Transcript ancefa coalition building initiative in southern africa

ANCEFA COALITION BUILDING INITIATIVE IN
SOUTHERN AFRICA
A PRESENTATION BY LIMBANI NSAPATO
THE GRACE HOTEL, ROSEBANK, RSA
TUESDAY, 12 APRIL 2011
Web: www.ancefa.org or www.limbaninsapato.webs.com
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
OUTLINE
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EFA Challenge in Africa
ANCEFA Strategic Areas: 2011-2014
Basic for Coalition Building Work
Interventions in 2010/ Focus for 2011
Challenges
EFA CHALLENGE IN AFRICA
• 2011 UNESCO EFA GMR:
– World wide796 million adults lack basic literacy skills
– 67 million children are out of school. Current trends and efforts
will still leave over 56 million out of school by 2015.
– 43% of the worlds out of school children (around 28.8 million)
are in Sub Saharan Africa and over 60% are girls.
– The number of illiterate adults is over 160 million in Africa.
– Over 70% of Young People lack opportunities to develop their
skills and access sustainable livelihoods.
– Many countries fail to allocate a minimum of 20% of their
national budget to education, 50% of which for basic education
– Inadequate infrastructures, shortage of qualified teachers, and
teaching and learning materials are characterising many
education institutions in Africa.
– Neglected Goals: Early Childhood Development, Primary
Education, Adult Literacy and Out of school youth education.
EFA CHALLENGE IN AFRICA
• Inadequate accountability for resources– few
going to schools
• Donor dependency for budget support
• Negative influence of IMF/World Bank policies
on national financing
• Political governance matters: electoral matters
(eg Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast), disrespect
for policies/constitutions/court rulings,
• GOVT-CSO strained relationships: Crackdown
on CSOs (Malawi recent example).
ANCEFA STRATEGIC AREAS: 2011-2014
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Campaigning for enhanced financing of Quality Education
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Ensuring national accountability
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Coalition/movement building
Policy dialogue with govt ministries/organs & Parliament
Support involvement of grassroots in policy monitoring and school management
Strategically engaging African union (AU) and Regional Economic Communities:
egSADC
Promoting quality teaching and learning
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Campaign for increased budget allocations at sector and sub sector level more
especially for neglected goals: ECD, Adult Literacy, Youth Education
Tracking of budget expenditures & fighting corruption
Work with other partners to address negative international policies- e.g. IMF/WB
Conditionalities
Studies on teaching/learning outcomes, living conditions,
Work with partners eg OSISA on new approaches for curriculum development-Critical
thinking
Institutional Capacity Strengthening
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Skills building for ANCEFA staff and Coalition’s staff
Facilitate policy think tank at regional sub regional, national levels
Resource mobilisation for ANCEFA/Coalition functioning
Organisational Development/Strategic Planning processes (Theory of Change)
THE EFA FRAMEWORK: BASIS OF
COALITION BUILDING WORK
• In 2000, the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal,
concluded with the declaration of the Dakar Framework
for Action as a key strategy to accelerate progress on
Education for All (EFA) in the post Jomtien era
• The Framework challenged countries to achieve six EFA
goals by 2015
• This Framework has been the basis for ANCEFA
Coalition building initiative.
• Coalitions have been established and mobilised as
Social Movements to push for the EFA agenda in Africa.
EFA FRAMEWORK & CIVIL SOCIETY
PARTICIPATION
• In the 2000 Dakar Framework for Action, participants
pledged to “ensure the engagement and participation
of Civil Society in the formulation, implementation
and monitoring of strategies for Educational
development.”
• This is a very significant shift, moving beyond seeing
NGOs as partners in implementing projects to
recognizing their contribution to both policy dialogue (in
the formulation of plans) and independent monitoring of
plans (acting as watchdogs, tracking budgets etc).
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ANCEFA drew its mandate from this pledge
CONCEPT OF COALITIONS
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Coalitions can be defined as groups of people or organizations working together to
pursue a single goal. Coalitions often have a more formalized structure with the
members making a long-term commitment to share responsibilities and resources.
Their permanence often gives clout and leverage. Whenever possible, organizations
should seek to build or join a coalition to strengthen the impact of their advocacy.
Coalitions are related to Networks and Alliances.
Networks consist of individuals or organizations that share information, ideas and
resources to accomplish individual or group goals. Networking is a process of
acquiring resources and building power by using or creating linkages between two or
more individuals, groups, or organizations. Networks tend to be loose, flexible
associations of people and groups brought together by a common interest or concern
to share information and ideas.
Alliances generally involve short term relationships among members and are focused
on a specific objective. Being limited in time and goal, alliances tend to be less
demanding on members.
ADVANTAGES OF COALITIONS
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Coalitions are formed around a common interest or problem for the purpose of uniting
resources to be used toward a common goal. Coalition building is a powerful tool to
create healthy, supportive groups and environments for Education Advocacy.
Building successful coalitions requires deliberate and intentional processes to engage
a broad array of people, ideas, relationships and actions to support educational
development. In early stages of coalition formation, ANCEFA recommends thorough
mapping of stakeholders, consensus building, as well as mechanisms for
coordination, communication, fundraising, and legal framework
(Constitution/Registration). During consensus building apart for agreeing on advocacy
issues, and advocacy/lobbying strategies, members agree on issues for capacity
building and coordination.
The following are some advantages of coalitions
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Increased access to decision makers and other contacts
Improved credibility and visibility
Opportunities to broaden public support
Opportunity to strengthen civil society on the whole
COALITION BUILDING
INTERVENTIONS IN
SOUTHERN AFRICA
• 2010 Interventions
•2011 Focus
KEY PROJECTS
1) COALITION BUILDING PROJECT
(SUPPORTED BY OSISA)
2) CSEF PROJECT (SUPPORTED BY
EPDF/FTI & MANAGED BY GCE)
3) COALITION SUPPORT PROJECT
(SUPPORTED BY WELLSPRING
ADVISORS)
2010 COUNTRY INTERVENTIONS
• Coalition establishment &
Strengthening
• Support to EFA Campaigns
• Partnership Development
COALITION ESTABLISHMENT &
STRENGTHEN ING
– SOUTH AFRICA: A process initiated to start establishment of a
Coalition in South Africa
• Mapping of NGOs/Partners
• Setting up of a Taskforce
• Development of a plan of action (constitution, focal point for
coordination, membership mobilization, launching of coalition)
– Coalition strengthening technical support visits to 5 Countries: Angola,
Namibia, Swaziland, Zimbabwe & Botswana
• Membership Mobilization
• Secretariat Set Up
• Board Development/Expansion
• Development of Campaign Action Plans
• Development of Fundraising Strategies
SUPPORT TO COALITION
CAMPAIGNS
• Coordinated development of proposals and financial support to
CSEF eligible countries: Monitoring of CSEF project implementation
done in 4 countries (Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia
and Zimbabwe)
• Coordinated a CSEF Review meeting in Nairobi and Dakar: Sharing
of action Plans, project experiences and coalition challenges.
• Financial and technical support to Coalition ion Zambia for
Education Watch Project and EFA Gender Assessment Project.
• Coordinated an African Pre GCE World Assembly , in Nairobi.
• Real World Strategies (Coalition building and policy campaigning
Project ): Case studies: Malawi, Zimbabwe in Southern Africa.
• Coordination of EFA Awareness Campaigns : AFCON 2010 Angola,
and 1 Goal 2010 World Cup(with GCE).
PARTNERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
• Held partnership meetings with 5 South Africa
based institutions : OSISA, GCE, OXFAM,
IDASA & NEPAD ;
• Potential for resource mobilization for coalition
building established.
• Potential for engaging SADC and African Union
established.
• OSISA support to upcoming Coalitions/Nascent
Coalition secured for 2011: Botswana, Namibia,
Swaziland.
2011 FOCUS
• Implementation of CSEF: Continuation/closure
• Supporting Consensus building and Launching of the Coalition in
South Africa.
• More technical and financial support for emerging coalitions:
Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland
• Justiciability on right to education: Focused on Revised Education
Act & Compulsory Education
• EFA Review: Up to Date Data Collection (special focus: financing,
neglected goals e.g. ECD, Youth, Adult Literacy Goals apart from
issues around inclusion, quality and equality in education)
• Development for Guidelines & Manuals for coalition governance
• Communication strategy: includes website development & Better
coordination for Lusophone countries (Recruiting a Portuguese
speaking Officer)
KEY CHALLENGES FOR COALITIONS
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Governance Challenges: Weak governance can bring down the Coalition. Moist
challenges include lack of accountability, lack of a binding constitution, confusion of
roles between Board, Secretariat and members, incompetence of those in
Management, Greed, and lack of communication. Recent governance problems in
Angola, Lesotho have led to suspension of CSEF funding in 2010.
Capacity: Inadequate capacity in competence areas like policy analysis and
advocacy, research, coordination, reporting and M & E can cause the Coalition to
lose focus and become ineffective in the EFA advocacy agenda.
Lack of up to date data on education indicators: NER, GER, Out of school, youth, %
allocation to education, gender, disability etc..
Funding: Inadequate funds make it difficult for Coalitions to operate. Most Coalitions
are suffering from donor dependency syndrome. There is need to explore various
fundraising mechanisms and secure core funding.
Broad-based Participation of NGOs: Coalitions end up being driven by few
individuals/NGOs. This leads to questions of their mandate and credibility.
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ANCEFA recommends National Coalitions to include and involve a variety of stakeholders
like National Teachers Union, Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Academia
(Institutions of Higher Learning-Universities, research Institutes etc), Child/Human Rights
Activists, The media, and Youth Organizations.
Coalitions are also encouraged to facilitate formation of district level coalitions (like in Malawi,
Zambia) to enhance participation of grassroots organizations and community structures like
PTAs/SMCs. This is key to strengthening social movement building at national and local
levels.
Lets’ Do something for these Children!