RERA: Rapid Education and Risk Analysis Toolkit

The purpose of this tool is to collect information quickly to inform USAID Mission decisions regarding the design, adaptation, and/or delivery of an education program so that it is sensitive to various contextual risks and does not contribute to conflict dynamics or disaster vulnerabilities, and where possible builds social cohesion and resilience. It is a first snapshot of information and, as a general rule, should be followed by a more in-depth analysis as resources permit. This tool is not a guide for analyzing programmatic, fiduciary, or individual risk.The more specific functions of this tool are to:

• Summarize the overall context;
• Describe the main risks in the country as they relate to education systems, learners and their communities, including as relevant: root causes, actors, dynamics and future scenarios of conflict; main natural disaster risks; main causes and dynamics of gang violence;
• Identify capacities for social cohesion and resilience;
• Describe education sector capacities and gaps;
• Support the prioritization of analysis findings and link them to program design, including theories of change. (p. 5)