Seminar on Education in Emergencies

It will be the first meeting in INEE’s new Strategic Period (2018-2020), and with the new members of INEE’s three Working Groups: Education Policy (EPWG), Advocacy (AWG), and Standards & Practice (SPWG).

Plan International Norway is hosting the INEE Working Group Meetings. In total, there will be about 70 organizations and donors attending the meetings.

INEE and Plan International Norway, in cooperation with OsloMet, Save the Children, NRC, Norad, and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, invite you to a seminar on EiE on the 14th of May.

The Seminar consists of both a morning and an afternoon event. Each event requires separate registration.

Seminar on Education in Emergencies - Monday 14 MAY 2018

Morning

Location: OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (OsloMet), Pilestredet 46, Athene 1 og 2, 0167 Oslo

PROGRAMME

9:00-9:30 Registration at OsloMet

9:30 -9:40 Welcome and opening by Rector Curt Rice, OsloMet, and Dean Brooks, Director INEE

9:40-11:30 The knowledge base for education in emergencies

History teaching and nation building: A case study from South Sudan, by Professor Anders Breidlid & Ph.D. Candidate Merete Skårås, OsloMet

The evidence base EiE, by Associate Professor Dana Burde, New York University

Psychosocial aspects of EiE, by Professor Jon-Håkon Schultz, University of Tromsø

Discussion: Linking knowledge and policy. Chair: Associate Professor Ragnhild Dybdahl, OsloMet

11:30-12:30 General introduction to INEE’s work, outreach, and network approach

12:30-13.30 Lunch at OsloMet

REGISTER HERE: https://goo.gl/forms/VHndDrWD1CgNpYZY2

Afternoon

Location: NORAD, Bygdøy allé 2, Oslo

Description: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norad invite you to a presentation of GCPEA’s “Education Under Attack 2018” report, followed by a reception.

PROGRAMME

14:15-15:00 Registration and coffee/tea

15:00-15:05 Welcome by Jon Lomøy, Director General, Norad

15:05-16:00 Presentation of the “Education Under Attack” report and comments

- Amy Kapit, Research Director, GCPEA

- Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs

- Robert Mood, President, Norwegian Red Cross

- Dean Brooks, Director, Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies

- Hussein Alhamood, Education Manager, Save the Children in Syria

16:00-17:00 Reception with refreshments in Norad’s information centre, 5th floor

REGISTER HERE BY  8 MAY 

https://norad.no/aktuelt/arrangementskalender/2018/utdanning-under-angrep/

We kindly ask that all be present at Norad’s offices no later than 14:45 to ensure a timely start to the event.

About INEE

The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) is an open, global network of UN agencies, NGOs, donors, governments, universities, schools, and affected populations working together to ensure all persons the right to quality education in emergencies and post-crisis recovery.

For more information about the INEE network, visit www.ineesite.org.

Media inquiries can be directed to:

Peter Transburg, Sr. Communications Coordinator

peter.transburg@ineesite.org

Dean Brooks, Director

dean.brooks@ineesite.org