This report presents the findings of an external review of the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Working Group (WG) on Education and Fragility.

The event was organized by the INEE Working Group on Education and Fragility, which was established in early 2008 as an interagency mechanism to coordinate diverse initiatives and catalyze collaborative action on education and fragility.

This project briefing finds that few donors have delivered on their collective promise to support national education programmes with increased and more effective financial support.

The approach taken over the past decade to introduce minimum primary school standards in Vietnam is reviewed, with annual school audits that measured both input (quality) and output indicators.

This paper addresses the relevance and achievement of ‘government ownership’ as a guiding principle for education aid in fragile states.

In the current global context, it is crucial to revitalize the problem of basic education on political agendas, by emphasizing the strong linkages between primary education – and other components of basic education – and the other MDGs

Dans le contexte mondial actuel, il est essentiel de remettre l’éducation de base au premier rang des priorités politiques, en soulignant qu’il existe des liens étroits entre l’enseignement primaire – et d’autres composantes de l’éducation de base – et les autres OMD.