inee regional capacity building workshop for anglophone africa

INEE/MSEE Session 1-1

INEE Regional Capacity Building Workshop for

Anglophone AfricaMinimum Standards for Education in

Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction

Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies


Workshop Objectives

To identify and share challenges, lessons learnt and good practice experiences in follow-up trainings and implementation of the INEE Minimum Standards

To develop recommendations for improvements in training content and/or methodology in order to further facilitate the training process at regional and/or national levels

To provide refresher training sessions and share new tools to strengthen participants understanding of how to use the INEE Minimum Standards

To develop regional and national and country cluster (where appropriate) plans of action for deepening inter-agency coordination and collaboration to reach quality education


The Delegates•10 countries: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Sudan, South Africa, Sweden, UK

• 16 organizations: Save the Children, IRC, NRC, Windle Trust, CRS, World Vision, DAI, NCA, JRS, Cape Town Refugee Center, CARITAS, UNHCR, WFP, UNICEF, MoE Kenya, MoE Ethiopia

• 32 delegates

6 TOT graduates

15 had participated in a follow-up workshop

11 who had never been through a training on the INEE MS but received an orientation


DAY 1 (morning): Sharing training challenges, lessons learnt and good practices

• Content

• Methodology

• Logistics

• Participants

• Partnerships

• Other


DAY 1 (afternoon): Sharing recommendations and strategies

Examples of recommendations:

• Content: Simplify vocabulary in the training materials

• Methodology: Contextualize activities + use local languages

• Participants: Engage participants in advance of the workshop through a pre-workshop assignment or questionnaire

• Logistics: Have budget lines for INEE activities

• Partnerships: Organize inter-agency trainings to share costs and roles and responsibilities


Day 1 (afternoon): Training Adaptations

Developed by INEE Secretariat Acute Emergency Emergency Response Team Early Reconstruction Natural Disasters Urban/Rural Safe Learning Environment Gender Repatriation Disaster Risk Reduction (coming

soon) Coordination within Cluster (coming

soon)

Asked for by participants HIV/AIDS and child protection

Teachers and Other Education Personnel


Day 2 (morning): Sharing experiences utilising the INEE Minimum Standards

Global Implementation Overview

Utilisation in assessment, design, monitoring and evaluation

Utilisation in coordination; advocacy and policy; developing sector/national plans; staff learning and mentoring


Day 2 (morning): Launch of INEE Minimum Standards Toolkit

What could be so exciting?

The INEE MS Toolkit!


Day 2 (afternoon): Adoption Strategy Checklists

Eric presenting the INEE Adoption Strategy checklists and sharing CRS’s institutionalization plan

Participants discussing adoption strategy checklists in respective groups


Day 2 (afternoon): Training refresher

Acute Emergency scenario with a focus on advocacy strategies


Refresher Training

Early Reconstruction scenario: focus on coordination with Ministry of Education


Day 3 (morning) IASC Education Cluster

IASC and Humanitarian Reform Education Cluster at the global level Education Cluster at the national level (Uganda) INEE Adoption Strategy Checklist for Inter-

Agency Coordination within the Education Cluster


Day 3 (morning): Developing National Action Plans

• What are some initiatives or opportunities to work collaboratively at the national/regional level in the coming year?

• How can the INEE Minimum Standards and associated tools (coordination checklist, talking points, etc.) assist you in these collective initiatives?

• Are there opportunities at the national/regional level to collectively promote the INEE Minimum Standards?


Somalia• World Vision and Save the Children to organize 3 trainings on the INEE Minimum Standards for MoE officials and NGOs

• World Vision, Save and MoE to organize 3 simplified trainings on the INEE Minimum Standards in local language for teachers and communities

• UN agencies and NGOs to disseminate the INEE Minimum Standards to donor agencies


Uganda• Promote the INEE Minimum Standards within Education Cluster through advocacy and training

• Use the INEE Minimum Standards as a coordination tool to carry out joint assessments and joint planning

• Promote and use the INEE Minimum Standards in Back to School Campaigns, Education Week, etc.


SudanSouth Sudan:

• Save the Children to give a presentation on the INEE Minimum Standards to the ERDF

• Each lead agency to organize a training on the INEE Minimum Standards for its Thematic Working Group

• NGOS to advocate the incorporation of the INEE Minimum Standards in April Education Campaign to UNICEFNorth Sudan:

• Save the Children to conduct a training and collaborate Education WG to develop implementation plan in Khartoum 11-13 Dec. 2007

• + 2008: West Darfur, South Darfur, South Kordofan, Abyei, Blue Nile


Ethiopia• Establish a national INEE Committee (UNICEF, Save the Children, IRC, Oromia region)

• Incorporate the INEE Minimum Standards in the work of the existing regional emergency task force

• Share resources, information and experiences accross agencies


Day 3 (afternoon): Other Initiatives… and how delegates can be involved

with them INEE, including

Task Teams and Interest Groups

INEE Global Consultation 2009

Teacher Compensation Initiative

Disaster Risk Reduction


Day 3 (afternoon): Individual Action Plans

1. List and develop your key action points to promote, train on, implement and institutionalize the INEE Minimum Standards

2. Discuss and get input/advice on your key action points from a peer


…and of course, a few energizers!


And certificates!

inee regional capacity building workshop for anglophone africa

Documents

training challenges

inee activities partnerships

training adaptationsdeveloped

training process

inee ms toolkit

training materials methodology

refresher training sessions

participants hivaids