Annual report

edu-
cation in emergencies
, identifying where the 
IFRC can add value – especially in mobilizing local 
action and meeting the needs of marginalized 
communities.
In 2022, the IFRC supported several National 
Societies to address education-related 
humanitarian needs as part of their regional 
or country emergency response plans. These 
National Societies included Ukraine and neigh-
bouring countries affected by the crisis, and 
Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Lebanon.
The support was facilitated by the integration of 
education as a sector of intervention in the new 
IFRC operational strategy templates, and the 
development of specific guidance on minimum 
standards, indicators, and questions for rapid 
multisectoral needs assessments.
The National Societies of Armenia, Azerbaijan 
and Ukraine were supported throughout 2022 
to strengthen their institutional and operational 
capacities to strategically plan for, implement, 
promote, and coordinate their work in the field 
of education, with a focus on crisis-affected 
areas and population needs.
This work was facilitated by the pilot operation-
alization of a Movement Approach to Education 
in close cooperation with National Societies 
including the Norwegian Red Cross, the IFRC 
delegation responsible for the three countries, 
and the ICRC.
Together, strategic global and country action 
plans for education were created, as were online 
training courses on the Inter-agency Network 
for Education in Emergencies minimum stand-
ards, and on education in emergencies and 
child protection.
In addition, a two-hour e-learning course titled 
The Art of Humanitarian Education was devel-
oped to strengthen the capacity of Red Cross 
and Red Crescent staff, volunteers, teachers 
and education personnel in co-creating quality 
humanitarian education opportunities for a given 
group of people – especially children, adoles-
cents and young adults. The course is designed 
to support blended, competence-based train-
ing approaches.
Throughout 2022, the global Red Cross and 
Red Crescent Education Network continued 
to expand. At the end of the year, the network 
included representatives from more than 75 
National Societies from the five IFRC regions.
In June 2022, the IFRC’s General Assembly 
adopted a