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Operational Guidance Note: the use of schools, educational facilities and temporary learning centres as shelter

Ideally School buildings and education facilities should not be used as shelter by families who have been displaced due to conflict. Using school buildings as shelter denies displaced and host community children access to safe learning environments.However, in a case of mass displacement where no…

  • Coordination: Coordination, Inter-Sector Coordination
  • Emergency: Conflict, Displacement
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Strategic Planning
  • Technical Areas: Protection

Monsoon / Cyclone / Landslide / Flood Key Messages for Temporary Learning Centre Facilitators and Students

The Bangladesh Education Cluster developed Key Messages for Temporary Learning Center facilitators and students. During the monsoon season, all students should be told, and regularly reminded of, the key messages in this document. Facilitators Should reinforce these messages regularly through role…

  • Coordination: Coordination, Advocacy
  • Emergency: Floods, Typhoon / Cyclone
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring

People-Centred Approaches in Humanitarian Coordination: Reviewing and Improving Cluster Performance

This matrix and accompanying presentation and facilitation notes can be used to help national clusters to review and assess their performance and prioritise actions to ensure people are at the centre of the cluster's work. The matrix uses the Core Cluster Performance Management (CCPM) survey as the…

  • Coordination: Coordination, Cluster Strategy
  • HPC: Strategic Planning
  • Technical Areas: Accountability to Affected Populaiton

Contact List Template

This template is intended to Cluster Coordinators and Information Management Officers an effective and useful contact list

  • Coordination: Coordination, Cluster Management
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Needs Assessment & Analysis, Strategic Planning

Accountability to Affected Populations Checklist

This checklist provides guidance for integrating accountability to affected populations throughout the Cluster Strategy document and development process. It follows the same step-by-step structure as the full Guide to Developing Education Cluster Strategies Available in the Strategy Package.

  • Coordination: Coordination, Cluster Strategy
  • HPC: Strategic Planning
  • Technical Areas: Accountability to Affected Populaiton

Modele de Strategie du Cluster

Ce modèlepeut êtreaussi bienutilisé lorsqu’il y aun Plan de Réponse Stratégique/Humanitaire intersectorielle, quelorsquecela n’est pas le cas. Chaque ClusterÉducationou groupe de travail ÉSU devraitdéveloppersa propre stratégie, qui serviracomme un outil de planification afin de définir la…

  • Coordination: Coordination, Cluster Strategy
  • HPC: Strategic Planning

Meeting Minutes Template

A template for coordination staff to use for meeting minutes.

  • Coordination: Coordination, Cluster Management
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Needs Assessment & Analysis, Operational Peer Review and Evaluation, Strategic Planning

Inter-Sector Integration Tip Sheet

Clusters/Working Groups should have direct conversations with each of the different sector’Technical Advisors to ensure that activities are planned in an integrated fashion wherever possible. Identify activities that are complementary to each other, discuss them with the team at large during team…

  • Coordination: Coordination, Cluster Strategy, Inter-Sector Coordination
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Strategic Planning

Guidance on Working with Governments

How can a Cluster promote partnership with (sub-)national governments?Close coordination and collaboration with government efforts in a humanitarian response is an essential part of the cluster approach. The nature of these links will depend on the emergency context and the willingness, capacity…

  • Coordination: Coordination, Cluster Management, Leadership
  • HPC: Implementation & Monitoring, Needs Assessment & Analysis, Operational Peer Review and Evaluation, Resource Mobilisation, Strategic Planning

Education Cluster Terms of Reference at Country Level

Use this template to develop your Cluster's Terms of Reference

  • Coordination: Coordination, Cluster Management, Leadership

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