Education is increasingly recognised as an important sector within humanitarian response. At the end of 2006, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) endorsed the application of the cluster approach to the education sector.
Global Education Cluster co-leads
At the global level, a Memorandum of Understanding formalizing the modalities for joint leadership of the global Education Cluster between UNICEF and the International Save the Children Alliance was signed in November 2007. The Education Cluster is the only cluster at global level to be co-led by the UN and an NGO. Click here for more information.
Education Cluster Strategic Plan 2011-2013
The global Education Cluster took forward a strategic planning exercise during late 2010 and early 2011. The process built on the experience of the Education Cluster 2009-2010 work plan, recommendations from the Cluster Evaluation II (2010), and several country level lessons learned exercises. The purpose of this plan is to provide an overarching framework to better focus and support the collective action of organizations involved in education preparedness, response and recovery. Click here for the Education Cluster Strategic Plan 2011-2013
Haiti Earthquake 2010
Click here for information on Haiti and the work of the Education Cluster as part of the emergency response.
South Sudan
Click here for more information on the Education Cluster in South Sudan
Education Cluster Video: a collaborative video on the importance of education in disaster or conflict situations