ECW High Level Financing Conference Highlights Urgent Need to Improve Funding for Education in Emergencies

At the Education Cannot Wait High-Level Financing Conference, hosted by Switzerland and co-convened by Colombia, Germany, Niger, Norway and South Sudan, the education community from around the world came together and, inspired by the UN Secretary-General’s Transforming Education Summit 2022, provided tangible action towards results.

During the conference, ECW’s partners from government, UN agencies, civil society and the private sector highlighted the urgent need to strengthen our global advocacy for sustainable financing for education across the Nexus.

Several countries in the region, including Cameroon and Niger, highlighted the dramatic situation in many countries in West and Central Africa, which continue to suffer from targeted attacks on education, putting the future of millions of children at risk.

They called not only for increased support and funding, but also for a strengthening of the integrated, holistic and multisectoral approach to education for all children in crisis and emergency situations, especially those affected by forced displacement.

UNHCR RBWCA Education News 2023 #2_ENG

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https://reliefweb.int/report/world/regional-bureau-west-central-africa-education-newsletter-february-2023