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The Commission has adopted a new policy framework today that aims to increase humanitarian funding for education in emergencies and crises to 10% of its overall humanitarian aid budget as of 2019.

The policy also aims to bring children caught up in humanitarian crises back to learning within three months. “With humanitarian crises growing across the world, millions of children are at risk of growing up without education. We have a responsibility to act to prevent lost generations. Our new policy will allow us to help children better and quicker than before, even in the most difficult situations. To do so, we will strengthen cooperation with other donors and partners and better link our short and long term assistance. The EU is now a global leader in bringing children back to school. 8% of our humanitarian aid budget goes to education in emergencies this year, 8 times up from 2015. We aim to reach 10% in 2019," said Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Commissioner Christos Stylianides (pictured) speaking in Brussels.

The decision is a milestone in the Juncker Commission's commitment to support millions of children whose access to education is being disrupted due to conflict, forced displacement, violence, climate change and disasters.

The full press release is available here as well as a factsheet. Audio-visual coverage of Commissioner Stylianides' presentation in the press room is available on EbS.

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