Training Report - Training on the INEE Minimum Standards, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

 Context: A training on the INEE Minimum Standards was conducted in Haiti on behalf of Save the Children’s Rewrite the Future initiative, Catholic Relief Services and the Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) on 22-23-24 January 2007 at the Montana Hotel in Port-au-Prince.

Purpose: The training introduced the INEE Minimum Standards to workshop participants and provided opportunities to apply and use them to assess, implement, monitor, and evaluate education programs. It promoted holistic approaches to quality education programs, through project cycle activities and disaster preparedness planning and capacity-building. The training provided them with an opportunity to address issues and objectives by working together and using common tools. Finally, the training facilitated the development of an education network, allowing participants to work together as an informal group of educationalists in Haiti.

The learning objectives of the workshop were:
? Be familiar with the INEE Minimum Standards – the process and product
? Understand that the standards are interdependent and mutually reinforcing
? Have an in-depth knowledge of the particular standards and indicators that are most relevant to participants’ current work
? Be able to apply and commit to the use of the INEE Minimum Standards
? Be able to advocate for the implementation of the INEE Minimum Standards

Participants: There were 34 participants in the workshop: 9 from Save the Children, 7 from CRS, 1 from ActionAid, 1 from Concern, 1 from Aide et Action, 1 from the French Embassy, and the rest from local NGOs (BND, GRASI, CAFT, CROSE).

Training team: The two facilitators of the workshop were Josh Madfis, Emergency Education Specialist, Save the Children US, who participated in the North America TOT, and Jennifer Hofmann, INEE Capacity-Building Manager, INEE Secretariat.

The workshop benefited from the support of the Save the Children office in Haiti (especially Farah Coppee and Harold Narcisse). They served as liaison for the training team in advance of the workshop and provided logistical support with venue/catering/printing/materials/equipment.