Education Cannot Wait Launches its Multi-Year Resilience Programme Manual

In crisis contexts, resilience is not just a concept but a strategic imperative. Today, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) launches its Multi-Year Resilience Programme (MYRP) Manual, a comprehensive toolkit to guide the development and implementation of ECW MYRPs around the world. 

Through the MYRP funding window, ECW invests in countries affected by emergencies and protracted crises. Multi-year financing is an opportunity to provide predictability in a protracted crisis. It enables joint analysis and planning, and strengthens humanitarian and development programming and financing of holistic education responses in protracted crises. 

While the MYRP is initiated in crisis contexts, its aim is ultimately to ensure that emergency education provision is integrated into development strategies and national education plans. In this way, MYRPs can have an impact across the humanitarian-development nexus to address immediate needs, while also strengthening education systems and capacities to achieve sustainable impact and transformation. 

The Multi-Year Resilience Programme Manual is a practical tool that provides a step-by-step guide to developing and implementing ECW’s MYRPs. The Manual is particularly relevant to those engaged in any part of the MYRP lifecycle at the country level or at headquarters.  

Intention of the Manual 

The Manual outlines the steps required to develop and implement a MYRP. It is designed to help those engaged in the development process to: 

• understand the purpose and key principles behind ECW’s MYRP 

• plan and take forward an effective MYRP development process 

• design a contextually appropriate MYRP, in line with ECW’s programmatic priorities 

• move from approval to implementation 

• oversee implementation, reporting and evaluation across the three years of the MYRP 

• take the MYRP through to conclusion

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Who should use the Manual 

The Manual is aimed at individuals and organizations involved in the MYRP lifecycle, including: 

• Ministries of Education 

• UN Agencies 

• National and International Non-Governmental Organizations 

• In-country coordination mechanisms, such as Sector Leads, Education Clusters and Refugee Education Working Groups 

• Organizations involved in the design of a MYRP [for example, as part of the MYRP Development Committee (MDC)] 

• Penholders engaged to support the development of the MYRP 

• Implementing partners, once they have been identified 

• Other parties who want to understand more about the MYRP development process 
   

The MYRP Manual can be downloaded here (it is currently available in English; a French version will soon be available at the same link).