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Mission and objectives
Il a été créé en 1946 par l’Assemblée générale de l’ONU sous l’appellation : Fonds d’urgence international des Nations unies pour les enfants. C’est en 1953 qu’il est devenu une agence permanente. L’UNICEF assiste les gouvernements dans des programmes à long terme visant à l’amélioration de la qualité de vie des enfants : santé, vaccination et nutrition, prévention sanitaire, éducation primaire, situations particulièrement difficiles. L’UNICEF mobilise la volonté politique et des ressources matérielles pour aider les pays, en particulier les pays en développement, à donner la priorité aux enfants, et pour renforcer leur capacité de formuler des politiques appropriées et de mettre en place des services en faveur des enfants et des familles. L’UNICEF œuvre, avec le concours de tous ses partenaires, à la réalisation des objectifs de développement humain durable que s’est fixés la communauté mondiale et de l’idéal de paix et de progrès social consacré par la Charte des Nations Unies.
Context
The Central African Republic (CAR) has been affected by conflicts with the continued presence of armed groups. Violence against civilians and the effects of climate change (flooding) continue to cause displacement of population. Lack of access to basic socio-economic infrastructures and socio-economic opportunities forces displaced people and host communities to adopt negative coping mechanisms to meet their needs, making them more vulnerable to exploitation and gender-based violence that particularly affects women and girls. Instability in neighbouring countries, particularly on CAR's borders with Chad, Sudan and South Sudan, which are the main supply roads for basic commodities for some hard-to-reach areas, is having a strong impact on the local economy and on the education for children. Although the humanitarian situation is gradually stabilizing in the Central African Republic, some areas, particularly those in the south-east and north-west of the country (Ouham Pende, Lim-Pende and Haut Mbomou….) are still affected by population movements due to the presence of armed groups with an impact on children's education. In 2024, the education cluster estimated 1.2 million people with education needs, including 1.1 million children between 3 to 17 years. Among these people in need, the education cluster has targeted 366,805 children aged 3 to 17 for shock responses in the 2024 Humanitarian Response Plan in CAR. In collaboration with the National Education Ministry and humanitarian actors, Emergency education interventions in 2024 will be implemented in areas with humanitarian shocks and actors will link with nexus interventions in somewhat stable areas. The key achievements of the Education Cluster in the recent two years are included, to update the Education in Emergency (EiE) Unit in the Ministry of Education and its co-leadership by the Ministry and the Cluster. Also, to sustain regional clusters by putting in place 6 new education workshops; the involvement in resource mobilization with the Multi-year Resilience Plan (MYRP), the availability of the EiE Strategy document 2023-2025 and coordination of the partners according to their operational presence in the fields.
Task description
The Cluster Coordinator actively organizes the Cluster meetings and activities as well as its visibility, participates to the Local Education Group (LEG). However, there is a need to continue building EiE capacity of the Cluster staff and participants, to support the development and strengthening of national systems, to plan for, coordinate and support the delivery of Education in Emergency (EiE) activities through the rolling out of the EiE action plan at all levels including the implementation of the Safe Schools strategy. • To Ensure the coordination and prioritization of response activities to the situation of humanitarian shocks by mobilizing international, national and governmental organizations. • To ensure the linking and cooperation with the Ministry of Education and other government authorities, stakeholders (national and international NGOs, teacher representatives, principals, and parents), the humanitarian coordinator, other clusters, OCHA and donors. • To support the Cluster's partners through the production and sharing of useful and context-specific information. • To develop and update the Cluster's response strategies according to events, ensure preparedness for future emergencies. Supporting service delivery: • Provide a platform to ensure that service delivery is driven by the agreed strategic priorities. • Develop mechanisms to eliminate duplication of service delivery. Informing strategic decision-making of the HC/HCT for the humanitarian response: • Conduct needs assessment and gap analysis (across other sectors and within the education sector). • Carry out analysis to identify and address (emerging) gaps, obstacles, duplication, and cross- cutting issues. • Ensure prioritization, grounded in response analysis. • Partners will have access to strategic decisions made by the Humanitarian Coordinator to guide the response considering the vulnerabilities of the affected populations. Planning and strategy development: • Contribute to the review and implement the 2020-2029 education sectoral plan, monitor the implementation objectives and indicators directly support realization of the HC/HCT strategic priorities. • Strongly ensure application and adherence to existing standards and guidelines. • Clarify funding requirements, prioritization, and Cluster contributions to HC’s overall humanitarian funding considerations (HRP, CERF…). Advocacy • Identify advocacy concerns to contribute to HC and HCT messaging and actions. • Undertake advocacy activities on behalf of Cluster participants and the affected population. • Coordinate advocacy for resource mobilization to support the implementation of Cluster’s EiE strategy and the operationalization of the action plans. • Conduct monitoring and reporting the implementation of the Cluster strategy and results as well as recommending corrective action where necessary. • Support contingency planning/preparedness for recurrent disasters whenever feasible and relevant.