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EENET is part of the narrative of a decolonized system of development that is truly inclusive and responds to all needs.  Here is a round-up of some articles, blogs and reports that address the inequities in the aid system and ways of moving forward.

• Lankelly Chase announce a 5-year plan to close the organisation. They recognise the traditional philanthropy model as so entangled with Colonial Capitalism that it inevitably continues the harms of the past into the present.
• InsightShare have a bottom-up financial model putting indigenous voices at the forefront of their work.
• Jindra Čekanova and Peter Kimeu from Valuing Voices offer their perspectives in this blog about who is accountable for aid and for how long.
• The Global Change Center is a South-to-South collective with expertise in participatory, emancipatory, power-aware, and bottom-up learning processes.  It launched a report on equity-centered evaluation policies and practices to be used as a tool for advocacy in the decolonization discussion.

EENET is part of the narrative of a decolonized system of development that is truly inclusive and responds to all needs.  Here is a round-up of some articles, blogs and reports that address the inequities in the aid system and ways of moving forward.

• The New Humanitarian produced a decolonising aid reading and resource list
• Africa No Filter launched an Ethical Storytelling: How to write about Africa course to provide tips and tools for communicators to undo the stereotypes that persist in many of the storytelling outputs of local and international NGOs, donors, and foundations.
• Bond and Restless Development comment on how funders need to be more equitable and help to shift power directly to communities.
• The Ringo Project is a systems change initiative that seeks to transform global civil society to respond to today’s challenges.
• The Decolonising Aid report is part of a series collating literature, resources, and actions that have focused on efforts to create change in the aid sector. 

How could you and your organization contribute to the initiatives?

The September edition of the monthly eBulletin from the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education outlines recent Agency activities and resources.

Check out the rest of their website for other news and projects.

Listen to Sarah Beardmore from GPE talk about the links between education and climate change on the ‘Goal 4: Education for All’ podcast, hosted by Richard Ingram.

Listen on:

Spotify.
Apple podcasts.
Web player.

Here is the GPE report: Rethinking education for a climate-resilient future mentioned during the podcast.

A newly published guide from EDC focuses on how various distance education technologies—both traditional and emerging—can support the actual teaching and learning process.

Distance Education for Teacher Training: Modes, Models, and Methods is the new edition of EDC’s popular 2011 guide by the same name. The completely revised guide draws on data from 188 countries and nearly 700 publications, including lessons learned from the move to online learning during the COVID-19 global pandemic. It discusses distance education modes, technology-based models, and the many methods used for distance-based teacher pre-service education, in-service teacher professional development, and ongoing teacher support.

The guide is available in multiple formats to download, either in its entirety or by individual chapter. Take a look!

As we cross the halfway mark of 2023, the world has already been rocked by several major humanitarian crises that have impacted children’s education.

From the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria, the escalating conflict in Sudan, and the hunger crisis in East Africa, to more localised and targeted situations such as the terrifying school attacks in Western Uganda or the ongoing ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan. These emergencies follow in the wake of protracted war in Ukraine, the residual impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the climate crisis which is impacting us all. Consequently, the education of many of the world’s children is under extreme threat.

So why have the world’s richest countries only mustered just over half of Education Cannot Wait $1.5 billion funding target, leaving the fund grossly under-resourced to tackle a deteriorating problem?

We owe it to children and youth around the world to ensure that they are not overlooked in our crisis responses. Our children’s future, and indeed our world, depends on the urgency and sufficiency of our actions today.

Read more of Takyiwa Danso’s article on the UKFIET webpage.

The Send My Friend to School coalition is calling on the UK Government to support crisis-affected countries to build and invest in inclusive, resilient, and gender-responsive education systems that can withstand all hazards to protect the learning of all children during emergencies. It calls on the UK Government to prepare, protect, invest, and act to secure children’s learning in emergencies.

Download the campaign pack.