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* Asia Collective Consultation on Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies: hel d in Kathmandu, Nepal from April 21-23, 2004 and hosted by the International Save the Children Alliance (represented by Emmanuel le Abrioux, Christine Knudsen and Susan Nicolai). Deadline for nominations is February 9.
 

* Middle East, North Africa and Europe Collective Consultation on Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies: hel d in Amman, Jordan from May 19-21, 2004 and co-hosted by UNESCO (represented by Christopher Talbot and Robert Parua) and UNHCR (represented by Nemia Temporal and Zahra Mirghani). Deadline for nominations is February 16.

We are also still accepting nominations for the Latin America and Caribbean Collective Consultation on Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, which will be hel d in Panama City, Panama from May 5-7 (hosted by UNICEF, represented by Pilar Aguilar and Nidya Quiroz). The deadline for nominations is January 23rd.

Please forward the attached 'call for nominations' announcements to members of the Geneva Sub-Group as wel l as other colleagues or partners who might be interested in attending or nominating someone. We are looking for nominations from representatives from affected populations, governments (host or affected countries), NGOs and UN agencies. Organizations or agencies may nominate individual women and men, and interested individuals may also nominate themsel ves. Nominations should include the individual's c.v. and a letter of interest that shows the individual's potential contributions to the process as detailed in the attached 'call for nominations.' Thirty-five participants at each consultation will devel op standards, indicators and guidance notes that reflect their own experiences and are based on consensus on minimum standards from a regional perspective.

These are the final regional consultations in the initiative to devel op global minimum standards for education in emergencies, chronic crises and early reconstruction. The focus on regional consultations is meant to ensure that the standards reflect regional concerns and have a broad consultative basis. The objective of the minimum standards initiative is to devel op, through a wide-ranging consultative process, minimum standards for education that can be used as a starting point for systems in crisis.

The first regional consultation-- the Africa Collective Consultation on Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies -- will be hel d next week in Nairobi Kenya from January 21-23 and hosted by Care Canada (represented by Nancy Drost) and Norwegian Church Aid (represented by Birgit Villumstad). I'll be sure to send you the outcome document of regional standards devel oped at that consultation.


Best regards,
Allison

Allison Anderson Pillsbury
INEE Focal Point on Minimum Standards
International Rescue Committee
122 East 42nd Street, 12th floor
New York, NY 10168-1289
Phone: 1 212-551-3107 / fax: 1 212 551 3185
allison@theirc.org