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Education for All Fifth Meeting of the Working Group

Education for All Fifth Meeting of the Working Group. CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT IN EFA : WHAT HAS BEEN THE ADDED VALUE ?. Salum R. Mnjagila National EFA Coordinator United Republic of Tanzania. 20-21 July 2004 UNESCO Paris. BACKGROUND.

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Education for All Fifth Meeting of the Working Group

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  1. Education for All Fifth Meeting of the Working Group CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT IN EFA : WHAT HAS BEEN THE ADDED VALUE ? Salum R. Mnjagila National EFA Coordinator United Republic of Tanzania 20-21 July 2004 UNESCO Paris

  2. BACKGROUND • EFA Vision: Every person-female and male, of every age in every community-engaged in learning and get access to quality basic education. • EFA has six goals in areas of ECCD, UPE, life skills for youth and adults, gender equality and Quality education • Commitments • Credible plans will be financed; • CSOs will be engaged in the whole process of planning and dialogue

  3. WHY Civil Society engagement • Advocacy • Complement in financing • Can be out-sourced • Proximity to realities of poor • Their role in HIV/ AIDS

  4. Mechanisms for Engagement • EFA Implementation Follow-up Task Force • Creation of process Management structure • Decentralization through LGAs (ISC, BEDC, Task Force and TWGs – Enrolment and Expansion, Quality, Institutional arrangement, Finance and Resource Allocation, Cross-cutting Issues and AE/NFE) • CSOs are represented by TEN/MET in all these.

  5. WHAT VALUE has been added ? • Fuelled the debate on the role of CSOs and Govts (watchdog VS genuine partnership) • Influence in piloting and expanding promising programmes (ICBAE, COBET, ACCESS, REFLECT) • Establishment of PEDP, SEDIP and AE/NFE Strategy • Capacity strengthening in a number of issues (policy, curriculum development, HIV/AIDS, Planning based on national priorities)

  6. STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS • Tight control has to be dismantled • Encourage mutual communication and transparency • Establish management structures • Spread and concentrate services in rural areas where the marginalized people are • Establish coalitions and build a culture of democracy

  7. Thank you for your attention Presented by Salum R. Mnjagila National EFA Coordinator United Republic of Tanzania

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