Enhancing Education Resilience in Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia through knowledge and evidence dissemination

Understanding the risks and disruptions to education systems, as well as their preparedness to address them, is crucial for ensuring their resilience and effective functioning. While the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia exist in different conditions and contexts, they all face similar risks and challenges. These include political instability, external threats from neighbouring countries, economic and social difficulties, migration, and natural disasters, all of which have implications for the resilience of their education systems. There is a growing emphasis on education system resilience to ensure that education systems are prepared to respond to current and future disruptions. This emphasis has become particularly important after the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there is limited understanding of what resilience means in theory and practice. It is also unclear what types of disruptions education systems may face beyond those already known in the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia.

As part of the GPE KIX Observatory on Education System Resilience initiative, this project will examine education system resilience in selected countries in the region. Specifically, it will explore the meanings and practices of education system resilience, the extent to which they consider the needs of vulnerable groups, and potential future disruptions to education systems in these countries. By doing so, the project aims to generate contextually relevant evidence about education system resilience and potential new disruptions, facilitate cross-country sharing and learning, and ultimately inform policy and planning.