Priority areas
I. Planning for access to education systems
Strategic objective
To strengthen the education policy and the educational planning processes in large-scale human mobility contexts, considering the current regulatory frameworks, educational management and information systems and coordination among institutions in charge of policy development and the protection of people in context of mobility.
Components and initiatives
A. Legal frameworks
- Objective: To develop guidelines for the development or transformation of the legal frameworks of the countries of the region that would allow individuals in a context of mobility to access the educational systems of their host societies.
B. Planning and information systems
Objective: To strengthen the planning capacities of Ministries of Education in order to enforce the access of people in a context of mobility to the region’s education systems, as stipulated by the legal frameworks
II. Inclusive educational and social environments
Strategic objective
To support countries in their efforts to secure inclusive, safe and healthy social and learning environments considering the needs of people in a context of mobility and the host society.
Components and initiatives
A. Socio-emotional education and psycho-social support
- Objective: To promote the development of skills in the area of socio-emotional education and psycho-social support among stakeholders in the region’s educational systems.
B. Risk prevention and reduction
- Objective: To promote educational and social contexts free of discrimination, racism and xenophobia.
C. Interculturality
Objective: To strengthen the capacities of education systems to implement teaching and learning strategies with an intercultural focus.
D. Gender, sexuality, health and wellbeing
Objective: To strengthen education systems’ capacities to ensure healthy and safe teaching and learning contexts and the development of skills, attitudes, abilities and values that allow children and young people to enjoy their health, wellbeing and dignity in a context of wellbeing and in the receiving society.
III. Recognition of education, degrees, certificates and prior knowledge
Strategic objective
To strengthen mechanisms for recognizing studies, certificates, degrees and prior knowledge and contribute to the development of new mechanisms for recognizing and certifying prior knowledge.
Components and initiatives
A. Recognition of primary and secondary studies
- Objective: To promote the recognition of primary and secondary studies of people in a context of mobility in receiving societies.
B. Recognition of studies, degrees and certificates
- Objective: To promote the recognition of studies, degrees and certificates of people in contexts of mobility in receiving societies.
C. Recognition of skills and prior knowledge
- Objective: To promote the recognition of skills and prior knowledge of people in a context of mobility in receiving societies.
