About the Partnership
Over 30 Partners Providing Education for Children of Conflict
Officially launched at the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative, the Education Partnership for Children of Conflict (EPCC) is co-chaired by UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and Council on Foreign Relations Term Member, Angelina Jolie, and Gene Sperling, Director of the Center for Universal Education. Coordinated by the Center for Universal Education at the Council on Foreign Relations, the Partnership believes that education is a vital part of a comprehensive humanitarian strategy for conflict, post-conflict, refugee and emergency settings.
What We Do
The goals of the partnership are to:- expand funding for innovative, cutting-edge strategies to educate children in conflict settings
- study and promote best practices and model programs including those standards developed by the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), and
- create greater understanding and momentum for supporting and funding high-quality education for children of conflict.
How it Works
Working with over 30 of the most experienced and well-respected organizations in this field, EPCC staff identify new, promising opportunities that expand quality education for children of conflict and bring these projects to the attention of donors and policymakers. A project menu highlights all of the projects and is designed to give donors and others interested in conflict education a brief summary about how these organizations could expand their most cutting-edge programs with additional support. Registries for the projects detail the exact, specific needs of organizations working in specific refugee camps and communities. The registries will be adapted to this website so that foundations, corporations, and individuals can join in supporting these innovative programs.
The Education Partnership is committed to working closely with partner organizations to ensure that projects adhere to the key performance standards set forth by the Interagency Network for Education in Emergencies.
How We Started
The founding project was the LEGACY Initiative -- a project in West Africa that partnered Novo Foundation with the International Rescue Committee. In its first year, the LEGACY Initiative – in war torn Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire - educated 30,000 marginalized girls and boys, trained 1,500 teachers, and improved 150 schools and 25 vocational institutions with infrastructure and materials.
In its inaugural year, the Education Partnership catalyzed a wide array of commitments at the Clinton Global Initiative—supporting education for displaced Iraqi refugee children; young people affected by the Darfur genocide; girls and youth in rural Afghanistan; and other groups affected by conflict across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
