Arab Network for Civic Education and Teacher Creativity Center as a secretariat of the Arab Campaign for Education for all received a fund to monitor and assist the Education Coalitions through the Civil Society Education Fund (CSEF) which helps to operationalize the role of civil society in driving international and national progress toward EFA and other national education goals.
Through CSEF, civil society coalitions are strengthening their participation in national education sector planning and policy processes, building greater public awareness of and engagement in education issues, improving the quality of their research, policy and lobbying, and working together across countries and regions to share learning and engage with international processes.
In 2011- 2012, CSEF activities in Yemen, Somalia and Sudan resulted in:
- Increasing the number of national education coalitions worldwide,
- Increasing the number, improving the quality and enhancing the influence of national education coalitions’ policy participation, advocacy, community mobilization, sector monitoring and policy-focused research activities,
- Strengthening the democratic character and governance structures of national coalitions,
- More fully realizing the possibilities of a global-grassroots campaign to articulate civil society voice, interests and contribution to EFA at national and global levels.
CSEF 2013-2015 in East Europe and Middle East in 6 countries (Yemen, Sundan, Somalia, Albania, Georgia, and Moldova)
CSEF 2013-2015 is managed through the Global Campaign for Education Global Secretariat, Regional Secretariats and Regional Financial Management Agencies.
CSEF 2013-2014 is designed to meet an overall aim and four programme objectives through funding of national education coalitions to carry out policy and advocacy activities, provision of technical support and capacity building to coalitions and facilitation of south-south collaboration and shared learning.
The Overall CSEF aim: to contribute to the achievement of national education goals and Education for All by ensuring the effective participation of civil society organizations and citizens in education debates and sector planning and review.
The project supports the coalitions of education in policy participation, public awareness and coalition building, High quality research, monitoring and analysis, and cross-country learning and networks for change.
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