Arab Campaign for Education for All- ACEA project

Arab Campaign for Education for All- ACEA project was funded by Oxfam Novib, April 2010-March 2011.

ANHRE network was contracted by Teacher Creativity Center-TCC; one of ANHRE's members, to coordinate the regional scope of the project entitled “Arab Campaign for Education for All- ACEA project (April 2010- March 2011)” in 5 countries (Yemen, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, and Palestine). In addition, ANHRE helped the national educational coalitions in Iraq, Jordan, Sudan, Tunisia, and Algeria to be established and registered in ACEA and Global Campaign for Education (GCE). Those coalitions work on formal and non-formal education by following rights-based approach and stimulating human rights and citizenship concepts.

The project aimed to put pressure on the Arab World governments to fulfill their obligations towards meeting the Education for All goals by 2015. The project succeeded into increasing awareness of people and mobilization of around 1,089,740 people of which 541,730 are females.

This project successfully built and strengthened coalitions in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Yemen, Palestinian Authority (West Bank and Gaza), Jordan, Iraq, Sudan and Algeria. Recently, Mauritania established a coalition and started its activities in April 2012. Media and 362 member organizations from the above countries took part in the educational decision making, setting educational issues at the forefront, and building grass roots impact on political leadership. They succeeded to put their statements and demands and approach the decision makers. In each country, coalition members worked with their community to mobilize an expansive campaign demanding the right to quality education, based on the findings of current reports on the status of education, educational needs and priorities in their country.

Effective pressure had been made in all countries on governments to improve education and fulfill the demands to quality education, and more budget allocations to education. The project involved a huge spectrum of stakeholders like private sector, civil society, teacher unions, donors, and sponsors. Media was successfully involved in the project and helped into putting more pressure on the decision makers.