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AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL. INTERNATIONAL LUSOPHONE CONFERENCE HOTEL GIRASSOL, MAPUTO November 25 th to 28 th -2008. ANCEFA OVERVIEW. PRESENTED BY . mrs. jennifer chiwela ancefa board chair & moderator for southern africa. Introduction.

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AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

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  1. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL LUSOPHONE CONFERENCE HOTEL GIRASSOL, MAPUTO November 25th to 28th-2008

  2. ANCEFA OVERVIEW PRESENTED BY mrs.jenniferchiwelaancefa board chair & moderator for southern africa

  3. Introduction The Africa Network Campaign on Education For All (ANCEFA) emerged in 2000 following the World education forum held in Dakar 2000. Four sub-regional consultations of national civil society coalitions held in 2000 and 2001 built the vision, missions, goals, strategies and the structure of ANCEFA: • Southern Africa : Maputo July 2001 • West Africa : Accra September 2000 • Central Africa: Brazzaville January 2001 • East Africa: Dar esalam February 2001 AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  4. ANCEFA Vision A united, strong, dynamic, motivated and effective African Civil Society committed to achieving “free access to quality education” in Africa ANCEFA Mission Statement To promote, enable and Build capacity of African Civil Society to advocate and campaign for access to free quality education for all. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  5. ANCEFA Overall Goal To promote civil society participation in the universal access to free quality education for all. ANCEFA Strategies • To encourage and facilitate the emergence of strong national networks, alliances and coalitions to address Education For All (EFA) issues at the national, regional and international levels. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  6. ANCEFA Strategies Cont’d • To develop a communications process (two way) that facilitates information sharing and best practices to enable members make informed choices. • To develop mechanisms and processes for reaching consensus on EFA identified priorities for Africa and use these for joint advocacy and lobbying at the sub-regional, regional and international level. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  7. ANCEFA Strategies Cont’d • To develop a strong and independent capacity to engage with other stakeholders at the international level. • To build capacity of its members to create awareness, engage in policy dialogue, budget tracking and other EFA related activities. • To provide mechanisms and processes for monitoring and evaluating the achievement of the EFA goals. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  8. ANCEFA Governance Structure • The general assembly is constituted by all the member coalitions(32 in 2008) ANCEFA has a 9 members Board • Members elected by the sub-regions (coalitions): each sub-region nominate or elect a Board member, the five elected members constitute the steering committee AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  9. ANCEFA Gov Structure Cont’d • 4 Members are selected by the steering committee in four categories: teachers unions, academic, human rights activists and media specialists • The Regional Secretariat : Is led by the Regional Coordinator. His mandate is to mobilize funds from international partners, coordinate and facilitate the implementation of ANCEFA campaign strategy. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  10. ANCEFA Gov. Structure -Cont’d • He is supported by a staff of 7 members namely: • Three Capacity Building Project Coordinators based respectively in Nairobi, Lome and Lusaka • Policy Research and Documentation Officer (Dakar) • Finances and Administration Manager(Dakar) • Program Assistant (Dakar) • Messenger(Dakar) AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  11. Regional-Context of EFA Campaigns EFA Progress towards 2015 • Between 1999 and 2005, the number of new entrants in primary education in SSA rose by 40% (29 million). However, demographic pressure will remain a challenge throughout the next decade when the primary school age population is expected to grow by 22%. • Gender disparities have been reduced in the region particularly in primary education, but not eliminated. Only Mauritius and Seychelles have achieved Gender Parity for both Primary and Secondary education, by 2005 AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  12. Regional-Context of EFA Campaigns • SSA had about 2.5 million primary school teachers in 2005, an increase of nearly 500,000 since 1999. • FTI has received appreciation as a concrete initiative for accelerating EFA achievements. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  13. EFA Challenges for AFRICA • With nearly 33 million children of primary school age still not enrolled in school, SSA as a whole was home to 45% of the world’s out of school children, in 2005, of whom 54% were girls. • Many a child still suffers from exclusion in provision of education. For example, chances of a disabled child not being in school are two to three times greater than for a child who is not disabled in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  14. EFA Challenges for AFRICA • 25 countries in Africa are at risk of not achieving the gender parity goal even in 2015 or even in 2025. • 18 countries in Africa are at risk of not achieving Literacy Targets by 2015. • 12 countries in Africa are at serious risk of not achieving UPE by 2015. • Results from regional assessment indicate poor learning outcomes in SSA. Countries that have carried out national assessments attest to this. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  15. ANCEFA Policy Change Objective By the end of 2010 we expect the following 3 strategic objectives to be met: Campaign objective 1: • Work towards ensuring that African governments elaborate and implement concrete, time bound and costed EFA action plans with support and participation of civil society. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  16. Campaign Objective 2: • Mobilise support towards achieving Gender parity in Primary and Secondary education by 2015 Campaign Objective 3: • Have concrete strategies and actions from Africa regional bodies (AU, ECOWAS, SADC, CEMAC and NEPAD) to address education, HIV/AIDs, conflict and poverty in Africa. AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  17. Key Policy Change Activities • MINEDAF VIII December 2002 • ANCEFA facilitated and coordinated building common CSO’s position on EFA ( “challenges to….EFA”) • Special session for ANCEFA and Education Ministers on African civil society’s demands • key policy demands (Credible, costed and time bound EFA plans, 20% of national budget to Education) AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  18. Key Policy Change Activities • Algiers Education Ministers Meeting, April 2005 • CSO pre-meeting (ANCEFA/FAWE/EI) ground support from EI affiliates in Algeria) • Joint Policy statement presented by ANCEFA (to a group of Education Ministers and donors) • Presentation to the plenary session (supported by the 12 countries) Algiers Declaration: Education Ministers declared their government will spend at least 20% of national budget in education before end of 2007) AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  19. Key Policy Change Activities Cont’d • Abuja Finances/Ed Ministers meeting in June 2006 • CSO’ Caucus (ground support from CSACEFA) • ANCEFA statement widely disseminated in the meeting • Policy Demand: Abuja Declaration : Finances and Ministers of Education from 20 countries declared that they will submit an EFA plan before Sept 06 (this never happened!!) AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  20. Key Policy Change Activities Cont’d • AU Education decade launch in Maputo (September 2006) • CSO’s caucus (ground support from the Mozambique EFA net) • ANCEFA/AA/EI Africa joint declaration (presented in plenary and widely disseminated in the meeting) • Special session between CSO’s and the AU Education commission and ADEA on how to ensure that African governments will deliver this time and avoid missing the opportunity of Gordon Brown pledge: 10 billions $ for education and against HIV/AID over 10 years AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  21. Key Policy Change Activities Cont’d • Gender Mainstreaming: • Joint initiative with FAWE on gender mainstreaming: • Joint proposal to CEF on gender mainstreaming in 14 countries selected according to the UNESCO GMR report on gender • National workshop convened by FAWE chapters and EFA coalitions to see how gender responsive the national policies and budget are AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  22. Key Policy Change Activities Cont’d • Lobby letters to Education Ministers and parliamentarians on the risk of missing the 2005 target on gender parity • Disseminating ANCEFA posters on gender audit • Lobbying for bigger space in the UN platform on gender (ANCEFA is an elected member of the UN Girls education Initiative UNGEI International Advisory Group) AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  23. Key Policy Change Activities Cont’d • CONFINTEA Regional Conference,Nairobi, November 2008 • ANCEFA in Collaboration with PAALAE, PAMOJA and FEMNET set up a platform for Adult Literacy Campaign and Advocacy towards CONFINTEA VI. • Coordinated the Drafting Committee of the Africa Report on Literacy • ANCEFA facilitated the lobbying Strategy for bigger Civil Society Space within the regional Conference in Nairobi (2008) • In partnership with Elimu Yetu Coalition (EYC), the ANCEFA East And Southern Africa (ESA) Office organized the Civil Society Pre-meeting on CONFINTEA • ANCEFA has been Selected to Represent African Civil Society on the Drafting Committee of CONFINTEA VI Regional Conference AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  24. Key Policy Change Activities Cont’d • Monitoring EFA • UPE Review in East Africa in partnership with Oxfam GB • ANCEFA Education watch project in 16 countries • National Capacity building activities: • Facilitating and supporting coalitions’ building processes (some lusophones are involved namely: Angola, Mozambique, CapeVerde) Guinea Bissau and Sao Tome in 2009 • Regional and national workshops on budget tracking and advocacy, 23 countries involved from 2006 to 2008 • Exposure opportunities to emerging coalitions AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  25. ANCEFA INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS • Global Campaign For Education (GCE)-ANCEFA is a member of the Board • The Dutch Government • OXFAM GB • Open Society Institute (OSI) • Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) • Action Aid International (AAI) • IBIS-a Danish International Education NGO • TIDES Foundation AFRICA NETWORK CAMPAIGN ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

  26. Online www.google.com www.ancefa.org Email: ancefa@sentoo.sn

  27. OBRIGADO !

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