2008 EFA Report Concept

1. 2008 EFA Report Concept A Global Review of Progress since Dakar International Working Group on Education12 – 15 June 2006 FAO, Rome

2. Presentation Outline • About the Global Monitoring Report • The 2008 Report: Content and Process 1

3. Pledges at theWorld Education Forum in Dakar, 2000 • 164 countries committed to achieve the six EFA goals by 2015, including one by 2005 (gender parity in primary and secondary) • Donors and NGOs pledged to support this effort: no country will lack the necessary resources • Governments called for regular monitoring of progress • Emphasized need to improve upon the scientific quality of previous evaluations of EFA EFA Global Monitoring Report 2

4. An independent assessment, advocacy and reference tool • Charts progresstowards the six EFA goals • Monitorsinternational commitments to achieve EFA; holds the global community and donor agencies accountable • Compiles reliable and comparable quantitative and qualitativeevidenceto examine educationalprogress • Draws attention toemerging issues and challenges • Highlightseffective policies and strategies, using case studies and country comparisons • Provides abridgebetweenresearch & policy communities 3

5. Key facts about the GMR • Developed by an independent, multi-national and inter-disciplinary team based at UNESCO • Advised by an international editorial board with representatives from NGOs, international organizations, aid agencies, etc. • Funded by seven bilateral aid agencies and UNESCO. These include Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the UK. • Informed by commissioned research papers, on-line consultations and literature reviews • Reports are translated into six UN languages; summaries translated into additional languages • Includes global, regional and national launches • CD-Rom produced as well as a customized tool to access statistical annexes Audience: National policy-makers and planners, NGOs, civil society, advocacy groups, donor agencies, researchers, academics, and media 4

6. Global Monitoring Reports: Past and Future • 2002: EFA: Is the World on Track? • 2003/4: Gender and EFA: The Leap to Equality • 2005: EFA: The Quality Imperative • 2006: Literacy for Life • 2007: Early childhood care and education, to be launched on 26 October 2006 • 2008: Overall progress report 5

7. A key global stock take of progress since Dakar: focus on equity • Section 1 Chart the main contextual changes since Dakar Outline the report’s framework • Section 2 Report on progress towards achievement of the EFA goals Highlight key areas in need of attention Focus on examples of progress and persistent disparities in educational coverage • Section 3 Analyse the actions of governments, civil society and the international community in achieving the EFA goals • Section 4 Outline the strategies and actions needed to accelerate progress towards EFA 6

8. Section 1: Setting the scene • How the education goals have evolved since Dakar: different meanings, strategies and approaches • Outline of the significant changes that have occurred since Dakar and their implications for the achievement of the EFA goals • Analysis of changes include: economic trends (e.g. changing patterns of economic growth and development); health trends, impact of natural disasters (e.g. Indian Ocean tsunami); demographic change (e.g. changing fertility rates); political change (e.g. role of the state); war and conflict, cultural changes, global governnace 7

9. Section 2: Progress and achievements Adetailed monitoring of progress toward all six EFA goals with special attention to off-track countries. It will provide more regional and country-based assessment of progress. Special focus on Equity • Sub-national analyses of disparities • Monitoring educational opportunities for marginalised and disadvantaged children, youth and adults Stronger emphasis on: • Monitoring goal 3 (life skills) • Completion of lower secondary education • Analysis of national financing of education plans 8

10. Section 3: Governments and the international community in action This section monitors and analyses the efforts of governments and the actions of the international community in support of achieving the EFA goals. 9

11. 3.1: Country coverage • Identify the actions that governments are taking to tackle supply and demand obstacles towards achieving the EFA goals • Country efforts will be reviewed in relation to achieving the EFA goals focusing on what is being done (policy and programming) and what is lacking. Attention will be paid to the governance of education systems and policy implementation 10

12. 3.2: Country efforts • Analysis of government plans and policies will focus on education quality, equity/gender equality, child labour, HIV/AIDS, user fees, teachers, financial resources, relationships with donors, civil society involvement in policy 11

13. 3.3 International commitments • Review the actions of the international community (e.g bilateral, multilaterals, INGOS) in support of the achievement of the EFA goals • Focus on the volume and quality of aid (e.g harmonisation, predictability, different aid modalities), the ways in which aid is disbursed, the role of international NGOs, and the international architecture for EFA • The education financing gap will also be revisited 12

14. Section 4: An education agenda: how can the goals be achieved? • Attention to strategies required to achieve the EFA goals in light of the changes since Dakar and remaining obstacles • Focus on the extent to which the EFA goals will be achieved by 2015 and under what conditions 13

15. Process: background papers and online consultation • Substantive background papers to examine key issues which have not received adequate attention to date • Potential topics: monitoring of the EFA goals; strengthening education systems (governance and private sector), conflict, emergencies and fragile states; post-secondary education; teachers; ICT; language and education; equity, non-formal, post basic • Online consultation to focus on key issues relating to the achievement of the EFA goals by 2015. Audiences may be more targeted than in the past and consultation linked as far as possible to UNESCO regional reviews 14

16. Establishing a consultative reference group • To provide general advice and act as a critical reference point for the Report • Play a key role in building momentum for the 2008 Report • Group drawn from persons with relevant experience of EFA and represent the different EFA constituencies 15

17. Process: Provisional timetable • Editorial Board discussion • Clarity on UNESCO regional reviews • Finalisation of outline • Meeting of Consultative Reference Group • Work on background papers • Work on 2008 Report • Online consultation • Launch of 2008 Report • Working Group on EFA • UNESCO General Conference • High Level Group 11- 12 May 2006 June 2006 June 2006 3 meetings, probably July 2006, December 2006, April 2007 July to December 2006 June 2006 to June 2007 September to December 2006 October 2007 undetermined October 2007 undetermined 16

18. Thank-you For more information, visit our website: www.efareport.unesco.org Contact:EFA Global Monitoring Report team UNESCO 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 France E-mail:y.sayed@unesco.org or efareport@unesco.org Fax:(+33) 1 45 68 56 41 17