Dubai - Evidence for Education in Emergencies (E3) focuses on generating ideas that would help policy makers
Published: Sat 24 Sep 2016, 7:06 PM
Last updated: Sat 24 Sep 2016, 9:24 PM
A research programme funded by Dubai Cares was announced on the sidelines of 71st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Saturday.
The project named Evidence for Education in Emergencies (E3) focuses on generating ideas on how to inform critically needed research, which would help decision makers to frame effective policies.
Why the UAE aid is significant
Today, one in 113 people is either a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum, and more than half of the world's refugees are children.
The average length of displacement today has reached 17 years and the average length of conflict today is 37 years.
There are more than 124 million children and young adolescents who are currently out of school, and many millions more who are in school but not learning due to armed conflict and crisis.
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The special launch event was hosted jointly with the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) and was attended by 90 experts and policy makers from the education field, including senior representatives from UN agencies, international NGOs, donor governments, the academia as well as members from the private sector.
Speaking from the event which was co-hosted by Dubai Cares and INEE, Tariq Al Gurg, Chief Executive Officer at Dubai Cares, said: "Clearly there are worsening problems throughout the Middle East and beyond. Children are particularly vulnerable, with their education often impacted or denied altogether. According to Unicef, refugee children are five times more likely to be out of school than non-refugees.
"Today, Dubai Cares is announcing a five-year research envelope worth Dh36.7million ($10 million), which aims to help decision- and policy makers on what works and what models of delivery of education in emergencies offer the greatest potential for impact. We stand witness to billions of dollars spent on humanitarian aid, with only 1 per cent allocated to education.
Al Gurg added: "The launch of E3 will not only produce global goods for the education in emergencies sector, but it will also allow philanthropic organisations such as Dubai Cares to make evidence-based decisions when allocating funds to aid programmes."
The launch of E3 follows the commitment made by Dubai Cares at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey.
"In Istanbul, we made a commitment to allocate at least 10 per cent of all our funding for education in emergencies towards research, and now we are fulfilling our promise," added Al Gurg.
Dubai Cares also signed $3 million partnership agreement with Unesco to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. The Dubai Cares delegation, led by Al Gurg, also attended a number of noteworthy bilateral meetings held on the sidelines of the 71st UNGA.
reporters@khaleejtimes.com
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