PBEA: Pan-African Symposium on Education, Resilience and Social Cohesion

This report summarizes the lessons learned and promising practices shared at the Pan-African Symposium on Education, Resilience and Social Cohesion, held on 1 – 3 June 2016 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The symposium was organized jointly by UNICEF (WCARO and ESARO) and the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), with its Inter-Country Quality Node (ICQN) on Peace Education.The report is organized into three substantive sections, which align to the thematic areas of the symposium:

1. Taking a Systems Approach in Education for Peacebuilding;
2. Quality Education to Combat Violence and,
3. Schools for Learning and Practicing Peace.

The symposium communique crystallizes the commitment of participating African countries to improving equity and quality in education in order for systems to more strongly contribute to social cohesion, resilience, and development.