Bogotá 2027II International Symposium
on Education in Emergencies
ESU Symposium – Dakar 2023

International Symposium on Education in Emergencies · Dakar 2023

Collaborating for sustainable change

When15–16 December 2023 FormatIn person and online · PT, FR, EN
Archive · edition completed

Five thematic axes

  1. i

    Cross-sectoral collaboration and cross-cutting themes

    Wellbeing and learning, climate risk, child protection, gender, inter-cluster plans.

  2. ii

    Coordination in education in emergencies

    Planning, leadership, networking and the effectiveness of emergency and reconstruction responses.

  3. iii

    Education in emergencies and the triple nexus

    Peace, humanitarian action and development, and the links within that triad.

  4. iv

    Education at the crossroads of emergency policy

    Rethinking education as a vital need and resource for sustainable development.

  5. v

    Curricular and teaching practice in a changing world

    Pedagogical continuity, digital pedagogy, artificial intelligence, psychosociology of learning.

Three smiling children with arms around each other
Education, even in times of crisis.

Programme

As published before the symposium. Choose a day.

Day 1 · FASTEF–UCAD · 9 sessions · 17 presentations

  1. 08:30until 09:00
    Plenary session

    Registration and opening

  2. 09:00until 09:15
    Cultural moment

    Concert by Xelaar with Latyr Faye

  3. 09:15until 10:00
    Plenary session

    Welcome and official opening

    • Paul Ngor Mack Ndour, UCAD
    • Beatriz Oliveira Pereira, President of IE, University of Minho (online)
    • Global Education Cluster coordination (online)
    • José Luís Gonçalves, Director of ESEPF (online)
    • Education Cannot Wait (online)
    • Florbela Paraíba, Ambassador of Portugal (in person)
    • Dean of FASTEF-UCAD (in person)
  4. 10:00until 11:00
    Plenary session

    Keynote: cross-sectoral collaboration

    • Marina Berbiec, Global Education Cluster (FR)
  5. 11:00until 11:45
    Coffee break and networking
  6. 11:45until 12:30
    Paper sessions

    Theme: coordination

    5 presentations

    • Accelerated learning concepts and practices in northern MozambiqueAndreia Soares, University College London (PT)
    • Building blocks of an effective humanitarian response: coordination and dataMame K. Diop, Global Education Cluster (FR)
    • Coordination and cluster strategy as process and product: a reflectionMonica Vaz, Global Education Cluster (EN)
    • Living through war: the mental health of children and young people in conflict-affected areas. The Anglophone crisis in Cameroon's North-West and South-West regionsDr Etta Roland Daru, University of Bamenda (EN)
    • Resilience education programme: parenting children from birth to eight in climate-affected communities in Uganda and PakistanAneela Altaf Mukhi, Kyambogo University (EN)
  7. 12:30until 14:00
    Lunch and networking
  8. 14:00until 15:00
    Paper sessions

    Parallel presentations

    6 presentations

    • The impact of wellbeing support and parental engagement on children's learning outcomes in SyriaClare Sadd, People in Need (EN)
    • Unlocking learning resilience: TaRL-based recovery after the 2022 floods in PakistanMeenal Javed, ITACEC (EN)
    • Childcare practices among adolescent mothers in Kenya: a qualitative study using ecological systems theoryMasinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (EN)
    • The At Least Something basic education approach for children in refugee campsDarkhan Seitkazin, Productive Innovation Promotion Project (World Bank and Government of Kazakhstan) (EN)
    • The impact of early childhood emotional and behavioural disorders on later school outcomes: a population-based cohort study in EthiopiaHabtamu Mekonnen, Jimma University (EN)
    • Education Cannot Wait: the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crisesGraham Lang, Education Cannot Wait (EN)
  9. 15:00until 15:15
    Coffee break and networking
  10. 15:15until 16:15
    Round table

    Technological frontiers in education

    6 presentations

    • AI: a way to rethink education?Djiby Sow, UCAD (FR)
    • Synergy between child protection and education in emergencies: a strategic framework for holistic wellbeingAdama Diallo, Global Education Cluster (FR)
    • Strengthening the quality and reach of education in emergenciesJérémy Lachal, Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (FR)
    • Higher education as collective action linking humanitarian and development work, and as a peacebuilding toolMin Zhang, UNESCO (FR)
    • Hybrid learning as prevention for emergenciesMaguette Dieng, UCAD (FR)
    • Analysis of the supply of and demand for school places in the Colombian education system in 2023Julián Santiago Toca, iMMAP (FR)
  11. 16:15until 18:00
    Plenary session

    Day 1 conclusions

    • Guest speaker: Fernando Ilídio Ferreira, University of Minho (PT/EN)
  12. 18:00
    Cultural moment

    Satirical cartoon exhibition and cultural activities at LomanArt: comic book launch and conversation with the jury

Photos

15–16 December 2023, FASTEF – Cheikh Anta Diop University. Click a photo to enlarge it.

  • 70+participants
  • 15+countries
  • 50+paper proposals
  • 3interpreted languages

What came out of Dakar

  • LaDiLaSH added education in emergencies to its 2024–2025 research axes.
  • FASTEF committed to integrating the topic into the training of education personnel.
  • The General Inspectorate of Education and Training of Senegal’s Ministry of Education expressed its willingness to work with education in emergencies actors.
  • An active international community took shape, connecting practitioners, researchers and institutions, and led to the II Symposium.

Satirical cartoon contest

The contest's satirical cartoons were exhibited at LomanArt on the evening of 15 December 2023, with the launch of the comic book and a conversation with the jury who selected the drawings. The three prize winners were also there. All the drawings can be viewed online.

Winners

  1. 1st prizeSeugn Seex (Cheikh Tidiane Ba)
  2. 2nd prizeMous Graff (Moussa Ndiaye)
  3. 3rd prizeAmidou Badji
See the drawings →
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Visitors looking at the satirical cartoons on display at LomanArtGroup selfie in the LomanArt garden on the night of the exhibition

Exhibition night at LomanArt, Dakar, 15 December 2023

Dakar 2023 partners

Strategic partners

Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar – FASTEF
Universidade do Minho – Instituto de Educação – CIEC
Faculté des Sciences de l'Éducation – Université de Yaoundé I
Centro de Estudos Africanos – Universidade do Porto
Global Education Cluster
Escola Superior de Educação de Paula Frassinetti

Other partners

West and Central Africa Education in Emergencies Working Group
Embaixada de Portugal em Dakar
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Cultural partner

LomanArt

Financial support

UNESCO
Plan Internationalfunded by theGovernment of Ireland – International Development Programme (Irish Aid)
Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua
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