A competition has been launched to develop an app to help two million Syrian children who are out of school.
A quarter of the country's schools have been destroyed, according to UNICEF, in a war which has seen hundreds of thousands killed.
Borge Brende, the Norwegian Foreign Minister, hopes the project would serve as a response to the concerns of parents over their children's "learning and well-being".
"We also know that almost all Syrian households tend to own smartphones and the smartphone is a crucial tool for staying in touch with friends and family and for accessing important news and information," he said.
"That's why we want to develop this game-based learning tool, which can be used wherever the children are."
The app will be offered to families still in Syria or those living abroad as refugees.
French Telecom operator Orange, along with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Australian Aid have backed the £1.2m project.
Proposals must be submitted by 1 April.
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