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UNGEI Country Partnerships in the South Asia Region

UNGEI Country Partnerships in the South Asia Region. - Afghanistan Girls’ Education Initiative (AGEI) - Young Champions for Education. UNGEI Country Partnerships. Formal UNGEI partnerships in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, evolving in Pakistan Four trends Government as an active partner

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UNGEI Country Partnerships in the South Asia Region

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  1. UNGEI Country Partnerships in the South Asia Region - Afghanistan Girls’ Education Initiative (AGEI) - Young Champions for Education

  2. UNGEI Country Partnerships • Formal UNGEI partnerships in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, evolving in Pakistan • Four trends • Government as an active partner • Most pronounced in Afghanistan • Also in Nepal • Planned in 5 states of India in 2008 • Partnership without the government • Partners advocate to the government for policy and other reforms (Bangladesh) • Young Champions facilitate country Partnership • Pakistan in 2 provinces, to be followed by federal UNGEI under DFID project (GEPSP) • Using SWAp as an entry point (successful advocacy for dis-aggregation of data in EMIS) • Sri Lanka

  3. Afghanistan Girls’ Education Initiative (AGEI) • Launched in 2007 with 17 partner organizations including line ministries, donors, research organizations, NGOs, UN • Co-chaired by MOE and UNICEF • Forum for information sharing, networking and funding for improved coordination and collaboration on girls’ education • Strong political commitment (ed. universal & compulsory from grades 1 to 9), girls’ education focus area in the 5 year education plan of Afghanistan which aims to increase enrolment of girls and boys in primary schools to 60% and 75% by 2010 • AGEI seeks to support the government's objectives for girls’ education

  4. Results under AGEI • Ownership and participation • Situation analysis of girls’ education report prepared by partners • Monthly meetings with rotating venue (8 held so far, last meeting was at Save the Children, next to be held at WFP) • Thematic working groups under 7 thematic working groups: community participation and youth, ECD/pre-school, girls’ education, school construction, literacy, out of school curriculum development, school feeding • School mapping exercise underway

  5. Results under AGEI • Three young champions as AGEI partners implementing one –year action plans • Four community radio stations and women’s listener groups established • Text material under development for media drive and scout involvement to help prepare young females who have completed secondary schooling to become teachers (brochures, posters, newspaper ads) • Enrollment drive planned for winter session but cancelled at the last minute due to worsening security situation in Nengahar province in September • Equal access interested to set up youth to youth radio programme (Nepal model)

  6. Challenges for AGEI • Security related to girls’ schooling • Female teachers/presence in Schools • Status of women and girls: severe gender disparities in access, rural urban differences • Better coordination of efforts

  7. Update on Young Champions • Active in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan • Bangladesh: TOT organized for adolescents, advocacy through articles in print media, joint activities w/ Save the Children, television talk show and reporting, documentary drama planned

  8. Update on Young champions • Nepal: regional e-group, lead role in organizing activities on World Literacy Day (including release of girls’ education strategy paper & gender mainstreaming manual), advocacy for targeting of marginalized communities & female teacher recruitment, enrollment drives in 22 education resource centers

  9. Update on Young champions • Pakistan: formal agreements with government in Punjab and North West Frontier Province (NWFP) • Aim: reduce drop out of girls in grades 1 and 2 in Punjab, developing capacity & linkages among govt., civil society, academia using boy scouts as a vehicle to promote girls’ education in NWFP • Provincial level partnership exists in NWFP (SC-US, UNFPA, WFP) under DFID supported Gender in Education Policy Support Project (GEPSP) • Province level committees, youth resource centers, boy scouts, BCC materials, TOT • Planned: youth conference w/ UNFPA, TV show w/ Save • Newsletter, website in process • Federal level partnership to be set up under GEPSP

  10. And finally ….. • UNGEI country partnerships are evolving in different context specific ways • It is often difficult to separate and attribute UNGEI role from that of the organization’s role in country processes (UNDAF, PRSP, SWAp) • To do: Formation of country partnerships in Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan • Need the support of GAC members with presence in these countries • Generally, need greater involvement of GAC members at country level

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