledge, guide analytical and technical work, and facilitate policy dialogue and decision making. The document aims to serve policy makers, planning officers, and development partners.

1 January 2009 Toolkit United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organziation (UNESCO)

Toolkit for Promoting Gender Equality in Education

The Toolkit also integrates existing information and tools designed by other national or international organizations dedicated to promoting and providing training on gender equality in education and other sectors.

1 January 2009 Policy Document Save the Children

Preventing Attacks on Schools

This policy brief, part of Save the Children's Rewrite the Future campaign, looks at the following aspects of attacks on schools: schools under attack; contravening international law; education as an investment in peace; and call to action.

1 January 2009 Report Education Development Trust (formerly CFBT), UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning (UNESCO-IIEP)

Alternative Education: Filling the Gap in Emergency and Post-conflict Situations

This book reviews some alternative education programmes, including those providing alternative access, such as accelerated learning programmes and home-based or community-based schools. It also examines programmes that are alternative in curriculum provision, offering non-traditional subjects such as HIV and AIDS prevention or landmine awareness, and those that provide an alternative pedagogy, using more learner-centred and participatory techniques.

1 January 2009 Manual/Handbook/Guide United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organziation (UNESCO)

Teaching Children with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings

Embracing Diversity: Toolkit for Creating Inclusive, Learning-Friendly Environments, Specialized Booklet 3. Teaching Children with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings The UNESCO publication Embracing Diversity: Toolkit for Creating Inclusive, Learning-Friendly Environments (ILFE) offers a holistic, practical means to make schools and classrooms more inclusive, learning-friendly and gender-sensitive.

1 January 2009 Contingency Plan
Government of Namibia

Omusati Region, Namibia Flood Contingency Plan

In recent years the Region has be prone to recurrent droughts, floods, and veldt fires, human and animal diseases. The Cuvelai ecological area of the Region is characterized by thousands of shallow drainage channels locally known as oshanas. Flooding of the oshanas in the Cuvelai normally occurs after heavy local rains or good rainfalls in the highlands of neighboring Angola.

1 January 2009 Contingency Plan
Government of Namibia

Ohangwena Region, Namibia Flood Contingency Plan (2009-2010)

Ohangwena region borders Angola on the northern part, Kavango region in the east, Oshana and Oshikoto regions in the west and south respectively. Recent disaster trends show that the frequency and severity of disaster occurrence in the region is on the increase. Communities get out of drought direct into flooding and epidemic diseases cross-cut periods of other disaster occurrences.

1 January 2009 Book UNESCO International Institute for Education Planning (UNESCO-IIEP)

Certification counts: recognizing the learning attainments of displaced and refugee students

This book presents a comprehensive conceptual, policy and programming framework, complemented by case studies. It is global in perspective, examining the challenges and solutions to the problems faced by refugee and IDP students with either no documentation or inadequate or unrecognized documentation of their learning. 

1 January 2009 Training Material
American Refugee Committee (ARC)

Psychosocial Support Resource Pack

This module provides practical information, guidelines, examples and tools to support organisations and key actors to undertake psychosocial support to bring about positive change for children in humanitarian contexts.