Civics and Ethical Education for Peacebuilding in Ethiopia: Results and Lessons Learned, UNICEF, December 2015

Populations residing in the four Developing Regional States (DRS) of Ethiopia are vulnerable to frequent manmade and natural disasters. These regions rank low in development indicators, including education. This study looks at the opportunities and challenges of peacebuilding through education and how, in this context, PBEA interventions could strengthen social cohesion and community resilience.

This document is intended to be used by UNICEF staff, implementing partner ministries and organizations as well as other practitioners in the wider fields of Education in Emergencies as well as education and peacebuilding. It explores how education might advance peacebuilding, social cohesion and community resilience in vulnerable contexts prone to conflict through a set of UNICEF-supported in-school and extra-curricular programs. These include Training of Trainer (ToT) workshops devoted to education and peacebuilding for education personnel (e.g. administrators, teachers), Civics and Ethics Education (CEE) programming for children and youth as well as complementary after-school programming/club activities. It also explores opportunities for UNICEF to develop and work with partners to implement the set of PBEA interventions even more effectively and the challenges facing programme efforts.

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