DOHA: Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) hosted an Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Working Group summit at the Qatar Foundation Recreation Centre, Education City on November 11 and 12.
Education leaders representing 20 key agencies attended the two-day summit. They included the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), WarChild, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Among the topics discussed were an overview of key INEE accomplishments in the past six months, a review of Arabic language Minimum Standards for education in emergencies, and guidance on providing Conflict Sensitive Education. In addition, ROTA Executive Director Essa Al Mannai presented an update on ROTA’s educational and disaster risk reduction projects in the Middle East and Asia, as well as led a 30-minute workshop dedicated to WISE.
The INEE is an open global network of NGOs, United Nations (UN) agencies, governments, academic institutions, schools and affected populations who work together to ensure all people have the right to quality and safe education in emergency and post-crisis recovery environments.
Al Mannai was joined at the INEE summit by ROTA’s international education specialists Lamis Sabrah, Zarmina Nasir and Epifania Amoo-Adare.
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