Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Affiliate
Regional Education Group for Latin America and the Caribbean
Background
Regional Education Group for Latin America and the Caribbean (REG LAC) was established in 2011 under the framework of REDLAC (Risk Emergency Disaster Working Group for Latin America and the Caribbean) to support Ministries of Education in their education in emergencies response (including risk management, disaster, and migration), based on the Sendai Framework, the World Initiative for Safe Schools and the Global Education Cluster, to ensure the right to education to all children in the region.
The REG LAC acts as the regional coordination mechanism, exchange of information, reflection and programming and support of joint actions between UN agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, multilateral agencies, donors, and other education stakeholders that allows the strengthening of disaster risk reduction, humanitarian aid and migration and refugee responses in the education sector in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Purpose
To promote the implementation of actions in the education sector according to the needs identified at regional, national, and local levels based on the Work Plan of the Global Cluster of Education, REDLAC (Risk Emergency Disaster Working Group for Latin America and the Caribbean), the Sendai Framework, the World Initiative for Safe Schools (WISS)
To promote research, the collection, systematization, analysis, and exchange of information for the establishment of evidence, both the impact of disasters in the educational sector, as of the advances of the sector in terms of disaster risk reduction, education in emergencies and refugee and migration crises
To promote the development and strengthening of capacities and skills in DRR preparation and response to emergencies in the educational sector of LAC countries – including decision makers – fostering a culture of reduction/risk and resilience in this sector
To demonstrate the impact of disasters in the educational sector and advocate at all levels and instances for the inclusion of the educational sector as fundamental part of the humanitarian response and for the importance of ensuring the educational right during an emergency and/or crisis, including refugee and migration crises
To ensure that the proposed actions incorporate a rights-based approach to consider the characteristics and needs of the different groups such as women, people with disabilities, early childhood, childhood, adolescence, youth, seniors, ethnic groups, as well as consideration of substantive issues such as social risks, violence based on gender, HIV, environment, among others that are identified as significant for the region
Key Priorities
In consensus, members of the REG LAC have prioritized the following strategies that will be developed in a bi-annual period:
01
Advocacy and governance
02
Promotion of tools and communication
03
Development of capacities of sectoral education at the national level
04
Mobilization of technical and financial resources for DRR, refugee and migration initiatives and education in emergencies
05
Guarantee of a coherent and coordinated operational response by focusing on regional strategic and country-specific support, information/knowledge management and sharing, communication, and resource mobilization
06
The bi-annual workplan will be developed including two main components: (a) Disaster Risk Reduction, education preparedness and response, and (b) Migrant and refugee education response
Key Priorities
In consensus, members of the REG LAC have prioritized the following strategies that will be developed in a bi-annual period:
01
Advocacy and governance
02
Promotion of tools and communication
03
Development of capacities of sectoral education at the national level
04
Mobilization of technical and financial resources for DRR, refugee and migration initiatives and education in emergencies
05
Guarantee of a coherent and coordinated operational response by focusing on regional strategic and country-specific support, information/knowledge management and sharing, communication, and resource mobilization
06
The bi-annual workplan will be developed including two main components: (a) Disaster Risk Reduction, education preparedness and response, and (b) Migrant and refugee education response
Accomplishments
Accomplishments
Co-Leads
The REG LAC is co-led by UNICEF and Save the Children
Members
