/ Recommendations and call to action 18 /2 /3 As a part of the Awareness Month on Childhood Statelessness and Education, ISI and partners issued a Call to Action with clear recommendations to states, education actors, civil society organizations, United Nations bodies and other relevant stakeholders on steps they should take to ensure education for stateless children is accessible and guaranteed. The Open Letter was widely endorsed by individuals impacted by statelessness, stateless community groups, child society organizations, child rights organizations and others. Those recommendations remain relevant and are reiterated here: /4 /1 /5 STATES to, in consultation with stateless communities, education actors, civil society and other relevant stakeholders, ensure that stateless children have access to education without discrimination, as stipulated in CRC Article 2, and are not excluded from schools due to lack of nationality, documentation or the required legal status. States should also simplify registration processes to ensure accessibility for stateless children, taking into account their lack of nationality and/ or documentation. States are further called on to take practical steps and measures that ensure institutions offering non-formal education and informal learning receive accreditation to ease the transition from alternative education programmes. These legal obligations are firmly rooted in international law, as outlined in the CRC Article 28 and ICESCR Article 13, which require states to provide free, universal and compulsory primary education, progressive free secondary education, and access to higher education based on individual capacity. /6 EDUCATION ACTORS, in consultation with stateless communities, work with states to develop policies and programs that address the specific challenges faced by stateless children in accessing education, inclusive of providing the necessary technical assistance and capacity building for states and other stakeholders working on this issue. UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES, in consultation with stateless communities, advocate for the rights of stateless children as per their respective mandates and promote awareness about this issue among member states, while working with states, education authorities and other stakeholders through offering technical and programmatic support as necessary, and to ensure the adherence to international standards and guidelines related to access to education for stateless children. THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING MECHANISMS (including relevant Treaty Bodies, Special Procedures and the UN Human Rights Council) to closely monitor states’ compliance with international human rights treaties related to education for stateless children, and offer safe and meaningful ways for stateless communities to engage in these processes, to ensure equitable access to quality education regardless of nationality or legal status. The INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY to make education more equitable by funding the development of schools to serve stateless communities, while supporting non-formal and informal education initiatives and recognizing education as a universal public good with far-reaching impact. ALL STAKEHOLDERS, to draw on the Roadmap for Change as a tool to ensure the meaningful, safe and effective inclusion of stateless children and their communities, in their efforts to improve policies on inclusive education. This includes through incorporating the views of stateless children and child rights defenders to ensure their effective participation in the decision-making process at national, regional and international level.