{"id":209250,"date":"2016-05-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=209250"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:43:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:43:27","slug":"auto-insert-209250","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-209250\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA participates in European Parliament groups’ conference on Education Now! – Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA press release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA PARTICIPATES IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S SOCIALISTS AND DEMOCRATS GROUP'S CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION NOW!<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Deputy Director of Education Nilse Ryman participated in a panel discussion at an education conference held recently in Rome, Italy. The EDUCATION NOW! Conference, sponsored by the European Parliament's Socialists and Democrats Group, focused on the importance of access to education in humanitarian crises and on the need to increase the proportion of humanitarian aid for education. During the panel, Mr. Ryman emphasized the importance of access to quality education systems and explained that the European Union (EU) has supported Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA in delivering quality education to Palestine refugee children in humanitarian crises. He described how the onset of the Syria crisis had presented new challenges in the delivery of education to the Palestine refugees displaced in Syria or forced to flee to Jordan, Lebanon and Gaza. The lessons learned and tools developed by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA – most notably, the  self-learning materials for children affected by the conflict in Syria – have also been widely shared with partner organizations.<\/p><\/div>\n

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During his intervention, the EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid ensured that the EU will double their support to education in humanitarian crises and requested that the international community commit to doubling the EU humanitarian funds dedicated to education for children in emergencies to 4 per cent. The conference highlighted the need to engage new donors and urge current ones to stick to their commitments. It also called for urgent and collective action in preventing conflict and ensuring the right to education.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Read more in the <\/span>S&D Group's call for the international community to commit to doubling the education aid for children in emergencies<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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BACKGROÄ¢¹½ÊÓƵD INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is confronted with an increased demand for services resulting from a growth in the number of registered Palestine refugees, the extent of their vulnerability and their deepening poverty. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions and financial support has been outpaced by the growth in needs. As a result, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Programme Budget, which supports the delivery of core essential services, operates with a large shortfall,  projected for 2016 to stand at US$ 81 million. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA emergency programmes and key projects, also operating with large shortfalls, are funded through separate funding portals.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is a United Nations agency established by the General Assembly in 1949 and mandated to provide assistance and protection to some 5 million registered Palestine refugees. Its mission is to help Palestine refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank and the Gaza Strip achieve their full human development potential, pending a just and lasting solution to their plight. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA services encompass education, health care, relief and social services, camp infrastructure and improvement, protection and microfinance .<\/p><\/div>\n

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For more information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Christopher Gunness<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Spokesperson, Director of Advocacy & Strategic Communications<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mobile: <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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+972 (0)54 240 2659<\/p><\/div>\n

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Office: <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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+972 (0)2 589 0267<\/p><\/div>\n

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c.gunness@unrwa.org<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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Sami Mshasha<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Chief of Communications, Arabic Language Spokesperson<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mobile: <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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+972 (0)54 216 8295<\/p><\/div>\n

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Office: <\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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+972 (0)2 589 0724<\/p><\/div>\n

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s.mshasha@unrwa.org<\/u><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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