Schools, agencies, systems For Relief Aid, Equity, Social Inclusion & Hygiene
The Members, Working Groups and Corresponding Organizations/Networks
The FRESH Partnership is comprised of a number of UN agencies, donor organizations and global non-governmental/ civil society organizations concerned with promoting basic 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
Current Members of the FRESH Coordinating Committee as of December 2016 are:
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 comprised of a number of UN agencies, donor organizations and global non-governmental/ civil society organizations concerned with promoting basic 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
Current Members of the FRESH Coordinating Committee as of December 2016 are:
- American Institutes for Research
- Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development (ASCD)
- Caritas Worldwide
- Child to Child Trust
- Education International
- Education Development Centre
- FHI 360
- GIZ
- Global Partnership for Education
- International School Health Network
- Partnership for Child Development
- Plan International
- RTI International
- Save the Children
- UNESCO
- UNICEF
- UNODC
- WHO
- World Bank
- World Food Program
- SEARO (Resource for WHO Bangkok Meeting)
- Consortium for Global School Health Research (Japan)
- Carmen Aldinger (Resource Person)
- Scott Pulizzi (Resource Person)
- Audrey Kettaneh (Resource Person)
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 Monioring and Evaluation Guidance and coordinating with similar assessment tools published by other organizations
- Joint and coordinated input into the development of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly with respect to Goal #4, (Education) (2015-16)
- A series of webinars and other knowledge development/exchange activities related to School Health & Nutrition Programs in Low Resource Countries (In progress)
- Global Working Group on Health Literacy/Life Skills/Social Inclusion (In Progress)
- Coordination and cooperation in participating in global conferences such as the CIES Congress on Comparative Education (Atlanta, March 2017) and the World Conference & Summit on School Health & Development (Dubai, December 2017) (In Progress)
- 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. (In progress)
- Ongoing communication, alignment of activities to inform global monitoring activities and policy development relating to the role of the school in achieving the UN goals (In development)
- Global Working Group on School Health & Other Services (In development)
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 Confederation of Principals
- 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