Education Cannot Wait (ECW) was launched to transform the aid system that currently leaves behind millions of the most vulnerable children and youth on the planet. As the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, ECW’s strategy is designed to address the obstacles that have prevented humanitarian and development actors from delivering quality education in humanitarian crises.
ECW’s Funding Windows
The Fund’s flexible investment modalities are geared to support a rapid response to urgent education needs in sudden onset emergencies and in escalating crises whilst bridging the divide between humanitarian interventions and long-term development assistance to education in protracted crises. The Fund also supports the collection and analysis of evidence to inform best practices, scale up innovations and turn investments into concrete public goods.
ECW builds on relevant networks and advocacy platforms to generate stronger solidarity, political commitments and policy change for education in emergencies and protracted crises. As a global movement, ECW advocates for stakeholders to uphold the obligations spelt out in the United Nations Resolution on the Right to Education in Emergencies and to translate these commitments into additional financing to support the achievement of its overarching goal.
ECW continuously strives to strengthen and expand engagement with donors, and build new partnerships with the private and philanthropic sectors while pursuing innovative financing, to fill the funding gap for the education in emergencies and protracted crises sector.
ECW continuously strives to strengthen and expand engagement with donors, and build new partnerships with the private and philanthropic sectors while pursuing innovative financing, to fill the funding gap for the education in emergencies and protracted crises sector.