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Explore the added value of UNGEI at country, regional, and global levels, showcasing its convening power, advocacy efforts, and partnerships in advancing girls' education within the EFA framework. Understand the necessary steps, including gender strategies, action plans, and monitoring mechanisms, to promote gender equality in education effectively.
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Strengthening UNGEI’s Role Group 3 12 june 2008
Added Value of UNGEI Country Level • Brings together & coordinate key players • Convening power • Monitoring the EFA & MDGs results • Creates awerness & increase visibility Regional Level • Creates a regional platform • Facilitates sharing of good practices
Added Value of UNGEI cont. Regional Level • Creates a regional platform • Facilitates sharing of good practices Global Level • Collect knowledge and identify gaps • Advocating by disseminating synthetic info/data
Partnerships at National Level • Map & acknowledge appropriate partners • Once partnerships exist-take advantage • Map gender gaps • Map strenghts & resources, define roles of partners
Effective Role within EFA Framework • Influence donor policy & budget on Girls’ Edu. • Advocacy at country level to influence governments and donors policies for Girls’ Edu. • Using the strengths of different partners to define Girls’ Edu. Indicators, collect data, analysis
Which Steps are Needed? • Gender policy and identify various actors • Gender strategy Edu. for girls/boys • Action Plan for Girl’s Edu. • Costing and Budget for the Plan • Staff “buy-in” (advocacy & traning) • Mechanisms for monitoring and follow-up
Questions for GAC • What is the difference UNGEI-GENIA? • Where GENIA exists, what is role of UNGEI? • GAC should continuously clarify the history and role of UNGEI • Bring up Intergovermental issues (migration/conflicts & portability of rights to edu.)