UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund

Objet publié

This grant represents Canada’s long-term institutional support to Education Cannot Wait (ECW). ECW uses these funds, along with other donor’s funding to achieve its mandate. ECW is the only global fund designed to deliver rapid, flexible support to address gaps in financing, capacity and coordination to ensure that girls and boys in crisis situations have access to quality education. ECW is hosted by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and is administered under UNICEF's financial, human resources and administrative rules and regulations, while operations are run by an independent ECW Secretariat. ECW is the first global fund dedicated to education in emergencies and protracted crises. It was established during the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 by international humanitarian and development aid actors, along with public and private donors. Based on the recognition that continuous access to quality learning is a priority for children and families affected by conflicts, natural disasters and displacement and that no organization can do it alone, ECW comes as a ground-breaking initiative bringing together public and private partners eager to work together differently and mobilise the funding required to deploy immediate and sustainable programmes tailor-made to the educational needs of these children. ECW focuses on mobilizing governments, and humanitarian and development actors to raise predictable, multi-year financing, build the capacity of national and global actors, and improve coordination of education responses to crisis. ECW supports activities designed to meet education needs for crises-affected children and youth between the ages of 3 and 18. ECW supports activities such as the provision of learning materials and psychosocial support, school and classroom equipment and infrastructure, teacher training and support as well as non-formal education programs. ECW aims to reach 8 million affected children and youth by 2021, including those with disabilities, improving their learning outcomes and enhancing their socio-emotional well-being and employability.