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• Education in Conflict and Emergency Situations Roundtable Series

  Staff:	Gene B. Sperling, Senior Fellow for Economic Policy and Director of the Center for Universal Education

  September 2007 - Present

  This roundtable series focuses on the challenge of funding and managing education in emergency and conflict situations.

  
  

   

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  Education for Children of Conflict Roundtable Series: Iraq, Education, and Children of Conflict

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  April 8, 2008

  Related Projects: Center for Universal Education, Education in Conflict and Emergency Situations Roundtable Series

  Panelists:	Safaa El-Kogali, Senior Economist, Human Development Department, Middle East and North Africa Region, The World Bank
  	Angelina Jolie, Co-Chair, Education Partnership for Children of Conflict, Jolie-Pitt Foundation
  	George E. Rupp, Member, Commission on Iraqi Refugees, International Rescue Committee, International Rescue Committee
  Presider:	Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations

  Due to war and sectarian violence, many Iraqis have fled their homes and are now living as refugees in neighboring countries or as internally displaced persons in Iraq. Children make up about half of the four million people uprooted from their homes, and there is no doubt that their education is falling through the cracks. The World Bank's Safaa El-Kogali, who recently met with the Iraqi Minister of Education, the Director General of Planning, and other senior officials, is working with the government on capacity-building initiatives to meet the needs of internally displaced children. George Rupp, President of the International Rescue Committee, recently returned from a trip to the region, where he met with top government officials from Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and the United States, as well as with Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan. Angelina Jolie traveled to Iraq in February to learn more about the situation of displaced children and to raise awareness about their humanitarian needs.

  Transcript: Iraq, Education, and Children of Conflict

  Video Highlights: Iraq, Education, and Children of Conflict

  This meeting is on the record.

   

  Education for Children of Conflict Roundtable Series: Education Strategies for Children of Conflict

  Roundtable Meeting

  
  March 11, 2008

  Related Project: Education in Conflict and Emergency Situations Roundtable Series

  Speakers:	Allison Anderson, Director, Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies
  	Lyndsay Bird, Education Advisor for Fragile States, Save the Children, UK
  	Janice Dolan, Education Advisor, Save the Children, UK
  	Yolande Miller-Grandvaux, Senior Education Advisor, US Agency for International Development
  	Gene B. Sperling, Director, Center for Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations
  	Deirdre Watson, Education Advisor, Department for International Development, UK
  	Rebecca Winthrop, Senior Education Technical Advisor, International Rescue Committee

  >> Overview: Education in Conflict Areas, Fragile States, and Emergencies

  >> Bridging Trust Gaps in Financing Conflict and Post-Conflict States

  >> Financing for Education in Fragile States

  >> Education and Fragility: Towards a New Paradigm

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