The webinar will discuss tracking education financing across humanitarian and development sources, and the implications for more effective financing at a time of shrinking resources.
GEM Report
Event
Education financing in crisis - the role of data in breaking silos
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Language(s) :English
Contact :Kate Redman
This webinar will present a new joint initiative by the UNESCO Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and Education Cannot Wait (ECW) to examine current challenges and opportunities in tracking education financing across humanitarian and development sources, and the implications for more effective financing at a time of shrinking resources. It will present findings from the joint ECW–UNESCO GEM Data in Distress paper, while situating them within the broader education financing landscape.
Drawing on three international datasets—the OECD’s Creditor Reporting System (CRS), OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service (FTS), and the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)—the analysis strengthens understanding of how education is financed in crisis settings and informs more coherent, holistic approaches to tracking aid flows.
Through a panel discussion with global and country partners, the session will highlight new evidence, explore implications for planning and coordination, and identify practical steps to improve transparency, complementarity, and alignment of funding. The aim is to support the consolidation of information systems that can guide more coherent and impactful financing across the humanitarian–development divide.
Presentations by Yuki Murakami (GEM) and Christian Stoff and Francesca Pinna (ECW) will be followed by a panel discussion with global and country-level stakeholders on the broader implications for how we fund and track education in crisis contexts. Expected outcomes include stronger awareness of the financing nexus divide, greater appreciation of consolidated data, and shared advocacy messages to ensure that the data we have access to becomes a key stepping stone to drive more effective education financing in emergencies and protracted crises