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When the long-simmering social crises in Arab countries erupted to the surface in 2011, these events immediately shifted government attention from the economic to the social fields. Suddenly it became clear that years of substantial economic growth had not improved social outcomes and Governments...

Briefing Paper Creating and using online surveys. Briefing Paper ... flexibility – compared to a paper questionnaire, an online one can be programmed to adapt to previous answers ... University of Exeter CASCADE project funded by the JISC.

Introduction Since its inception, UNICEF’s mandate has involved the rapid response to humanitarian crises. Our continuing presence in more than 150 countries and territories means that we are often on the spot long before, and long after, a crisis or unstable situation occurs. UNICEF’s role in...

DIGITAL LITERACY: CONTENT, STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LIFE SKILL Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have penetrated all areas of contemporary life. In this context, digital literacy has become much more than the ability to handle computers – just like traditional literacy and...

The purpose of this Guide is to help Education Clusters conduct rapid joint needs assessments.You can also use it in situations where there are no clusters and education is coordinated through a sector working group. The Guide uses the word ‘cluster’ to refer to both cluster-based and sector-based...

Provides guidance, tips, and practical tools and resources to Education Cluster Coordinators to facilitate a predictable, coordinated and effective response to education needs in emergencies. It also highlights the overarching principles and standards applicable to education in emergencies and...

Provides education and child protection coordinators and partners involved in Economic Strengthening (ES) programmes key existing evidence and guidance documents in order to inform their work, at all stages of a programme cycle. It also intends to enable partners to recognize associated risks and to...

While stressing the many stabilizing aspects of good quality education, editors Kenneth Bush and Diana Saltarelli show how education can be manipulated to drive a wedge between people, rather than drawing them closer together. After analyzing the increasing importance of ethnicity in contemporary...