Transcript Seventh Meeting of the Working Group on Education for All 21 July, 2006 UNESCO, Paris.

Seventh Meeting of the Working Group on
Education for All
21 July, 2006
UNESCO, Paris
Institutionalising Dakar Framework for Acti
on
Strategy 11: Systematic Monitoring of EFA
Progress
Recommended:
 Regular & systematic monitoring of EFA
progress: central to EFA achievement by 2015
at international regional and national levels;
 Monitoring to be undertaken by governments,
involving partners and other EFA stakeholders.
Ongoing M & E Efforts
Internationally:
GMR has become the principal reference document;
 Other international organizations, agencies and civil society networks
provide data and analysis in their fields of competence.
Regional and sub-regional:
 UNESCO Regional Bureaus have initiated activities to produce regional
EFA monitoring reports in cooperation with regionally-based partners and
countries;
Other EFA partners have also carried out related studies and
assessments.
National level:
 Prime responsibility of Governments to implement, monitor and assess
their own EFA implementation processes and outcomes.
 Other partners & stakeholders produce national reports for own
purposes.
EFA GLOBAL ACTION PLAN (GAP)
• More efficient coordination and partnership in
EFA planning and implementation in order to
reach the 2015 Goals
• Emphasis on ‘One Country, One Plan’ requirin
g:
 Integration of EFA goals in sector-wide natio
nal
education and socio-economic development
frameworks
 Capacity building
 Monitoring & evaluation of progress
Review & Stocktaking of EFA
Progress (RASEP)
Purpose:
Provide a common reference framework for informed
decision making for EFA planning & implementation;
Support national capacity building for monitoring EFA
progress;
Coherence & harmonisation of the numerous
monitoring activities undertaken by different actors at
national, regional, and international levels within a common
and coordinated EFA framework;
Provide complementary data to the GMR.
Contribution: added value
National Level
A consistent EFA information and database;
Identify gaps, roles, responsibilities and commitments of each
partner in contributing to achievement of national EFA goals;
Facilitate the integration of EFA goals in national sector-wide
education and socio-economic development frameworks;
Alignment and harmonization of EFA Partners up to 2015 in
their programmes of country support within realistic programme
cycle;
added value (cont.)
Regional & Sub-regional:
• Support development of regional & sub-regional EFA
strategies, sharing of best practices, standardised data;
International:
• Facilitate comparability of EFA progress across and within
countries, sub-regions and regions and among targeted
groups;
• Help in keeping EFA at the forefront of international
development agenda through the provision of reliable and
updated data.
OUTPUTS
•
National Reports
• 5 Regional Reports, plus Sub-Regional
Reports
Management
Working Group proposed to initiate RASEP process:
 under EFA international coordination of ADG/ED and
DIR/UIS, including the five EFA Convenors and other EFA
partners;
UIS to serve as Secretariat;
 Regional working groups involving all partners to:
 Coordinate support to national review processes within
each region;
 Provide country-level technical assistance for capacity
building
Timetable & Budget
Prepare a clear timetable of action initially for 2006-2009 taking into
account the sequencing of other international education initiatives and
events within the EFA GAP framework;
Prepare framework for a series of subsequent reviews until 2015;
Mobilise funding for RASEP exercises at regional cum national levels
considering both national and extra-budgetary sources;
Aug-Dec 2006 finalise: TORs, Road Map and budget for RASEP specific
budget estimates for RASEP-supported activities at:
 regional, cluster and national levels;
 for governments, UNESCO and other EFA partners.