2nd Meeting of IGAD Member States Education Experts Taskforce on Implementation of the Djibouti Declaration and Plan of Action on Refugee Education Summary Report

This summary report contains the major deliberations and outcomes of the Second Meeting of the IGAD Education Experts Taskforce on the Implementation of the Djibouti Declaration and Plan of Action on Refugee Education held on the 17th – 18th of July 2018 at the Hilton Hotel in Addis Ababa, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

The IGAD Secretariat wishes to express its gratitude to the Member States for sending their senior officers/directors from the line ministries in Charge of Education from all 7 IGAD Member States: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda. IGAD also acknowledges the partner agencies and civil society organisations who constituted the joint delegation to this 2nd meeting of the taskforce for sending high level delegations. Their active participation was very vital for the success of the Meeting. Member State delegations were composed of two senior experts with expertise in educational standards, education in emergencies (special needs education) or qualification regimes. IGAD thanks all the participants for their inputs and contributions in the deliberations towards efforts to enhance the implementation of the objectives outlined in the Djibouti Declaration and plan of action.