Capacity development in planning for

displaced populations

Leonora MacEwenProgramme Spec ia l i s tI I EP-UNESCOCIES , At l an ta , 2017

How to include refugees in education sector plans?

Institutional capacities: Political will, MoE

leadership, int. and nat. frameworks and

mechanismsOrganizational capacities: e.g. EiE Cluster, technical

and financial WGs, partners

Individual capacities: Technical skill in data

analysis, ‘crisis-sensitive planning champions’

• Government-led

• Participatory

• Well-organized

• Capacity development process →

Currently, no joint planning between refugee camps and host communities

ARRA and UNHCR plan in camps MoE plans in host communities

→ Perceived and real inequities in the system

Capacity challenges in EthiopiaInstitutional capacities: Reservations to 1951 Convention: access to education

and the labor market

Organizational capacities: plethora of partners with unclear ToRs: Cluster,

ARRA, UNCHR, MoE

Individual capacities: Limited technical skill in planning,

particularly at woreda levels

Capacity development to plan education for refugees: Ethiopia

Outcome 1: Strengthened capacity for crisis-sensitive educational planning at Federal, Regional and Woreda levels in refugee affected regions

Outcome 2: Integrated and coordinated approach utilized for the planning of refugee and host community education

Outcome 3: Strengthened capacities for the management of education at Woreda and refugee camp levels by 2018

Capacity development to plan for refugees: Ethiopia

Outcome 1: Strengthened capacity for crisis-sensitive educational planning at Federal level and Regional and Woreda levels in refugee affected regions

1. School Mapping tools and methodology for refugee affected regions reviewed and adapted

2. GIS data updated for host communities in refugee affected Woredas and collected in refugee schools

3. School Mapping data analysed for refugee camps and affected host community Woredas and data utilized in Woreda level crisis-sensitive planning processes

Capacity development to plan for refugees: Ethiopia

Outcome 2: Integrated and coordinated approach utilized for the planning of refugee and host community education

1. Roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders involved in refugee education and host community education are formalized and understood by all

2. Planning tools from ARRA and MoE reviewed and harmonized to reflect refugee issues

Capacity development to plan for refugees: Ethiopia

Outcome 3: Strengthened capacities for the management of education at Woreda and refugee camp levels by 2018

1. Harmonised set of school inspection tools developed

2. Harmonised approaches to school supervision developed

Next steps for IIEP’s work on planning education for displaced populations Technical cooperation (Ethiopia)

Knowledge generation (Teacher management study)

Training (Global level training with partners)