Transcript Civil Society Consultation on Post MDG: the Education Agenda

Some key points about
“ A NEW GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP:
For Sustainable Human Development through Eradicating Poverty
and Transforming Economies”
A synthesis of position papers
prepared for
Bangladesh People’s Forum for MDG (PFM)
(8 July 2013)
Manzoor Ahmed
BRAC University and Campaign for Popular Education
12 December 2013, Bern
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Need for A Framework for visualizing post-2015
Development – the World We Want
The Millennium Declaration of 2000 asserted every individual has the right
to dignity, freedom, equality, a basic standard of living that includes
freedom from hunger and violence.
The MDGs were meant to operationalize the millennium vision by setting
goals, targets and indicators. This has not quite happened.
It is necessary to consider how the original intent of the
Millennium Declaration was not served by MDG and ensure how
this time an overarching framework binds together and
provides the rationale for different specific goals and targets.
The overarching framework also can guide the adoption of
indicators and assessment methods and the adaptation of global
goals to national and local contexts, which can make the
outcomes meaningful to people’s life.
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Framework…
Strongly voiced views exist for key elements in a framework for thinking
about the post-2015 agenda.
1. An overarching vision for development – the World We want – should put
human capability enhancement at the centre. Human capability -empowerment and agency of people -- to achieve human rights and human
dignity for all can be the touchstone for post-MDG sectoral/thematic goals
2. A rights and equity perspective must subsume goals, targets, indicators and
programme strategies.
3. Quality, not just numbers, of the outputs and outcomes of programmes and
services must be given attention.
4. An integrated and coordinated approach should be followed in pursuing the
development agenda.
5. Setting the goals and targets is not enough .
6. Effective and accountable governance is essential.
7. Goals and targets must match resources
8. Remember - global goals are implemented through local action.
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Proposed goals, targets and indicators
Proposed 12 goals of PFM relate to sectoral themes as well as creating
the conditions for achieving the sectoral goals. Related targets and
indicators are proposed keeping in view the Bangladesh context.
By Year 20130 -Goal 1: Extreme poverty, redefined as income below $2 (PPP) per
person/day, will be eliminated with special attention to reduction of
vulnerability of systematically deprived populations.
Goal 2. Hunger and malnutrition will be eliminated
Goal 3. All working age people will have “decent” work.
Goal 4. All children up to age of prohibition of child labour (age 14)will
complete compulsory education of acceptable quality
Goal 5. All youth and adults will have opportunity to participate in
lifelong learning related to livelihood, work, citizenship and
personal fulfilment
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By year 2030…
Goal 6. All children and adults, especially mothers, will have access to basic
health care of acceptable quality.
Goal 7. Women will have equal opportunity in work, citizenship and
social roles and will be protected from all forms of gender
related violence
Goal 8. Reduce in major ways threats to sustainable development emanating
from climate change.
Goal 9 . Capacity will be built in science, technology, research and innovation
to support the development agenda
Goal 10 . Protection will be offered and vulnerability reduced of people in
fragile states and states in conflict
Goal 11 . Measures will be adopted in governance, devolution of public
administration, partnership building and transparency to support the
development agenda.
Goal 12 . Development oriented commitment and synergy will be built at
international and national levels to mobilise the resources to fulfil the
global development agenda.
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Goal 4. All children up to age of prohibition of child labour (age 14)will
complete compulsory education of acceptable quality
Targets
4.1 All children from birth to transition into primary school
participate in organised ECD programmes including preschool;
4.2 Acceptable quality with adequate provisions for primary/
post-primary education including teaching personnel ;
4.3 Completion of primary and post-primary education by all
eligible children;
4.4 Major expansion of secondary education.
Indicators (with urban-slums-rural, gender, income quintiles and
disability breakdown as appropriate)
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Goal 5. All youth and adults will have opportunity to participate in lifelong
learning related to livelihood, work, citizenship and personal fulfilment.
Targets
5.1 Universal availability of learning centres, spaces, programmes, and
learning technology networks;
5.2 Eighty percent of youth and adults participate in lifelong learning;
5.3 Assessed basic literacy competency achieved by all youth and
adults and self-sustaining functional competency achieved by 80
percent of youth and adults.
Indicators (with gender, income quintile and urban-urban slum-rural
breakdown)
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Bangladesh “Gov/UN” Goals
Goal 1: Secure economic growth that is inclusive, reduces poverty
and inequality, creates sufficient numbers of decent jobs and is
environmentally sustainable;
Goal 2: Ensure sustainable food security and good nutrition;
Goal 3: Reduce social inequality, particularly among marginalized
groups and improve living conditions;
Goal 4:Achieve equality between women and men;
Goal 5:Ensure health for all;
Goal 6:Provide high quality basic education;
Goal 7: Reduce social risks and vulnerabilities;
Goal 8: Ensure inclusive environment and natural resources
management that promotes sustainable eco-systems, development
and green growth, livelihoods and health.
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Bangladesh Gov. Goals…..
Goal 9: Reduce risk and build resilience to disasters and
climate change with a focus on adaptation;
Goal 10:Improve diversity of, and access to, clean and
more efficient sources of energy;
Goal 11: Improve accountability of public institutions for
equitable public service provision for all communities;
Goal 12: Ensure equal participation and effective
representation of marginalized groups, thereby
strengthening inclusive democratic governance;
Goal 13: Strengthen rule of law, access to justice and
promotion and protection of human rights. - Dhaka, 13 May
2013, United Nations in Bangladesh
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Education goals are weak. No mention of resources.
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“Official” education goal statement
Goal 6: Provide high quality basic education
Suggested targets:
Specific segments of the population, particularly within the poor, minority
ethnic groups, those in remote locations, and marginalized groups
including people with disabilities and living with HIV still have to struggle
for access and require their needs to be accommodated.
Increasingly, however, a paradigm shift toward a preoccupation with
quality, while retaining the focus on equity, has become an urgent
necessity.
-------Civil Society challenge ahead:
Continuing engagement in elaborating, adapting, and monitoring
implementation of goals, targets and indicators in education and skills
and capacity building, whatever the global formulation is.
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The Challenge of Rural Transformation
In least developed countries, 45% of population and in developing
countries one-third of people will still be rural residents in 2050.
They add up to 3 billion people.
The global and national challenges of fighting poverty and
building the sustainable future cannot be met unless the
problems facing the rural majority in the developing
countries are effectively addressed.
A vision of pro-active and positive process of change and
development of rural communities in the context of
national and global changes has specific education and
skills development implications. This aspect has received
little attention so far in the post-2015 devevlopment or
education agenda.
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Thank You
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