Progress Evaluation of the UNICEF Education in Emergencies and Post-Crisis Transition Programme (EEPCT): Côte d'Ivoire Case Study

The Progress Evaluation of the UNICEF Education in Emergencies and Post-Crisis Transition Programme (PREV) is an appraisal of the implementation of UNICEF‘s Education in Emergencies and Post-Crisis Transition Programme‘ (EEPCT). Started in 2006, EEPCT is a four-year, $US 201 million-dollar partnership between UNICEF, the Dutch Government and the European Union (EU). EEPCT currently supports programming in 39 countries and territories, as well as global initiatives such as the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Education Clusters and the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE). The EEPCT programme aims to put education in emergency and post-crisis transition countries on a viable path of sustainable progress towards quality basic education for all‘.

In 2002, civil war broke out in Co^te d‘Ivoire, one of the most prosperous countries in West Africa. The ongoing conflict caused mass migration, division of the country and the erosion of government services, including education. To ensure children‘s access to education and support a prolonged peace, the country office was one of the initial implementers of EEPCT, starting in 2007.