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Education for All Collective consultation of NGOs (CCNGO/EFA)
International Seminar on Capacity-Building for Civil Society Engagement in EFA Policy
Final Report
Collective Consultation of NGOsON EDUCATION FOR ALL
Consultation Collective des ONGSUR L’EDUCATION POUR TOUS
Consultación Colectiva de las ONGEN EDUCACIÓN PARA TODOS
FINAL REPORT
International Seminar on
Capacity-Building for Civil Society Engagement in EFA Policy
7-8 December, 2004 Beirut, Lebanon
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CONTENTS
Paragraphs Page
I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1-3 2
II. OPENING OF THE SEMINAR ..................................................... 4-7 2 2.1. Welcome and Introduction ........................................................ 4-5 2 2.2 Programme and Objectives......................................................... 6-7 2
III. DEVELOPING THE COLLECTIVE FRAMEWORK............... 8-14 3 IV. CASE STUDIES FROM THE REGIONS..................................... 15-29 6 4.1. Asia Pacific ................................................................................ 16-18 6 4.2. Latin America and the Caribbean .............................................. 19-21 7 4.3. Africa ........................................................................................ 22-24 7 4.4. Arab Region....................................................................................... 25-26 8 4.5. International ............................................................................... 27-29 8 V. FOCUS ON NEEDS AND CHALLENGES .................................. 30-39 9 5.1. Regional Discussions................................................................. 30-31 9 5.2. Interregional Discussions........................................................... 32-39 11
VI. TRANSFORMING THE PRIORITIES INTO ACTION PLANS .............................................................................................. 40-48 14 VII. CLOSING SESSION ....................................................................... 49 16
List of Annexes I. Agenda of the International Seminar on Capacity-Building for Civil Society Engagement in EFA Policy............................................ 17
II. List of Participants…………………………………………………… 18 III. “Changing the rules of the game: Building capacity for policy engagement / Asian-South
Pacific CSOs in education” by ASPBAE
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I. INTRODUCTION
1. In preparation for and preceding the 2004 annual meeting of the Collective Consultation of NGOs on EFA (CCNGO/EFA), an international Seminar on capacity-building for civil society engagement in EFA policy was held in Beirut, Lebanon, on 7-8 December, 2004. 2. The Seminar brought together 60 representatives from national, regional and international NGOs and CSOs actively involved in capacity-building initiatives as well as professionals and resource persons from UNESCO.
3. It intended to provide a platform to share and explore experiences in the area of capacity-building for EFA policy engagement in view of a collective assessment of existing efforts and initiatives. It also provided a space for joint strategic planning of CSO capacity-building efforts in order to ensure their improvement, continuity and expansion in the future.
II. OPENING OF THE SEMINAR
2.1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION 4. During their opening statements, Mr. Victor Billeh, Director of UNESCO’s Beirut office; Mrs. A.T. Ndong Jatta, Director of UNESCO’s Basic Education Division and Mr. Samir Jarrar of the Arab Resource Collective welcomed the participants and highlighted the role of civil society in promoting EFA and the need for building capacity of CSOs and enabling them to be active players. 5. Following the opening statements, members of the group introduced themselves through an interactive exercise, which allowed participants to get to know each other and to interact.
2.2. PROGRAMME AND OBJECTIVES 6. Mr. Samir Jarrar introduced the objectives of the seminar and the programme of work (see annex I). The purpose of the seminar was:
• To provide a global picture about current activities in capacity-building for civil society in different regions, highlighting lessons learned, emerging issues, and gaps that need to be addressed;
• To provide input for a proposed Plan of Action to strengthen the capacities of NGOs/CSOs to participate actively in EFA policy through advancing on-going initiatives, and inform future policy dialogue with technical and financial EFA partners.
7. He further referred to the main issues to be discussed in order to realize these objectives. In particular, interventions should:
• Map the different conceptions of capacity-building in each regional context; including debates around the meaning of policy dialogue and engagement
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• Discuss and analyze frameworks and historical backgrounds in which current capacity-building programmes were initiated and developed, including fund-raising strategies and civil society participation in the processes
• Share experiences of on-going initiatives in the area of capacity-building for EFA in the different regions
• Gather and share the different tools and materials utilized in capacity-building programmes and initiatives
• Explore possibilities for synergies and cross-fertilization of the different initiatives with a view to further support capacity-building efforts, especially at local levels.
III. DEVELOPING THE COLLECTIVE FRAMEWORK 8. The facilitator of this “First Moment” in the seminar, Mr. Andiwo Obondoh, African Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA), made an introduction in which he called for demystifying the concept of “capacity-building for policy engagement”. He then proposed a brainstorming session in plenary to: (1) define capacity-building and its meaning in practice, (2) identify core dimensions, (3) draw on experiences and lessons learned, and (4) look into strategies for building capacity for advocacy and policy analysis. 9. This introduction was followed by a presentation by Ms. Persevera Razon, Asian / South Pacific Bureau for Adult Education (ASPBAE), of a discussion paper entitled “Changing the rules of the game: Building capacity for policy engagement / Asian-South Pacific CSOs in education” (annex III). The presentation highlighted notions of capacity-building by Asian-Pacific CSOs and noted that training in the region was not only developing capabilities for engagement in policy, but also for the various dimensions and institutional arenas of governance. For them, policy partnership meant not only policy formulation and administration but also participation in governance. Within this vision, governance was not so much about “who gets what, when and how”, but rather about “changing the rules of the game” by defining “who makes the rules, when and how”. This implied a CSO’s different engagement in the social and political spheres. In this regard, the paper specifically analyzed the roles and deep structural linkages between society and state. This was illustrated through a diagram (see p.4): the civil/ political society formed the horizontal line/ continuum while the state/corporate economy formed the vertical line/continuum. This diagram was used to show how a shift from a state and market centred model towards a civil-society model of development could make a difference. It is by strengthening the civil political continuum (the horizontal axis), that an effective shift can be made in “who makes the rules, when and how.
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State
Corporate economy
Informal economic activities
Interest organisations
Political society
Participation Representation
Civil society
Four domains of social practice (adapted from John Friedmann, 1992, Empowerment:
The politics of Alternative Development)
Corporate economy refers to the commercialised sphere of production, consumption and exchange, including the
institutions of the corporation and market
First, second, third and fourth generation CSOs : service providers, innovators, policy advocates & partners
Civil society refers to the … of voluntary
association and associational
autonomy: e.g. Social capital
between and among education and other
CSOs.
Participation represents various spaces in which citizens relate with the state and vice versa, including participation in state development programmes, e.g. project committees, user-service groups, consultative bodies, etc. CSO capacities for participation include policy research, budget analysis, budget tracking, data collection, creation of alternative indicators and database – that are aimed at responding to specific gaps in policy implementation, e.g. curriculum quality, teacher quality, relevant education for push-outs, etc.
The State refers to the seat of formal political authority including institutions like the government (bureaucracy and the legislature included), military and judiciary.
Representation accounts for the other forms of representative bodies, apart from the legislature that might exist combining the state and the political
community e.g. the EFA forum.
Third & fourth generation CSOs: policy advocates,
partners
Political Society refers to the realm of governance i.e. the ways a political system is organised to facilitate & control the making of public policy
represented by the institutions of political
organisations and social movements e.g. Network coalition with teachers’
union and other education stakeholders, lobby local
governments and influence the agendas of electoral
candidates.
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10. The highly interdependent nature of these linkages implied that CSOs’ engagement had to encompass not only the civil realm but also the political one. This meant building capacity to strategize, relate, negotiate and forge links with political organizations and social movements to advance EFA. Consequently, the nature and terms of support and funding to CSO capacity-building programmes would have to adapt to such shifts in civil society role. International donor support and funding has lead to legitimacy of CSOs as public actors but aid conditionality of donor countries had been posing real constraints on their capacity-building. 11. The paper and presentation referred to a UNDP study on capacity. The study identified some of the constraining features and delineated the reasons for failure of capacity-building in the ‘South’ mainly due to flawed conception of development by the ‘North’ on the basis of different values and objectives and also due to unequal relations between donors and recipients. The study focused on altering the structures, cultures, laws, strategies, conventions and practices of donors to make the aid system function equitably and fairly. 12. The presentation stressed that governance was not less government and rolling back of the state, but appropriate government and partnerships among the state and all stakeholders. Civil society should participate in defining the rules, the processes and the policies. The presentation concluded that civil society was essentially a political concept and that building CSO capacity meant developing political capacity. 13. Mr. Andiwo Obondoh, the facilitator, highlighted main points of the presentation by underlining that technical capacity of CSOs had improved only slightly during the past years and posed the question of how to improve capacity (for what and for whom). He pointed also to the inter-linkages among state, market, political society and civil society. He then opened the floor for debate. 14. Participants from the floor spoke on empowerment of NGOs, partnership, resource availability and donor funding. Ms. Lamine Kane of PAALAE acknowledged that talking about capacity-building meant addressing some practical issues: training personnel, learning how to assess and evaluate programmes, and how to set objectives and prepare action plans. We also need to learn how to develop literacy programmes and teaching materials. Mr. Gorgui Sow, ANCEFA, stressed that building capacity of CSOs meant availability of resources. This raises the question of durability of capacity-building programmes and autonomy in determining the orientation of content of such programmes. The question of communication is also a problem since such programmes are prepared in foreign languages, which exclude many NGOs due to their ignorance of such languages. He also linked capacity-building to impact indicating that programmes were prepared without any reference to evaluation of their impact on society and policies. Ms. Leila Iskandar of CID (Community and Institutional Development), Egypt, referred to corporate economy and its effect, through multi-nationalization and globalization, on our livelihood and learning needs. She also talked about forming alliances with business and asked about experiences in partnership with giant and small business associations in working with ministries on education policy and programmes. Ms. Vera Razon, ASPBAE, spoke about elements of capacity, which should be addressed in specific contexts, like Africa or Asia. It is true that multi-national agencies and big donors fund governments, but there has also been some direct funding to CSOs. However, one should think
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about strategies. Most of the funding should be flexible and responsive so that it could meet evolving and long-term needs of CSOs in capacity-building. CSOs have to continuously engage donors and governments. CCNGO/EFA is in a good position in this particular moment to reflect on this. CSOs and NGOs are to be involved in economic programmes as well such as micro credit and partnerships with corporations. We have to find out a way by which certain cooperative programmes and efforts with corporate groups are able to transform the structure of governments. Others expressed the need for real dialogue at the national, regional and international levels to avoid a conflict of interests between government and civil society. With respect to funding, there were complaints that donor funding favoured governments and was still focused on economic development and often conditional.
IV. CASE STUDIES FROM THE REGIONS 15. This session was moderated by Ms. Monique Fouilhoux, Education International (EI). She explained that presentations would cover four case studies from different regions and a presentation from an international perspective focusing on financing, monitoring, coalition building and mainstreaming innovations. Each case study was to highlight lessons learned and future challenges.
4.1. ASIA-PACIFIC REPORT
16. Mr. Bernie Lovegrove (ASPBAE) presented the Asia-South Pacific case: capacity-building for CSOs Engagement in Education. The presentation drew on country experiences from Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia and India as well as from the South Pacific region. The civil society movement in education in Asia and the South Pacific was described as very young and in its early days in most countries. Its capacity to engage government is very limited, particularly because its knowledge of national budgets and impact of donors is limited. It has started from a low base but there were some good beginnings. It is strong in the Philippines and Bangladesh. Thus, in order for CSOs to make an impact on financing of education, a strategy for capacity-building is needed to: (i) broadly – develop CSO structures, knowledge, skills, resources, and (ii) specifically – understand budgets; interpret statistics, figures; and make effective budget tracking, knowing the key players. 17. The Asia-Pacific presentation included snapshots on experience of selected countries in building capacities, guidelines for research and discussion papers and a scheme to analyze education budgets from a gender perspective. The presentation also drew attention to planned national and regional workshops for capacity-building and identified priority education issues, CSO advocacy strategies and capacity-building needs. With regard to South Pacific, the presentation focused on a “Real World Strategies Programme” covering a number of countries in South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific. The programme, funded by the Dutch Government over the period 2003-2006, aims at developing national CSO coalitions on education and at providing structured facilitation and support to civil society groups in education policy advocacy. The programme outcomes include CSO national coalitions on education, national and regional workshops on education policy, discussion papers, coalition building and a Pacific Regional Dialogue with government officials.
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18. The following comments were made: (i) CSO involvement in education financing must be located in broader long-term CSO capacity-building, coalition building and resourcing; (ii) CSO advocacy on education financing must take into account not only government policy but also the impact of donors and international financial institutions and the impact of the privatization of education.
4.2. LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN
19. The Latin America and Caribbean presentation surveyed the history of the capacity-building process and the obstacles faced, particularly interventions of military dictatorships in many countries for controlling CSOs and limiting their role and impact. It identified necessary changes in educational policy in terms of: (i) accountability and transparency of governments in order to eliminate corruption and inefficiency, (ii) democratization of educational institutions and policies including involvement of civil society in policy making, (iii) promoting a new political culture in favour of EFA, and (iv) reorienting educational policy towards targeting the masses. Such proposed policy review requires monitoring educational policy in the region with particular reference to monitoring public expenditure, international cooperation in education, management of education and educational legislation. 20. The presentation underlined some lessons learned, mainly, the necessity of acquiring knowledge of state machineries and their working methods, the need to develop negotiation skills and the importance of building capacity in formulation and submission of project proposals. 21. The challenges faced by the Latin American region were related to political, economic and social policies, notably, the democratization of educational policy and the inclusion of civil society in the decision making process; sustainability of training and capacity-building programmes; and development of a reflection which would be systematic with capacity-building experiences and needs.
4.3. AFRICA 22. Mr. Limbani Nsapato, coordinator of the Civil Society Coalition for Quality Basic Education (CSCQBE), summarized the efforts of Malawi towards realizing EFA and pointed to the minimal involvement of civil society, the lack of political will, problems of financing, inefficiency in the school system, high illiteracy rates, the impact of HIV/AIDS and the poor quality of education in general. 23. The presentation covered the experience of civil society in the country, which was relatively active in service delivery and involvement at national, regional and international levels. It also identified the challenges in terms of increasing proactive involvement in policy formulation; monitoring and advocacy; strengthening coordination and information sharing as well as capacity in advocacy, research, and policy analysis; and mobilization of adequate resources.
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24. The presentation arrived at the following conclusion: ▪ There is slow progress in ensuring quality basic education for all in Malawi; ▪ Civil society presence is the conscience of Government in ensuring that it makes its
commitment to education real; ▪ However, Civil Society needs a lot of capacity enhancement for successful
monitoring and advocacy for quality basic education.
4.4. ARAB REGION 25. Ms. Seham Negm, General Secretary of the Arab Network for Fighting Illiteracy and Adult Education, made a presentation, which pointed to political developments in the region and its impact on Arab CSOs. The Israeli Palestinian Conflict and the Iraqi quagmire had influenced governance in the region and depleted resources that would have otherwise gone to development. Although Arab civil society organizations exceeded a hundred thousand, the majority was preoccupied with welfare. The presentation further indicated that the concept of partnership had been misunderstood and limited to some involvement in implementing selected and limited governmental projects. Furthermore, existing legislation did not favour a more positive role for civil society. The presentation reviewed briefly Arab CSOs’ activities in capacity-building and identified challenges in terms of finance, which had been always to the advantage of governments; recruitment and training of teachers for adult education; capacity-building of CSOs in informatics and its technology; and capacity-building of civil society in linking EFA programmes with sustainable human development programmes. As a result, the Arab CSOs’ priority needs related to: establishing a joint machinery among governments, ensuring coordination and complementarity between private and civil society sectors; promoting research and studies concerned with civil society and EFA; and disseminating a proper understanding of the concept of partnership. 26. At this point, some interventions from the floor were made focusing on the issue of financing as a common problem to all CSOs. This issue was translated into proper management of funds and making efforts towards self-finance in order to achieve EFA goals.
4.5. INTERNATIONAL 27. In the final presentation, Mr. Fulgence Kone, representative of the “Office International de L’Enseignement Catholique” (OIEC), stressed strengthening and building-capacity of CSOs in education for peace and reconciliation and living together. Some snapshots on status and objectives of the Organization were followed by a briefing on the context of the Organization’s programmes in Africa where the need for restoration of peace and reconciliation was imperative. The presentation stressed the school as a medium and means for peace education and advocacy. Mr Kone also mentioned a seminar for training African trainers, to be held in Dakar during the period 7-14 August, 2005. 28. The debate was opened by the moderator with an invitation to look into the questions of why, to whom, and how capacity-building could empower NGOs and CSOs. She reminded participants of the difficulty of forming partnerships due to the obstacles pertaining to policies of governments and international donors. 29. Discussion focused on the rights based approach to EFA. Basic education for children, both girls and boys, and adult education were identified as rights rather than needs which required an
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internalization of the EFA vision and the development of a culture of learning stressing education for peace, targeting parents as well as policy makers and beneficiaries. Some reiterated the issue of financing CSOs in education and recommended joint action and coalition building rather than competition among interest groups. Developing ways and means of addressing the issue of finance, including finance for capacity-building, was crucial for a meaningful involvement of civil society in achieving EFA goals. Others referred to the need for learning about international treaties and programmes of action related to education.
V. FOCUS ON NEEDS AND CHALLENGES
5.1. REGIONAL DISCUSSIONS
30. Mr. Bernie Lovegrove (ASPBAE) acted as moderator of the session and presented its objective. He drew attention to the circulated file/handout entitled “Four Domains of Social Practice” (see p.10) 1 which he used as a means to explain/recall the diagram presented in the first part of the seminar and consisting of four quadrants representing state, civil society, corporate economy and political society.
31. Participants were asked to use the above-mentioned diagram to map out existing capacity-building work, identifying needs in Capacity-building and defining priorities for future action. On this basis, participants were split into regional discussion groups. The regional groups were to appoint two reporters each who would then share the outcomes of discussion in the two parallel interregional discussion groups.
1 The file was intended for regional group’s work and had shaded portions:
(i) the green sections are where the Capacity-building activities currently undertaken will be
listed within the relevant quadrant;
(ii) the grey sections are where Capacity-building needs will be listed in relation to the relevant quadrant;
(iii) the pink sections are where future priorities and strategies will be listed within the relevant quadrant
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Corporate economy
Civil society
Participation Representation
State
Political society
Interest organisations
Informal economic activities
First, second, third and fourth generation CSOs : service providers, innovators, policy advocates and partners
Third & fourth generation CSOs ; policy advocates,
partners
Pl write existing capacity-building (CB) activities/ interventions here :
Pl insert CB needs here : Pl indicate CB future priorities here :
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5.2. INTERREGIONAL DISCUSSIONS 32. The Asia and Pacific and Arab regions formed one group and Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa regions formed another group. Regional reports were presented in the interregional groups followed by discussion focusing on (1) common needs and priorities; (2) appropriate international responses to support the regional needs identified. This led to the preparation of two interregional reports which were presented in plenary whereby Mr. Carlos Zarco (CEAAL) acted as moderator, supported by Ms. Vera Razon. 33. Capacity-building needs and priorities of Asia and the Pacific and the Arab region were summarized as follows:
• Sustainable network building at all levels and capacity for self sustaining fund sourcing with a view to ensure solidarity for education across the region to popularize EFA to build local movements;
• Capacity to lobby and negotiate with governments, policy and decision makers, as well as donors and private sector, at all levels including the local;
• Capacity-building for policy analysis, surveying, mapping, and research in order to be able to come up with ‘shadow reports’ for monitoring and evaluation purposes;
• Strengthened UNESCO catalyst role in bringing CSOs together and in facilitating relations with national governments and the donor community;
• Development of dedicated and skilled CSO advocacy staff that can: - Raise funds to sustain work and focus on policy advocacy - Develop ability to reshape the legal framework (laws, ordinances, etc).
34. The Latin American/African joint group used the (ASPBEA) diagram (see p.12) to identify needs, priorities and international priority responses to support capacity-building work. The diagram showed needs in each quadrant on the basis of the interlinkages between civil society, state, political society and corporate economy. Overall capacity-building future priorities for were summarized in two points: to involve communities in school governance and to develop relations from the local to the global level.
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35. In the debate, governance was a recurrent theme, which included issues of corruption, visibility and transparency not only at governmental level but also at the CSOs level. In this regard, decentralization was stressed as a means to improve governance and develop relevant national plans for EFA. The formulation of such plans meant to some participants a bottom up approach: local, national, sub-regional, regional and finally international. Furthermore, decentralized governance, it was noted, would facilitate participation of NGOs not only in policy making but also in implementation of programmes. 36. Education and training for capacity-building were also highly emphasized by participants. Schools were identified as centres for raising awareness of parents, teachers and students and hence promoting EFA. They could also act as resource centres making available training materials. However, formal education is not sufficient. There is a need for adopting informal education programs to reach the poor and the rural population where illiteracy abounds and survives. Furthermore, all forms of education should respect cultural habits and traditions. Moreover, for capacity-building of CSOs, there is a great need for training programmes and research in order to develop skilled trainers and adequate materials for promoting EFA. 37. Both finance and partnerships were again reflected in the discussion in plenary. Strategies for mobilization of resources should be developed. This requires capacity-building in monitoring of national budgets and budgets of education ministries and other related ministries. Furthermore, monitoring of international donor budgets should be helpful not only for resource mobilization but also for partnership strategies. This calls for awareness and knowledge of developments at the political, economic and social levels. 38. UNESCO was named in the discussion as a possible facilitator of dialogue with governments and donors and as an agent and catalyst for capacity-building of NGOs. UNESCO is also to help in raising awareness of governments, regional and international organizations to the role of CSOs in achieving EFA goals. 39. What was common to all regions, as indicated in the discussion, is the need for development of negotiation and lobbying skills to enable CSOs to mobilize resources and participate in policy actions.
VI. TRANSFORMING THE PRIORITIES INTO ACTION PLANS
40. Ms. Monique Fouilhoux (EI) introduced this session. The plenary was to break away into four regional focus groups to draw lessons from the initial analysis of needs, challenges, and international priorities (Session III), and make regional recommendations for an Action Plan. The purpose of this exercise was to transform lessons from capacity-building experiences into regional recommendations for international action. Each regional focus group explored policy options to make recommendations on the basis of table sheets and guided questions handed out as well as a presentation including a number of guiding questions for regional recommendations. Regional discussions focused on (1) resource mobilization for Capacity-building, (2) networking; and shared resources for capacity-building; (3) enlarging and shifting paradigms, (4) policy engagement and (5) defining strategic objectives, possible action and partners.
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41. Regional groups presented their recommendations in plenary as an input feeding into the formulation of an international action plan. 42. The Latin American action plan noted that the political perspective and the participation of social movements were central to the whole process of influencing quality education for all. It recommended a strategy covering three components: (i) strengthening regional networks and actors as well as research; (ii) sustainability of resources/financing involving linking with the private sector and access to public and international funds; (iii) political dialogue with governmental and non-governmental actors. Such a dialogue should involve campaigns directed to public opinion and monitoring citizens’ observatories for education (FLAPE). Some recommendations stressed the role of UNESCO as a promoter of interaction between governments and civil society and requested UNESCO to consider CSOs as valid information providers, which should match government information. 43. The Asia and Pacific action plan highlighted actors implementing capacity-building and identified gaps in terms of inadequate capacity-building resources, programmes and institutions. It pointed to the need to generate greater political will for EFA. It also proposed a strategy of specific action points for sustainable networks, for capacity to lobby and negotiate with governments, and for locating more resources.
44. The African plan of action surveyed capacity-building activities and initiatives and agencies and partners supporting capacity-building work in Africa. It also identified Capacity-building needs and future priorities in capacity-building which included (1) establishing follow-up, monitoring and evaluation mechanism; (2) promoting research and policy analysis through universities and education sector reforms to make education more responsive to cultures and language needs; (3) mobilization of resources and financing, including setting up of national and regional basket funds with more flexibilities and less conditionality. 45. The Arab action plan stressed the importance of coordination at the national and Arab regional level and the need for awareness raising regarding networking, cooperation and forging alliances. The presentation identified civil society CB needs which encompass (1) negotiation with governments, policy makers and donors with a view to influence the development of appropriate legislation; (2) ability to moderate relevant field studies and research; (3) ability to be involved in planning, monitoring and evaluation. The strategies covered (i) introduction of EFA vision to government and private sector institutions; (ii) paying particular attention to the role of mass media, informatics and electronic communications, particularly for campaigning purposes. It also included building capacity in fund raising, self-finance and research. The strategy also covered capacity-building in lobbying through more accessibility to information, training and resources. 46. A debate in plenary followed these presentations in order to synthesize regional recommendations to define main components of an international action plan. The main components of such a plan were defined by the coordinator to encompass: (1) Vision of capacity-building programme, highlighting shifts in paradigms (2) Plans
(i) Operational Strategy to enable civil society participation in EFA policy at international, regional and national levels (main activities, time frame, institutional partners, etc.)
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(ii) Resource mobilization, networking and shared resources for CB (iii) Expected outputs and outcomes
47. The discussion focused on the need for clarifying the meaning of policy, for adopting a grass root approach for CB, and for identifying few common themes for elaborating an international strategy.
48. In closing the debate, the coordinator noted that implementation of EFA objectives laid basically at the national and regional levels. In this regard, capacity-building should take place at all levels where politics were made: ministries, schools, and CSOs. This brings up the great need for resources for capacity-building at the national and local levels. One modality is to devolve funds to UNESCO field Offices. However, cognizant of various players at national and regional levels competing for funds and for a role, this mechanism should not duplicate on-going processes but build on them in ways that add value rather than wasting limited resources. Besides, UNESCO field Offices need to engage more effectively with local CSOs. It is, therefore, necessary to clarify the role of UNESCO field Offices at all levels: regional and national. While UNESCO is not a funding agency, it can certainly act as a catalyst and a link between NGOs and founders.
VII. CLOSING SESSION
49. In the closing session, Mr. Samir Jarrar acknowledged the deliberations of the seminar and the regional action plans as a major input into the development of an international action plan that was to be considered in the forthcoming Annual Meeting of the Collective Consultation of NGOs on EFA (CCNGO/EFA) which will take place in Beirut, Lebanon, from 9 to 11 December 2004.
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Annex I
AGENDA of the International Seminar on Capacity-Building for Civil Society Engagement in
EFA Policy (7-8 December 2004 Beirut, Lebanon)
Day 1 – Tuesday 7 December 9:00 Welcome Session Master of Ceremony Mr. Samir Jarrar, CCNGO/EFA Regional Focal Point (Arab Resource
Collective) Speakers Mr. Victor Billeh, Director (UNESCO Beirut)
Ms. A.T. Ndong Jatta, Director Basic Education Division (UNESCO HQ)
9:15 Introduction of Participants 9:40 Description of the Programme of the Seminar 10:00 Developing the Collective Framework Moderator: Mr. Andiwo Obondoh (ANCEFA) 11:30 Break 11:45 Presentation of Case Studies from the Regions Ms. Monique Fouilhoux (Education International) 13:30 Lunch 15:00 Focus on Needs and Challenges Moderator: Mr. Bernie Lovegrove (ASPBEA) 16:30 Break
3 17:00-18:30 Inter-Regional Discussion Define International Joint Priorities Based on Common Needs
Day 2 – Wednesday 8 December 9:00 Plenary - Reporting and Synthesis on Joint Priorities
Moderator: Mr. Carlos Zarco (CEAAL) 10:00 Transforming the Priorities into Action Plans - Regional Discussion:
(i) Resourcing for capacity-building; (ii) Networking; (iii) Shared resources for capacity-building; (iv) Enlarging and Shifting paradigms/frameworks in Capacity-building; (v) Policy engagement; (vi) Defining strategic objectives, possible action and partners
11:00 Break 11:15 Transforming the Priorities into Action Moderators: Ms. Monique Fouilhoux; Mr. Andiwo Obondoh
Plenary Session - Reporting Action Plan - Open discussion on the Action Plan and role of the CCNGO/EFA - Recommendations for the CCNGO Annual Meeting
13:00-13:30 Closing Session
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Annex II List of participants Africa Burkina Faso Mr. Jean KAFANDO, Délégué Général Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Education et la Formation (CSFEF) E-mail : [email protected] Address: c/o Comité Syndicale Francophone de l'Education et la Formation (CSFEF) SNES 1, rue de Courty 75341 Paris Cedex 07 Tel : 33 1 40 63 28 32 Fax : 33 1 45 51 85 28 Cameroun Ms. Sarah Kala LOBE, President Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Education et la Formation (CSFEF)/ Education des Filles E-mail : [email protected] Address : BP. 4295 DOUALA CAMEROUN Tel: 237 / 42.77.03 R.D. Congo Mr. Jean Pierre KIMBUYA, Secretary General Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Education et la Formation (CSFEF) /Syndicats des Enseignants du Congo (SYECO) E-mail : [email protected] Address: c/o Comité Syndicale Francophone de l'Education et la Formation (CSFEF) SNES 1, rue de Courty, 75341 Paris Cedex 07 Tel : 33 1 40 63 28 32 Fax : 33 1 45 51 85 28 Mr. Martin ITOUA, President Fédération Africaine des Parents d'Elèves et Etudiants (FAPE/Reseau EPT du Congo) E-mail : [email protected] Address: BP 1113 Brazaville CONGO Tel: 242 51 56 13/82 17 94 Gabon Ms. Christiane BITOUGAT
Déléguée Générale Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Education et la Formation (CSFEF) E-mail: [email protected] Address : c/o Comité Syndicale Francophone de l'Education et la Formation (CSFEF) SNES 1, rue de Courty 75341 Paris Cedex 07 Tel : 33 1 40 63 28 32 Fax: 33 1 45 51 85 28 The Gambia Ms. Adelaide SOSSEH, Chairperson Gambia Education for All E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Address: c/o Worldview The Gambia 49 Garba Jahumpa Road Bakau Newtown KM Banjul, The Gambia Tel: 220 4496 990; 220 4496 666; 220 9924 688; 220 9821 864 Fax: 220 4496 666 Kenya Mr. Andiwo OBONDOH, Capacity-building Coordinator for Eastern and Southern Africa African Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA) E-mail: [email protected] www.ancefa.org Address: PO Box 66090 00800 Nairobi, Kenya Tel : 254 020 44 50 169 Fax : 254 020 44 50 170 Ms. Susan KARUTI, Programme Officer Education Christian Children's Fund – Kenya E-mail: [email protected] Address: P.O BOX 14038, 00800, WESTLANDS, NAIROBI, KENYA Tel: 254 20 4 444890/3 Fax: 254 20 4 444426
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Malawi Mr. Limbani NSAPATO, Coordinator Civil Society Coalition for Quality Basic Education E-mail: [email protected] Address: CSCQBE POBOX 30736Capital City Lilongwe 3 Malawi Mob Tel: 265 827 875 94 Mali Mr. Mamadou DIARRA, President Conféderation Africaine des Associations Centres et Clubs de l'UNESCO E-mail : [email protected] Address: Secrétariat : 12 Avenue Roume Dakar Bureau Régional pour l’Education (BREDA) DAKARPrésidence : 396, rue 105, Badalabougou Bamako – MALI BP. 5354 BAMAKO – MALI Tel : 223 222 28 42 Fax : 223 222 28 42 Mr. Maouloud BEN KATTRA Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Education et la Formation (CSFEF) E-mail : [email protected] Niger Mr. Abdoua MAINASSARA, President Reseau Education Pour Tous Niger (REPTNI) E-mail : [email protected] www.reptni.com Address : Réseau Education Pour Tous BP 708 Niamey, Niger Tel: 227 92 96 35/72 35 53 Fax: 227 72 35 54 Mr. Ali ABDOULAYE, President of network for educational division of Nigeria Réseau des ONG du secteur de l'Education du Niger (ROSEN) E-mail: [email protected] Address: Rosen BP 349 Niamey Plateau Niger Tel : 227 75 25 60 Fax : s/c Aide et Action 227 73 24 75
Senegal Mr. Gorgui SOW, Regional CCNGO/EFA Focal Point African Network Campaign on Education for All (ANCEFA) E-mail: [email protected] Address: BP 3007Dakar -Yoff/ Senegal Tel: 221 824 22 44 Fax: 221 824 13 63 Lamine KANE, Coordinator Pan African Association for Literacy and Adult Education (PAALAE) E-mail:[email protected] Address: Dakar, Senegal Tel: 220 684 03 84 Macissé LO, Secretary Coalition Nationale des ONG et des Syndicats pour EPT E-mail : [email protected] Address : Cite millionaire Dakar bp Dakar, Senegal Tel : 827 1843 Fax : 827 1843 Souleye Gorbal SY, President Coalition Nationale des ONG et des Syndicats pour EPT E-mail : [email protected] Address : Golf Nord Dakar BP 19380 Dakar, Senegal Tel: 221 18671843/6431354 Fax: 221 08273215 South Africa Mr. Ivor BAATJES, Representative and coordinator Centre for Adult Eduacation, University of Kwazulu-Natal E-mail: BaatjesIat]ukzn.ac.za Address: Centre for Adult Education, University of Kwazulu-Natal Private Bag X01 Scottsville South Africa 3209 Tel: 27 33 26 06 186 Fax: 27 33 26 05 756
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Uganda Mr. Frederick MWESIGYE, National coordinator Forum for Education NGOs in Uganda (FENU) E-mail: [email protected] Address: POBOX 70104 Kampala Tel: 256 31 262 154 256 41 543 344 Zambia Ms. Jennifer CHIWELA, Chairperson Zambia National Coalition Network (ZANEC) E-mail : [email protected], [email protected] Address: c/o ZANEC PO Box 33709 Lusaka, Zambia Tel: 260 1 23 1201 Fax: 260 1 23 6943 Arab Region Egypt Ms. Leila Iskandar, Managing Director CID (Community and Institutional Development) E-mail: [email protected] Address: 17 El Mara'shly Street, 7th Floor, Apt. 16, Zamalek,Cairo, Egypt Tel: 202 736 4479 Fax: 202 736 4476 Ms. Seham Negm, Secretary General Arab Network for fighting illiteracy and adult education E-mail: [email protected] Address: 10 Raida Zeinab Kamal Hasan St. Giza, Egypt Tel: 202 731 1007 Fax: 202 3378 545 Jordan Ms. Asma Madanat,Executive Director Women's Organization to Combat Illiteracy E-mail: [email protected] Address: P.O. Box 17025 Amman, Jordan Tel/Fax: 962 6 534 8895 Fax: 962 6 652 3404
Ms. Lubna Bajjali, Coordinator for NGO Network for Education for All Women's Organization to Combat Illiteracy E-mail: [email protected] Address: P.O. Box 17025 Amman, Jordan Tel:962 6 534 8895 Fax: 962 6 652 3404 Ms. Siham Youssef Eid Mazahra The Jordan National Commission for Education, Culture & Science E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box: 1646 11118 Amman Jordan Tel: 962 6 560 7181 Tel/Fax: 962 6 568 8061 Ms. Bayan Abdel Razzak Abou Al Athm The Jordan National Commission for Education, Culture & Science E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box: 1646 11118 Amman Jordan Tel: 962 6 560 7181 Tel/Fax: 962 6 568 8061 Lebanon Ms. Rana Ismail, Principal of Al-Kawthar High School Al Mabarrat Association E-mail: [email protected] Address: Assad Highway, Bir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon Tel: 961 1 453 131 Mobile: 961 3 249 192 Fax: 961 1 455 252 Mr. Samir Jarrar, Director Arab Resource Collective E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Address: P.O. Box. 13-5916 Beirut, Lebanon Tel: 961 1 834 708 Fax: 961 1 743098 Mr. Ghanem Bibi, General Coordinator Arab Resource Collective E-mail: [email protected] Address: P.O. Box. 13-5916 Beirut, Lebanon
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Tel: 961 1 742 075 Fax: 961 1 742 077 Ms. Souheir Mansour Kadisha Al Kubra Association E-mail: [email protected] Address: Verdun, Beirut, Lebanon Tel: 961 1 786 409/10 Mobile: 961 3 861 062 Fax: 961 1 786 409 Mr. Mohammad Hijjar, Responsible for Literacy Programme Association for Human Rehabilitation to Combat against Illiteracy Address: Ministry of Social Affairs, Beirut, Lebanon Tel: 961 1 855 133 Mobile: 961 3 713 549 Fax: 961 1 910 996 Oman Ms. Masouma El-Saleh, Director Association of Early Intervention for Children with Special Needs E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Address: P.O. Box. 81, P C 116, Mina Al Fahal Sultanate of Oman Tel: 216 1 593 960 Fax: 216 1 592 118 Palestine Ms. Jehan Helou, General Director Tamer Insitute E-mail: [email protected] Address: P.O. Box 1973, Al Zahra St. Ramallah, Palestine Tel/Fax: 972 2 298 6121/2 Ms. Arham AlDamen, Chairwoman of Board of Trustees Tamer Insitute E-mail: [email protected] Address: P.O. Box 1973, Al Zahra St. Ramallah, Palestine Tel/Fax: 972 2 298 6121/2
Tunisia Mr. Mohamed HLAIEM Comité Syndical Francophone de l’Education et la Formation (CSFEF) E-mail : [email protected] Tel/Fax : 21621671345381 Yemen Ms. Nidal Mahammad Al Aryani Yemeni National Commission for Education Culture and Science Address: P.O. Box. 12642, Sanaa, Yemen Tel: 967 1 214 615/12 Fax: 967 1 214 613 Mr. Abd El-Kader Saeed Basaar Child Rights Association Tel: 967 1 360 114, 73 678 658 Fax: 967 5 301 117/323 Asia Australia Mr. Bernard LOVEGROVE, Coordinator of the Advocacy Program in the South Pacific Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education (ASPBAE) E-mail: [email protected] Address: c/o. CREEDAP. O. Box 1067 DicksonACT 2602, Australia Tel: 612 6242 1356 Fax: 612 6241 5284 Bangladesh Mr. Kazi Rafiqul ALAM, Executive Director Dhaka Ahsania Mission E-mail: [email protected] Address: Dhaka Ahsania Mission, House No.19, Road No.12 (New), Dhanmondi Residential Area, Dhaka 1209, Bangladesh Tel: 88 02 811 9521 / 22 88 02 811 5909 Fax: 88 02 811 3010 / 8522 Indonesia Ms. Aquino Wreddya HAYUNTA, Representative
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Education Network for Justice/ Circle of Alternative Education for Women E-mail: [email protected] Address: JI Kalibata Utara I No. 18 Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia Tel: 62-21 7971629 Fax: 62-21 7971629 Pakistan Mr. Inayatullah, President Pakistan Association for Conyinuing Adult Education (PACADE) E-mail: [email protected] Address: 101, Block-J, Model Town, Lahore, Pakistan Tel: 92-42-5830148 Fax: 92-42-5830148 Shaheen ATTIQ-UR-RAHMAN, Senior Director Bunyad Literacy Community Council E-mail: [email protected] Address: 226 Munir Road Lahore Cannt, Lahore, Pakistan Tel: 042 5600621042 Fax: 042 5600293 The Philippines Ms. Raquel CASTILLO, Coordinator of Education Network Phillipines (E-net) Education Network E-mail: [email protected] Address: 13 Dao St. Project 3Bgy Quirino 3-A Quezon City 1102 Philippines Tel: 632 421 4773/434 1368 Fax: 91 22 2283 2217 Ms. Vera RAZON Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education (ASPBAE) E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Address : 21 Ma. Manguiat Street, Tierra Pura Homes, Culiat, Quezon City 1128 Philippines Tel : 632 372 4991 / 92 / 94 / 96 Fax : 632 372 4995
Latin America & the Caribbean Brazil Mr. Pierre Toussaint ROY, Executive Secretary of the Latin-American Campaign; General Coordinator of PIDHDD Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo (PIDHDD) E-mail: [email protected] Address: Rua Senador Dantas 44 Sala 01Centro Rio de Janeiro/RJ-CEP : 20031-2003 Brazil Tel: 55 21 2240 46 10 Fax: 55 21 2240 5873 Salete VALESAN, Technical Advisor in Education Instituto Paulo Freire E-mail: [email protected] Address: Rua Cerro Corá, 550 cj.22. 2o. andar CEP 05061-100 São. Paulo SP Brazil Tel: 55-11 3021-5536 Fax: 55-11 3021-5589 Dominican Republic Esperanza Ayala CRUZ, Member of the Coordination Commission Foro Socio Educativo E-mail: [email protected] Ecuador Mr. Luis MONTALUISA, Technical adviser Dirección de Educación Intercultural Bilingüe (DINEIB) E-mail: [email protected] Address: Calle Murillo y San Gregorio Edificio DINAMEP 8 piso Ecuador Tel: 593 22 50 30 45 593 22 50 30 46 593 22 50 30 47 Fax: 593 225 03 038 Haiti Ms. Anne-Marie CORIOLAN, Executive Secretary Centre de Recherche et d'Action pour le Développement (CRAD)
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E-mail : [email protected] Address: Delmas 29, Rue J. Pérez No. 6, Delmas, Haití, BP. 13241, Delmas, Haití Tel: 509) 2463385 509 2463496 Fax : 509 246 34 96 Mexico Mr. Carlos ZARCO MERA, Ex-Secretary general of CEAAL Consejo de Educacion de Adultos de Latina America (CEAAL) E-mail :[email protected] Address: Alfonso Esparza Oteo No.63 Colonia Guadalupe Inn, C.P. 01020 Mexico D.F. Tel: 52 55 56 61 51 27 Fax: 52 55 56 61 68 08 Ms. Margarita SALINAS BORJA, Responsable del Area de Incidencia y Campañas – Oficina Regional América Latina, AYUDA EN ACCIÓN Ayuda in Accion E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Address: 5 de Mayo No. 407, Colonia CentroC.P. 72760, San Pedro, Cholula, Puebla, MEXICO Tel: 34 91 522 60 60 Fax: 34 91 532 84 02 Panama Mr. Raul Alberto LEIS ROMERO, President of CEASPA and elected Secretary General of CEAAL Centro de Estudios y Acción social Panameño (CEASP)/Consejo de Educacion de Adultos de Latina America (CEAAL) E-mail : [email protected] Address: Vía Cincuentenario No. 84, Coco del Mar, San Francisco, El Dorado, Panamá, Panamá Tel/Fax: 507 2266602/ 2264529 Fax: 507 2265320
Peru Ms. Madeleine ZÚÑIGA CASTILLO, Vice President of national EFA forum Foro Educativo E-mail: [email protected] Address: Comandante Gustavo Jimenez 165 Magdalena del Mar Lima 17, Peru Tel: 511 264 11 31 Fax: 511 264 11 31 International NGOs Mr. Fulgence KONÉ, International CCNGO/EFA Focal Point Office International de l'Enseignement Catholique (OIEC) E-mail : [email protected] Address: 718 Avenue Houba de Strooper 1020 Bruxelles-Belgique Tel : 32 2 230 7252 Fax : 32 2 230 9745 Ms. Monique FOUILHOUX International Focal Point CCNGO/EFA Education and Employment Coordinator Education International and Member of the UNESCO NGO Liaison Committee E-mail: [email protected] Address : 5, boulevard du Roi Albert 8ème ètage 1210 Brusselles, Belgium Tel : 32 2 224 06 43 Fax : 32 2 224 06 06 Mr. Claude VERCOUTERE, International Focal Point CCNGO/EFA UNESCO NGO Liaison Committee Féderation Internationales des Centres d'Entrainement aux Méthodes d'Education Actve (FICEMEA) E-mail : [email protected] Address : 24 rue Marc Seguin75018 Paris Cedex 18 Tel : 33 153262424/61 Fax : 33 1 53 26 24 19
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UNESCO Mr. Abhimanyu SINGH, Director Division of International Coordination and Monitoring for EFA UNESCO E-mail: [email protected] Address: 7 Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP Tel: 33 145 68 08 880 Fax: 33 01 45 68 56 26 Ms. Anne-Thérèse NDONG-JATTA, Director, Division of Basic Education UNESCO E-mail : [email protected] Address : 7 Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP Ms. Fabiana CHIANESE UNESCO Contact Team, CCNGO/EFA UNESCO E-mail: [email protected] Address : 7 Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP Tel: 33 1 45 68 17 31 Fax: 33 1 45 68 56 26 Ms. Fatima YOUSIF UNESCO Contact Team, CCNGO/EFA UNESCO E-mail : [email protected] Address : 7 Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP Tel : 33 1 45 68 17 92 Fax : 33 1 45 68 56 26 Ms. Julia KORKMAN, Associate Expert Section, Literacy and Non Formal Education Division of Basic Education UNESCO E-mail : [email protected] Address : 7 place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP Tel : 33 1 45 68 08 08 Fax : 33 1 45 68 56 26
Mr. Shigeru AOYAGI, Chief Literacy and Non Formal Education Division of Basic Education UNESCO E-mail: [email protected] Address : 7 Place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP Tel : 33 1 45 68 1000 Fax : 33 1 45 68 56 26 Ms. Ghada Al Golam, Programme Specialist UNESCO Cairo E-mail: [email protected] Address: 8 Abdel Rahmen Fahmy Street, Garden City, Cairo 11541, Egypt Tel: 202 794 5599 Fax: 202 794 5296 Ms. Nour Dajani Shehabi, Programme Specialist UNESCO Beirut E-mail: [email protected] Address: P.O. Box. 11-5244, Bir Hassan, Beirut, Lebanon Tel: 961 1 850 013/4/5 Fax: 961 1 824 854
