Schools, agencies, systems For Relief Aid, Equity, Social Inclusion & Hygiene
The Members, Working Groups and Corresponding Organizations/Networks
The FRESH Partnership is a coalition or network comprised of representatives of a number of UN agencies, donor organizations and global non-governmental/ civil society organizations concerned with promoting inclusive education, health, safety, equity and various types of social, sustainable and human development through, with and within schools and education systems.
The Partnership includes a Coordinating Committee, a number of designated Working Groups or Individual Resource Persons (previously called Thematic Working Groups) which have been assigned specific tasks or roles. (Note: Individual experts may be designated in a similar manner to serve the Partnership in defined roles. As well, The FRESH Partnership has established and communicates regularly with an agreed list of Corresponding or Affiliated Organizations and Networks.
Coordinating Committee
These global organizations and agencies have designated representatives to the FRESH Coordinating Committee as of December 2020:
Several regional offices of these global organizations, various university-based centres and individual experts also attend and contribute to FRESH Coordinating Committee meetings when their work is relevant. These include
Working Groups and Ongoing Activities
The FRESH Coordinating Committee identifies and organizes joint activities consistent with its shared goals, values and principles in order to promote information and knowledge development/exchange at the global level. Ad-hoc and longer term committees and working groups are established or a designated resource person asked to support these activities. Recent or current initiatives or working groups include:
The FRESH Partnership includes an extensive list of Corresponding Organizations and Networks from a variety of sectors concerned with school health and development. These organizations and networks will have a global reach and track record of effective work at the global level in order to be included on the list. The FRESH Partnership will keep these organizations and networks informed about its activities and global events through distribution of periodic updates and circulation of an updated list of global events, initiatives and conferences. In return, these organizations will keep the Partnership informed of their respective activities and other global events by sending notices and contributing to the updated list maintained by FRESH.
The FRESH Coordinating Committee will seek opportunities to communicate or collaborate with these organizations and networks. The FRESH Chair 7 Secretary will maintain an updated list of such organizations and networks and ensure regular communications with these organizations. The organizations that have been or will be invited to be members of the FRESH Corresponding Organizations and Networks include:
Note: This list of networks and organizations will be updated periodically. If you would like to have your organization added to the list of corresponding organizations, contact dmccall@internationalschoolhealth.org
The FRESH Partnership is a coalition or network comprised of representatives of a number of UN agencies, donor organizations and global non-governmental/ civil society organizations concerned with promoting inclusive education, health, safety, equity and various types of social, sustainable and human development through, with and within schools and education systems.
The Partnership includes a Coordinating Committee, a number of designated Working Groups or Individual Resource Persons (previously called Thematic Working Groups) which have been assigned specific tasks or roles. (Note: Individual experts may be designated in a similar manner to serve the Partnership in defined roles. As well, The FRESH Partnership has established and communicates regularly with an agreed list of Corresponding or Affiliated Organizations and Networks.
Coordinating Committee
These global organizations and agencies have designated representatives to the FRESH Coordinating Committee as of December 2020:
- American Institutes for Research
- Caritas International
- Child to Child Trust
- Consortium for Global School Health Research (Japan)
- Education International
- Education Development Centre
- Educational Disadvantage Centre
- FAO (Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN-School Food Program)
- FHI 360
- GIZ (Germany's Development Agency)
- Global Partnership for Education
- Global Network of Deans of Education
- Inclusion International
- International Centre of Excellence for Community Schools
- International Confederation of Principals
- International School Health Network
- Open Society Foundations
- Partnership for Child Development
- Plan International
- RTI International
- Save the Children (School Heath & Nutrition Program)
- Center on Positive BehavioraI Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
- UNESCO (Health & well-being, GEM report,other sections)
- UNICEF (Nutrition, Child Friendly Schools, Education sections)
- UNODC
- WHO
- World Bank
- World Food Program
Several regional offices of these global organizations, various university-based centres and individual experts also attend and contribute to FRESH Coordinating Committee meetings when their work is relevant. These include
- Regional WHO offices including SEARO, PAHO and AFRO
- UNESCO regional offices including
- Carmen Aldinger (Resource Person, former representative of the Education Development Center)
- Audrey Kettaneh (Resource Person, former staff with the UNESCO Health & Education Team)
Working Groups and Ongoing Activities
The FRESH Coordinating Committee identifies and organizes joint activities consistent with its shared goals, values and principles in order to promote information and knowledge development/exchange at the global level. Ad-hoc and longer term committees and working groups are established or a designated resource person asked to support these activities. Recent or current initiatives or working groups include:
- Ongoing collaboration to monitor progress in promoting educational success, health and development through the use of the FRESH Core, Thematic and Cross-Cutting Indicators and coordinating with similar assessment tools published by other organizations
- Joint and coordinated input into the development, achievement and monitoring of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- A series of webinars and other knowledge development/exchange activities related to Low Resource Countries
- Global Working Group on Health Literacy/Life Skills/Social Inclusion
- Coordination and cooperation in participating in global conferences such as the CIES Congress on Comparative Education
- Joint, coordinated or aligned input into various global conferences, consultations and initiatives via regular discussions at FRESH Coordinating Committee meetings and regular correspondence with designated organizations and networks.
- Global Working Group on Inclusion and Inclusive schools
The FRESH Partnership includes an extensive list of Corresponding Organizations and Networks from a variety of sectors concerned with school health and development. These organizations and networks will have a global reach and track record of effective work at the global level in order to be included on the list. The FRESH Partnership will keep these organizations and networks informed about its activities and global events through distribution of periodic updates and circulation of an updated list of global events, initiatives and conferences. In return, these organizations will keep the Partnership informed of their respective activities and other global events by sending notices and contributing to the updated list maintained by FRESH.
The FRESH Coordinating Committee will seek opportunities to communicate or collaborate with these organizations and networks. The FRESH Chair 7 Secretary will maintain an updated list of such organizations and networks and ensure regular communications with these organizations. The organizations that have been or will be invited to be members of the FRESH Corresponding Organizations and Networks include:
- Center for Universal Education, Brookings Institute
- Child to Child Trust
- Council of Educational Facility Planners International
- Excellence in Pediatrics Institute
- Global Alliance for Vaccinations and Immunizations
- Global Student Health Survey Network
- Health Behaviors of School Age Children Survey Network
- International Association for Adolescent Health
- International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance
- International Association for Suicide Prevention
- International Association of Chiefs of Police
- International Centre of Excellence for Community Schools
- International Centre on Crime Prevention
- International Council of Nurses (School Nurses Network)
- International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education
- International Council on Education for Teaching
- International Diabetes Foundation
- International Federation of Social Workers
- International Institute for Restorative Practices
- International Observatory of Violence in School
- International School Grounds Alliance
- International School Nurses Network
- International School Psychology Association
- International Society for Adolescent Health
- International Society for Physical Activity and Health
- International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
- International Union for Health Promotion and Education
- Learning for Well-being Foundation
- Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
- School Nurses International
- UN Population Fund
- Violence Prevention Alliance
- World Federation for Mental Health
- World Federation of Public Health Associations
- World Health Professions Alliance
- World Heart Federation
- World Medical Association
Note: This list of networks and organizations will be updated periodically. If you would like to have your organization added to the list of corresponding organizations, contact dmccall@internationalschoolhealth.org