Education in Emergencies (EiE)

EiE is one of the priorities in Plan’s DRM strategy.

Plan’s DRM strategy:Strategic objective 1: Children grow up safely in resilient Children grow up safely in resilient communitiescommunities

–Priority is Disaster Risk Reduction

Strategic objective 2: Children realise all their rights in Children realise all their rights in emergenciesemergencies

–Work across all themes, priorities are:Work across all themes, priorities are:–Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE)Child Protection in Emergencies (CPiE)–Education in EmergenciesEducation in Emergencies

Expected outcomes on EiE:

• Make EiE a key area in disaster preparedness and capacity building Make EiE a key area in disaster preparedness and capacity building initiatives.initiatives.

• Increase the scale of emergency response and make EiE a priority.Increase the scale of emergency response and make EiE a priority.

• Respond to all significant disasters in Plan countries (unless there is Respond to all significant disasters in Plan countries (unless there is good reason not to).good reason not to).

• Plan should work towards becoming a recognised global player in Plan should work towards becoming a recognised global player in EiE (and CPiE). EiE (and CPiE).

• Ensure active involvement of children and young people EiE (and Ensure active involvement of children and young people EiE (and DRR and CPiE).DRR and CPiE).

Plan and Education in Emergencies Globally

• Surveyed all Plan country offices to determine strengths and capacity for work on education in emergencies; 39 of 48 responded

• 31 country offices are familiar with the INEE standards

• At least 26 country offices have expertise in emergency response and 15 teams have used the INEE standards in their response

• Types of Emergency Responses Access – Temporary Schools; CFS, ECCD; Working with vulnerable

groups Quality – Teacher Training; Psychosocial Support Governance – putting relevant clusters in EiEinterventions(school

community)

• 24 country offices are part of the education cluster in some capacity

DRR and EiE inter phase• DRR in EiE is a systematic attempt to analyse and reduce disaster

risks and vulnerabilities.• Synergy between both of these is to enable the education system to

provide, and learners to continue, and out-of-school children to access, quality education during and after emergencies.

• Disaster risk reduction helps to minimise underlying factors of vulnerability, prevent disasters and improving disaster preparedness.

• DRR is the combination of actions, processes and attitudes to achieve resilience.

• DRR measures for EiE can be grouped into three areas - – prevention of disasters– mitigation of impact of hazards– preparedness for hazard risks.