Exterion was awarded a five-year (2014-2019) sub-contract with Education Development Center, Inc. to support implementation of USAID’s Education in Conflict and Crisis Network (ECCN) project (USAID Task Order No. AID-OAA-M-14-00007, Building Evidence and Capacity to Increase Equitable Access to Education in Crisis and Conflict-Affected Environments [Goal 3].)

ECCN is a global community of practice composed of USAID staff and implementing partners who work to increase equitable access to education for children and youth in crisis and conflict-affected environments. ECCN gathers, develops and disseminates knowledge, information, tools and resources on education in crisis and conflict at global, regional and country levels. ECCN has over 1,400 members from over 500 organizations globally.

Exterion provides conflict and crisis expertise to the ECCN Support Team, staffing the Key Personnel role of Senior Advisor/Conflict and Crisis Specialist who serves on the Steering Group, and leads the following ECCN practice and activity areas:

USAID Rapid Education and Risk Analysis 

USAID Education and Countering Violent Extremism How-To Note

USAID Humanitarian-Development Coherence White Paper

USAID Resilience and Education White Paper

 

More information on some of Exterion’s work with ECCN can be found below. *NOTE: The ECCN webpage and all related content are transitioning to the new USAID Edulinks site (https://www.edu-links.org). 

Support to RERA field implementation in Mali, Afghanistan, DRC, Nicaragua

 

Perspectives in Resilience and Education Webcast

 

Facilitated USAID EiCC Fundamentals training: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Thailand, Washington

 

Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

 

USAID How-To-Note on Education and Countering Violent Extremism (2018)

USAID White Paper on Resilience and Education (2019)