International Symposium on Education in Emergencies · Dakar 2023
Collaborating for sustainable change
Five thematic axes
- i
Cross-sectoral collaboration and cross-cutting themes
Wellbeing and learning, climate risk, child protection, gender, inter-cluster plans.
- ii
Coordination in education in emergencies
Planning, leadership, networking and the effectiveness of emergency and reconstruction responses.
- iii
Education in emergencies and the triple nexus
Peace, humanitarian action and development, and the links within that triad.
- iv
Education at the crossroads of emergency policy
Rethinking education as a vital need and resource for sustainable development.
- v
Curricular and teaching practice in a changing world
Pedagogical continuity, digital pedagogy, artificial intelligence, psychosociology of learning.

Programme
As published before the symposium. Choose a day.
Day 1 · FASTEF–UCAD · 9 sessions · 17 presentations
- 08:30until 09:00Plenary session
Registration and opening
- 09:00until 09:15Cultural moment
Concert by Xelaar with Latyr Faye
- 09:15until 10:00Plenary 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)
- 10:00until 11:00Plenary session
Keynote: cross-sectoral collaboration
- Marina Berbiec, Global Education Cluster (FR)
- 11:00until 11:45Coffee break and networking
- 11:45until 12:30Paper 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)
- 12:30until 14:00Lunch and networking
- 14:00until 15:00Paper 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)
- 15:00until 15:15Coffee break and networking
- 15:15until 16:15Round 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)
- 16:15until 18:00Plenary session
Day 1 conclusions
- Guest speaker: Fernando Ilídio Ferreira, University of Minho (PT/EN)
- 18:00Cultural 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
- 1st prizeSeugn Seex (Cheikh Tidiane Ba)
- 2nd prizeMous Graff (Moussa Ndiaye)
- 3rd prizeAmidou Badji



Exhibition night at LomanArt, Dakar, 15 December 2023













