ANHRE is pleased to announce that it was selected by the International Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) to be a regional anchor organization for the region as it proofed its ability to ensure an in-country multi-agency capacity for training on CSE on regional level because it has members including CSOs and members in education coalitions in most countries of the Arab world besides it deep experiences in implementing programs on human right and democratic citizenship and managing campaigns for education on national and regional levels.
The selection of ANHRE as anchor organization by INEE is a very important achievement in ANHAR's history, which will have a positive impact on the future of the network, especially as ANHAR has developed its strategic plan to become mainstreamed for gender, rights of persons with disabilities and the rights of other marginalized groups. This program will be an inclusive educational tool that simulates the Arab context of conflict.
The network will be the source of experience in the Arab region, where the network will work on the experience of training manuals and adapt them to the Arab context to be used as a tool in our programs and integrate the largest number of institutions interested in the fields of international education to reach an educational program that takes into account conflict situations in its contexts, programs and strategies. ANHRE will be the source of experience in the Arab region where it will work on piloting the training manuals and adapt them to the Arab context to be used as a tool in our programs and integrate the largest possible number of CSOs interested in the fields of international education to reach an educational program that takes into consideration conflict situations in its contexts, programs and strategies.
INEE is a network of more than 13,000 individual members and 130 partner organizations in 190 countries. INEE members are practitioners working for national and international NGOs and UN agencies, ministry of education and other government personnel, donors, students, teachers, and researchers who voluntarily join in the work related to education in emergencies.
In this context, ANHRE participated in an orientation workshop on INEE Conflict Sensitive (CSE) Education that was conducted by INEE during July 10-13, 2017 in Land-Mark Amman, and Hotel hosted by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) with participation of INEE national and regional partners. The workshop aimed at promoting and strengthening partnership between all partners on the one hand and between partners and INEE on the other hand in order to extend the range of access CSE practices and principles to of organizations working to provide education in crisis and conflict-affected environments and disseminate them; and provide an opportunity for experience exchange among all organizations that provide education in crisis and conflict-affected environments
The orientation workshop included vital topics on INEE Guidance Note that offers strategies for developing and implementing conflict sensitive education programs and policies. Building upon the INEE Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery, the Guidance Note offers guidance on conflict sensitive education design and delivery at all levels and in all types and phases of conflict. It is a useful tool for practitioners, policy-makers and researchers working in conflict-affected and fragile contexts.
ANHRE is pleased to be a part of this global network that will contribute to supporting educational process in the Arab world and avoiding education the consequences of conflicts. ANHRE will transfer the experience to its members and train them on how to integrate this tool into their learning programs to be sensitive to the conflict, especially in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq in its 2017 plan.