INEE Minimum Standards Assessment Final Report Presentation Location, Date, 2012

1. INEE Minimum Standards Assessment Final Report Presentation Location, Date, 2012

2. Presentation Overview • Purpose of Assessment & Methodology • Respondent Profile • Findings & Key Observations • Discussion

3. Purpose of Assessment • “It is critical to understand who is aware of the INEE Minimum Standards, how they are being used, how they are institutionalized in plans and policies.” – Assessment TOR • Question: What is the value added of the INEE Minimum Standards Handbook to date as a tool for: • Advocacy • Coordination • Program planning and response • Research • Institutional change

4. Methodology • Three Elements: 1) Literature Review 2) Interviews (17 stakeholders) and Focus Groups (3 total – NY, DC, Beirut) 3) Online Survey in English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and Urdu

5. Respondents • 701 Respondents from 117 Countries • 46% work at national, 22% at international and 14% at regional levels • 52% affiliated with the Education Cluster

6. Awareness of INEE MSOverall: Good – 45%, Basic – 40%, Limited – 15% 3 years or less 4-6 years

7. “Have you participated in an INEE MS Training?”Overall: Yes – 53% No – 47%

8. Training by Region & Frequency of Use How often do you use the INEE MS?

9. Usage: “In what context have INEE MS been most used?”

10. Usage: “At what stage of response have INEE MS been most used?”

11. Usage: “How often do you use INEE MS when planning/implementing work?”Overall: Regularly – 29%, Sometimes – 42%, Never – 13%

12. Usage: “How useful have they been?”Overall: Very Useful – 38%, Useful – 57%, Not Useful – 5%

13. Most frequent uses of the INEE MS • Advocacy for EiE and recognition of education as a key hum. Response (264) • Disaster/emergency preparedness planning (112) • Monitoring and Evaluation (102) • Training and Capacity Development purposes (102) • Proposal Development (95) • Project Design (93) • Teaching and Learning about EiE (90) • Coordination of Education Activities (81) • Research (72) • Top 9 most frequent uses from 17 possible answer choices.

14. Advocacy Used the INEE MS to advocate with governments and donor agencies to prioritize and fund Education in Emergencies. Public messages by key opinion leaders have been informed by the INEE MS The INEE MS have contributed to policy decisions

15. INEE MS incorporated into advocacy message

16. INEE MS as a guide for Coordination The INEE MS have been used as a guide for coordination of Education stakeholders in a humanitarian setting. The INEE MS have been used as a reference for assigning /targeting/ directing resources.

17. “How were the INEE MS used for Programming?"

18. “To what extent were the INEE MS used in the following areas?”

19. Research “Have you ever used the INEE MS for Research Purposes?” Yes: 31% No: 69% “Used as a conceptual and/or organizing framework for report, paper, article” Yes: 30% No: 70% “Cited in report, paper, article” Yes: 47% No: 53%

20. “Has your organization committed to using the INEE MS?” Overall: Yes: 85% No: 15%

21. “Have the INEE MS been formally adopted into the policies/procedures of your organization?”Overall: Yes: 42% No: 58%

22. Institutional Change: Capacity Building Led to an increase in organizational capacity to prepare and respond to emergency education. Incorporated as a key component to professional/capacity development

23. Respondent Recommendations • Online training tools • Included case studies • Contextualized Standards • More specific and quantitative

24. Discussion • What are the takeaways from this Assessment relative to you and your organization or agency? • What actions can you or your organization take to strengthen your education in emergency programs given the data presented in the Assessment? For more information: • www.ineesite.org/standards • www.ineesite.org/toolkit • Please email your feedback, questions and comments to minimumstandards@inee.org • If you are currently not a member of INEE and would like to join, please visit www.ineesite.org/join