Education sustainability in the relief-development transition: Challenges for international organizations working in countries affected by conflict

Mendenhall, Mary

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.08.006

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“…The public sector and NPOs could coexist and complement each other in order to increase the effectiveness of the provision of services. In the case of education, private philanthropic assistance is more targeted but less well coordinated than the ODA programs [11], and cooperation between these sectors is needed [12]. Steinberg [13] summarizes the problematics of multi-sectoral service provision in terms of a circular theory: The sector that assumes the leading role will vary depending on the nature of the situation, while the other sectors follow.…”

Section: The Coexistence Of the Official Development Assistance And Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Their success is evidence of the achievement of their missions [17]. This is especially important for situations where NPOs implement projects that have systems of education that operate side by side with the governmental systems [12]. In the case of the Czech Republic, educational NPOs do not usually use strategic approaches [18], which is a weakness concerning the sustainability of their educational programs, as they tend to follow public grants to get funding for their activities.…”

Section: The Coexistence Of the Official Development Assistance And Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This led to an increase in enrolment; however, it also led to a decrease in the quality of education provided [21], because the capacities of the available educational facilities became overstretched. Thus, building sustainable capacities is a challenging task [12] and there is a need to coordinate effort among objectives.…”

Section: Sustainability Of Capacities When Implementing Internationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Assistance of this kind causes path-dependence and limits efficiency [22]. Furthermore, it makes these regimes vulnerable to aid volatility [3,12].…”

Section: Sustainability Of Capacities When Implementing Internationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Effects of External Financial Support on the Capacities of Educational Nonprofit Organizations

Potluka

Švecová

2019

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Official development assistance provides an immense flow of financial funding to educational nonprofit organizations (NPOs). This source of funding faces criticism because of the unintended indirect effects it has in lowering the relative level of local NPOs’ capacities. Our contribution addresses NPOs’ financial capacities in an OECD country that receives a vast inflow of EU funding; namely the Czech Republic. To answer the research question on what impact the external financial assistance has on capacities in NPOs, we applied propensity score matching to a sample consisting of 633 educational NPOs covering the years 2006–2013. EU-funded NPOs report higher levels of real revenues, but not real assets, than non-funded NPOs. The EU funding helps in the short-term to improve NPOs’ budgets, but not to increase assets.

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Section: The Coexistence Of the Official Development Assistance And Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Coexistence Of the Official Development Assistance And Pmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sustainability Of Capacities When Implementing Internationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Assistance of this kind causes path-dependence and limits efficiency [22]. Furthermore, it makes these regimes vulnerable to aid volatility [3,12].…”

Section: Sustainability Of Capacities When Implementing Internationalmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Effects of External Financial Support on the Capacities of Educational Nonprofit Organizations

Potluka

Švecová

2019

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“…This is particularly true about engaging with relevant stakeholders for sustainable management of environmental resources during constrained circumstances (e.g. during armed conflicts or major disasters) (Mendenhall, 2014).…”

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Understanding the perceptions, roles and interactions of stakeholder networks managing health-care waste: A case study of the Gaza Strip

2015

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The sustainable management of waste requires a holistic approach involving a range of stakeholders. What can often be difficult is to understand the manner in which different types of stakeholder networks are composed and work, and how best to enhance their effectiveness. Using social network analysis and stakeholder analysis of healthcare waste management stakeholders in the case study region of the Gaza Strip, this study aimed to understand and examine the manner in which the networks functioned. The Ministry of Health was found to be the most important stakeholder, followed by municipalities and solid waste management councils. Some international agencies were also mentioned, with specific roles, while other local institutions had a limited influence. Finally while health-care facilities had a strong interest in waste management, they were generally poorly informed and had limited links to each other. The manner in which the networks operated was complicated and influenced by differences in perception, sharing of information, access to finance and levels of awareness. The lack of a clear legal framework generated various mistakes about roles and responsibilities in the system, and evidently regulation was not an effective driver for improvement. Finally stakeholders had different priorities according to the waste management issues they were involved with, however segregation at the source was identified as a key requirement by most. Areas for improving the effectiveness of the networks are suggested. The analysis utilized an innovative methodology, which involved a large number of stakeholders. Such an approach served to raise interest and awareness at different levels (public authorities, health providers, supporting actors, others), stimulate the discussion about the adoption of specific policies, and identify the effective way forward.

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Explaining the Failure of Education as a Vehicle for Peaceful Transformation—And Why is the Myth Perpetuated?

Harber

2019

Schooling for Peaceful Development in Post-Conflict Societies

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Education sustainability in the relief-development transition: Challenges for international organizations working in countries affected by conflict

Cited by 21 publications

References 5 publications

The Effects of External Financial Support on the Capacities of Educational Nonprofit Organizations

The Effects of External Financial Support on the Capacities of Educational Nonprofit Organizations

Understanding the perceptions, roles and interactions of stakeholder networks managing health-care waste: A case study of the Gaza Strip

Explaining the Failure of Education as a Vehicle for Peaceful Transformation—And Why is the Myth Perpetuated?

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