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- UNICEF Sri Lanka
- Save the Children in Sri Lanka
- International Save the Children Alliance
- Rewrite the Future - International Save the Children Alliance
- Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
- CHAP Sri Lanka - Mid Year Review

The Education Cluster in Sri Lanka aims to improve the quality of rapid response for education and Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) in conflict/disaster-affected regions of Sri Lanka . This is achieved through ensuring a more coherent and effective response by mobilising groups of agencies, organisations and NGOs to respond in a strategic manner across all key areas of activity and geographical locations affected by emergency.

The Education Cluster operates within the framework of Sri Lanka 's Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) and feeds into the Consultative Committee for Humanitarian Affairs (CCHA), specifically through the CCHA sub group on Education.

District level Education Clusters highlight to the National Education Cluster key issues, trends and concerns as well as actions taken at district level and required at national level. The National Education Cluster addresses and raises these as appropriate Read more


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Contacts


 

UNICEF Colombo
Ita Sheehy
isheehy@unicef.org

Education Cluster Focal points

A.Sriskandarajah
asriskandarajah@unicef.org

Save the Children in Sri Lanka
Jamie Williams
jamie@savethechildren.lk



Philippa Ramsden
philippa@savethechildren.lk



Meeting Minutes  
 
National Emergency Education Cluster Meeting - Colombo - 20 Jun 2008
National Emergency Education Cluster Meeting - Colombo - 23 May 2008
National Emergency Education Cluster Meeting - Colombo - 22 Apr 2008
National Emergency Education Cluster Meeting - Colombo - 22 Feb 2008

 

Reference Documents  
 
Education Cluster - Terms of Reference
Operational Guidance on Designating Sector/Cluster leads in ongoing emergencies
Operational Guidance on Designating Sector/Cluster leads in major new emergencies
Guidance Note On Using The Cluster Approach To Strengthen Humanitarian Response
 


Annual Report 2007
( UNICEF)


A Human Rights-Based
Approach to Education for All
   



INEE Minimum
Standards Toolkit



Guide Book for Planning
Education in Emergencies
and Reconstruction
   

 


 
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