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The Education For All - Fast-Track Initiative (EFA-FTI)

How to fill the ″capacity gap″?. The Education For All - Fast-Track Initiative (EFA-FTI). Temby Caprio (Germany) On behalf of FTI Task Team on Capacity Development. IWGE, June 12-14, 2006, Rome. Presentation Overview. What is the Fast Track Initiative?

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The Education For All - Fast-Track Initiative (EFA-FTI)

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  1. How to fill the ″capacity gap″? The Education For All - Fast-Track Initiative(EFA-FTI) Temby Caprio (Germany) On behalf of FTI Task Team on Capacity Development IWGE, June 12-14, 2006, Rome

  2. Presentation Overview • What is the Fast Track Initiative? • What is Capacity Development (CD)? Common Ground • CD in Context: An FTI Focus • Guiding Principles • Next Steps

  3. What is the EFA-Fast-Track Initiative? The Education for All - Fast Track Initiative (FTI) is a global partnership between developing countries and donors to accelerate progress towards the goal of universal completion of quality primary education by 2015. • Partners include 30 bilateral and multilateral donor agencies; 20 low income countries; and civil society • All low-income countries (IDA eligible) may receive some form of support • Major expansion foreseen in the next 3 years www.fasttrackinitiative.org

  4. Points of departure… ….Four gaps to be closed Finance Data In Country Ownership of EFA-agenda Policy Capacity What is the EFA-Fast-Track Initiative?

  5. Filling the „capacity gap“? November 2004: „Technical Network“ (France), Partnership Meeting, Brasilia March 2005: Technical Meeting, Croydon November 2005: Partnership Meeting, Beijing  Concept Note: Germany March 2006: Technical Meeting, Moscow  Task Team on CD created Task Team work plan… What is the EFA-Fast-Track Initiative?

  6. What is Capacity Development? "Capacity" is understood as the ability of people, organisations and society as a whole to manage their affairs successfully… "Capacity development" is understood as the process whereby people, organisations and society as a whole unleash, strengthen, create, adapt and maintain capacity over time. (DAC GOVNET, Feb 2006)

  7. Statement of Purpose “The FTI Task Team on Capacity Development will focus on cultivating capacity at country level in the context of the EFA-FTI. The Team will take stock of lessons learned in terms of process and partnership demand and determine how to continue to work together at the end of 2006.”

  8. Guiding Principles • CD is an endogenous process. • CD is a long-term process to address “the systemic factors” that encourage and discourage country-led CD. • Add value to what is “business as usual” at country level. • Gear activities in such as way as to be catalytic and sustainable (i.e.: promote lasting change). • Shift the focus of the discussion around CD from supply-driven to demand-driven issues. • Knowledge management (of lessons learned, “best fit approaches”, institutional memory) is a key aspect of adding value to additional work on CD (i.e., learning from what works and from experience). • Consider CD in a broader perspective, including in the context of general public sector/civil service reform, good governance and corruption, and change management. • Focus : CD in the FTI

  9. Focus: Capacity Development in the Context of … • The role of CD in development/poverty reduction/economic growth and reform processes • The role of CD in education sector reform • The role of CD in the FTI: What can the FTI do…? • …pre-endorsement • …post-endorsement

  10. Next Steps (1) Country-level Questionnaire: establish a baseline, gauge demand for… Guidelines for assessment of capacity at country-level (central, provincial, district/local) Stock-taking study on South-South cooperation and North-South-South cooperation in achieving EFA (Japan) Analysis of existing CD strategies (lead to be determined)

  11. Next Steps (2) Information Sharing function on Education specific CD via FTI website Linking with … the Education Program Development Fund the Catalytic Fund the Fragile States Task Team

  12. Next Steps (3) We welcome comments from the participants of the IWGE to advance on CD in the context of FTI: • Suggestions of linkage with work being conducted by other groups? • Comments on the work plan? • Proposals for additional input/support from the field?

  13. Thank You for your attention For more information, visit the FTI website: www.fasttrackinitiative.org

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