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This framing paper for an INEE Policy Roundtable provides analysis, lessons learnt and recommendations on the financing of education in states affected by fragility. The paper focuses mainly on aid to education, but also considers it in the context of domestic financing for education. The authors discuss the current state of financing in terms of both official development assistance and humanitarian funding, focusing on the trends and recent commitments to education.

The authors analyse the different existing modalities for financing education, drawing together lessons learnt from recent experience and relating modalities to both the Development Assistance Committee categories of fragile states, and the DAC Principles for Good International Engagement in Fragile States and Situations. The paper then focuses on the extent to which modalities are appropriate to the context, aligned with local priorities and support state-building processes. The final section explores potential new and innovative models for financing education in states affected by fragility, assessing the extent to which they can fill funding gaps, bridge the transition between humanitarian and development financing, and support state-building and harmonisation between donors.

Recommendations for future action, advocacy and research include:

• non-state partners are playing an increasing role in both financing and delivery of education in states affected by fragility. States, donors, NGOs and private foundations need to document and share lessons learnt from emerging practice. All parties need to encourage more open dialogue in order to explore partnership frameworks

• research and knowledge sharing between agencies is needed to document lessons learnt and emerging good practice in funding education programmes and projects in these two particularly challenging fragile contexts

• once pilots/initial stages of the innovative/emerging new aid modalities have been completed, a comparative evaluation report is needed to guide policymakers on the likely strengths and weaknesses of these approaches in providing education financing in states
  affected by fragility

• further advocacy work needs to be undertaken to encourage greater humanitarian fiancing for education, particularly in the gap between humanitarian and development financing.
  

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