Education in Emergencies and Reconstruction

Forced Migration Review

Children at school in Eritrea.

© Ezra S Simon

This resource page complements Forced Migration Review, issue 22, which focuses on education in emergencies and reconstruction and is entitled ‘Education in emergencies: learning for a peaceful future’. Links are provided to online information about key initiatives in emergency education. There is also a sample selection of references selected from Forced Migration Online (FMO), which include full-text documents, journal articles, web resources, and organisations.

Research Guide

• Hart, Jason. "FMO Research Guide: Children and Adolescents in Conflict Situations" (October 2002)

Introductions/Overviews:

• Education for All (EFA). UNESCO
• Dakar World Education Forum in 2000 developed a Framework for Action to achieve Basic Education for All (EFA) by 2015
• EFA Global Monitoring Reports. UNESCO
• Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) (Réseau Inter-Agences d’Éducation d’ Urgence)
• INEE handbook Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction (PDF file 363 KB) - A Commitment to Access, Quality and Accountability launched at the 2^nd Global Inter-Agency Consultation, held in Cape Town, South Africa, December 2004.
• INEE Global Survey on Education in Emergencies initiated by the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (PDF file 2.28 MB) - see WCRWC 2004 report
• UNESCO/World Food Programme Cooperative Programme. School Feeding - see Into School, Out of Hunger
• INSPIRE (PDF file 40 KB) - UNHCR Education Forum Initiative - INnovative Strategic Partnerships in Refugee Education. March 2004. Working Together for Protection and Durable Solutions.
• UNHCR Peace Education Programme (PEP) (PDF file 160 KB) jointly implemented by the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies.
• International Rescue Committee's Healing Classrooms Initiative
• IRC Program Brings Special Needs Refugee Children Into Camp Schools in Kenya
• Catholic Relief Services Accelerated Learning (AL) programs & Community Learning Systems (CLS)
• CRS education
• Basic Education and Policy Support (BEPS), USAID
• Jesuit Refugee Service work in education in Africa

Documents

Selected full-text documents (for more, search in the Digital Library)

• Academy for Educational Development (AED)/ Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children. 2003. The education imperative: supporting education in emergencies.
• Flores, Joaquin E. 1999. Schooling, family, and individual factors mitigating psychological effects of war on children.
• Nicolai, Susan and Triplehorn, Carl. 2003. ‘The Role of Education in Protecting Children in Conflict.’ Save the Children US. ODI, Humanitarian Practice Network 42
• Pigozzi, Mary Joy. 1996. Education in emergencies and for reconstruction: guidelines with a developmental approach. UNICEF.
• Sinclair, Margaret. 2001. Education in emergencies. UNHCR.
• Thomas, Clayton. 1999. Education under occupation: political violence, schooling, and response in Cambodia, 1979-1989. CICE: Current Issues in Comparative Education, 2 (1).
• UNICEF. 1998. Analytical study on education of Palestinian refugees in camps in Syria 1997/1998. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and Natural Resources (PCBS)

Related Forced Migration Review issues and articles include:

Articles

• 2005. Education in Emergencies: learning for a peaceful future. FMR 22
• 1999. Schools in boxes. FMR 5
• 2001. The UNHCR Peace Education Programme: skills for life. FMR 11
• 2003. Logistics under pressure: UNICEF’s Back to School programme in Afghanistan. FMR 18
• 2004. Youth Education Pack: an investment in the future. FMR 20

Issues

• 2001. Return to peace: post-conflict realities. FMR 11
• 2002. Displaced children & adolescents: challenges & opportunities. FMR 15

Web Resources

Selected web-based information resources (for more, search the FMO website)

• Children in emergencies, Save the Children - UK
• 2006. Education in emergencies and reconstruction, International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP).
• 2002. Education programmes for refugees: research report for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, branch office for Czech Republic. Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Department of Ethnic Studies
• Guiding principles on internal displacement
• 1996. Impact of Armed Conflict on Children. Report by Graça Machel expert of the Secretary-General for the United Nations
• 1994. Refugee children: guidelines on protection and care. UNHCR
• RESPECT e-zine: RESPECT (Refugee Education Sponsorship Program: Enhancing Communities Together)
• 2004. The state of the world's children 2004. UNICEF

Relevant Organizations

Contact details for relevant organizations (for more, search in the Organizations Directory)

• Africa Educational Trust
• CARE
• Caritas Internationalis
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
• Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
• Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)
• International Institute for Educational Planning: (IIEP) UNESCO
• International Office for Migration (IOM)
• International Save the Children Alliance
• Norwegian Refugee Council
• Refugee Education Trust (RET)
• Sphere Project
• UNICEF
• UNHCR
• USAID
• World Bank
• World Vision International