{"id":3078,"date":"2015-11-04T08:44:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T08:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innovation.unhcr.org\/?p=3078"},"modified":"2017-06-29T09:57:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T09:57:49","slug":"5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an excerpt from UNHCR\u2019s recently released report: Innovation at UNHCR 2014<\/a>.\u00a0This report highlights and showcases some of the innovative approaches the organization is taking to address complex refugee challenges.<\/em><\/p>\n

Through the Learn Lab<\/a>, UNHCR Innovation and the Division of International Protection’s Education Unit have adopted a collaborative approach to expanding educational opportunities for refugees and the forcibly displaced through new approached to learning.<\/p>\n

In 2014 UNHCR\u2019s Learn Lab launched, developed, or supported 6 projects in 7 locations. In rolling out these projects we\u2019ve learned several key lessons:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Engaging senior management staff in the field prior to initiating innovations is essential to ensure smooth implementation and timely trouble-shooting when necessary.<\/li>\n
  2. Embedding innovation projects within ongoing education strategies in the field lends itself to greater sustainability than independent or siloed innovation projects.<\/li>\n
  3. Engaging youth and the community in project design, implementation, and decision-making results in activities that are grounded and likely to succeed.<\/li>\n
  4. Having dedicated staff both at Headquarters and in the field is essential to success. When staff are covering multiple competing tasks, innovation projects suffer and progress is slow.<\/li>\n
  5. Securing multi-year funding is essential, enabling a focus on well-planned activities, engagement, and results. Short-term funding works to the detriment of innovative design and implementation in education, which by its nature builds on cumulative results.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Photo credit:\u00a0UNICEF Kenya\/Noorani<\/em><\/p>\n

    We\u2019re always looking for great stories, ideas, and opinions on innovations that are led by or create \u00a0impact for refugees. If you have one to share with us send us an email at\u00a0innovation@unhcr.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

    If you\u2019d like to repost this article on your website, please see our reposting policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This is an excerpt from UNHCR\u2019s recently released report: Innovation at UNHCR 2014.\u00a0This report highlights and showcases some of the innovative approaches the organization is taking to address complex refugee challenges. Through the Learn Lab, UNHCR Innovation and the Division of International Protection’s Education Unit have adopted a collaborative approach to expanding educational opportunities for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3079,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[545],"tags":[331,332,107,333],"class_list":["post-3078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation-process","tag-ict4d","tag-innovative-education-projects","tag-learn-lab","tag-youth-engagement"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"\n5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0 - UNHCR Innovation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0 - UNHCR Innovation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is an excerpt from UNHCR\u2019s recently released report: Innovation at UNHCR 2014.\u00a0This report highlights and showcases some of the innovative approaches the organization is taking to address complex refugee challenges. Through the Learn Lab, UNHCR Innovation and the Division of International Protection’s Education Unit have adopted a collaborative approach to expanding educational opportunities for […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UNHCR Innovation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNHCRInnovation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-04T08:44:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-06-29T09:57:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rsz_children_kenya_refugees.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"866\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"unhcr_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UNHCRInnovation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UNHCRInnovation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"unhcr_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"unhcr_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#\/schema\/person\/d855fec07a8f3987b4e20ef5fe571ad3\"},\"headline\":\"5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-04T08:44:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-29T09:57:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/\"},\"wordCount\":285,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rsz_children_kenya_refugees.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"#ICT4D\",\"innovative education projects\",\"Learn Lab\",\"youth engagement\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Innovation Process\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/\",\"name\":\"5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0 - UNHCR Innovation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rsz_children_kenya_refugees.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-04T08:44:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-06-29T09:57:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rsz_children_kenya_refugees.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rsz_children_kenya_refugees.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":866,\"caption\":\"Children read from their textbooks, in a classroom of Shamba Primary School, in the Kakuma refugee camp, in the north-western Turkana District.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/\",\"name\":\"UNHCR Innovation\",\"description\":\"Innovation starts with people\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UNHCR\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CFR-UNHCR-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CFR-UNHCR-logo.png\",\"width\":1466,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"UNHCR\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNHCRInnovation\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNHCRInnovation\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/unhcrinnovation\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#\/schema\/person\/d855fec07a8f3987b4e20ef5fe571ad3\",\"name\":\"unhcr_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e90e13718c843cfd78bc3404a2c9dace0e1cbfa18288334138b8cac713981fa3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e90e13718c843cfd78bc3404a2c9dace0e1cbfa18288334138b8cac713981fa3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"unhcr_admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/author\/unhcr_admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0 - UNHCR Innovation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0 - UNHCR Innovation","og_description":"This is an excerpt from UNHCR\u2019s recently released report: Innovation at UNHCR 2014.\u00a0This report highlights and showcases some of the innovative approaches the organization is taking to address complex refugee challenges. Through the Learn Lab, UNHCR Innovation and the Division of International Protection’s Education Unit have adopted a collaborative approach to expanding educational opportunities for […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/","og_site_name":"UNHCR Innovation","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNHCRInnovation\/","article_published_time":"2015-11-04T08:44:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-06-29T09:57:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":866,"url":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rsz_children_kenya_refugees.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"unhcr_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UNHCRInnovation","twitter_site":"@UNHCRInnovation","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"unhcr_admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/"},"author":{"name":"unhcr_admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#\/schema\/person\/d855fec07a8f3987b4e20ef5fe571ad3"},"headline":"5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0","datePublished":"2015-11-04T08:44:25+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-29T09:57:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/"},"wordCount":285,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rsz_children_kenya_refugees.jpg","keywords":["#ICT4D","innovative education projects","Learn Lab","youth engagement"],"articleSection":["Innovation Process"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/","name":"5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0 - UNHCR Innovation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rsz_children_kenya_refugees.jpg","datePublished":"2015-11-04T08:44:25+00:00","dateModified":"2017-06-29T09:57:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rsz_children_kenya_refugees.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rsz_children_kenya_refugees.jpg","width":2000,"height":866,"caption":"Children read from their textbooks, in a classroom of Shamba Primary School, in the Kakuma refugee camp, in the north-western Turkana District."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/5-lessons-learned-from-rolling-out-joint-innovative-education-intiatives\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 lessons learned from rolling out joint innovative education initiatives\u00a0"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/","name":"UNHCR Innovation","description":"Innovation starts with people","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#organization","name":"UNHCR","url":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CFR-UNHCR-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/CFR-UNHCR-logo.png","width":1466,"height":600,"caption":"UNHCR"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNHCRInnovation\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UNHCRInnovation","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/unhcrinnovation"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#\/schema\/person\/d855fec07a8f3987b4e20ef5fe571ad3","name":"unhcr_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e90e13718c843cfd78bc3404a2c9dace0e1cbfa18288334138b8cac713981fa3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e90e13718c843cfd78bc3404a2c9dace0e1cbfa18288334138b8cac713981fa3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"unhcr_admin"},"url":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/author\/unhcr_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5290,"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3078\/revisions\/5290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}