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Provisional Agenda

Monday 17 September :
National EFA Progress, Challenges and Needs

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 09:45

Opening session (plenary)
Chair: DADG/ED/UNESCO

Welcome address by ADG/ED
Address by a representative of EFA National Coordinators
Address by a representative of development partners
Address by a representative of Civil Society

09:45 - 10:30

An overview of the meeting objectives by DIR/BREDA (plenary)


10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30

Key Educational Issues in Africa (plenary)
Chair: rep of EFA National Coordinators

11:30 - 11:45

Setting Group tasks and expected outcomes by DIR/UNESCO, Harare (plenary)

11:45 - 13:00

Assessing the progress of EFA NAP at country level
(group session)
Chair: reps of EFA National Coordinators


11:30 -13:00

Session with Permanent Delegates of sub-Saharan Africa
(parallel Session)
Chair: ADG/Africa, UNESCO



13:00 - 14:30

Lunch


14:30 - 15:30

Assessing the progress of EFA NAP at country level
(group session contd.)
Chair: reps of EFA National Coordinators


15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break


16:00 - 16:45

Group report: Assessing the progress of EFA NAP at country level (plenary)
Chair: UNICEF


16:45 - 17:10

Preparing a credible, high quality EFA NAP (plenary)
Chair: World Bank

17:10- 17:30

Mainstreaming Gender in EFA NAP by The Forum for African Women Educationalists (plenary)

17:30- 17:50

Understanding the nature and urgency of the 2005 gender parity goal by UNICEF (plenary)

17:50- 18:10

Family life education, HIV/AIDS by UNFPA (plenary)

18:10 - 18:30

Monitoring EFA Follow-up, Assessment and Indicators by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (Plenary)

18:30

Reception


Tuesday 18 September : Mechanism for Regional Support and Follow-up

09:00 - 10:00

Presentation and discussion of the Draft Regional Action Plan (plenary)
Chair: UNDP

10:00 - 10:30

Participatory Action Planning (plenary)

10:30 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 12:30

Discussion (group session)
Chair: reps of EFA National Coordinators

12:30 - 13:00

Meeting of rapporteurs (side meeting)


12:30 - 14:00

Lunch



14:00 - 15:00

Group report on the final draft of the Regional Action Plan (plenary)
Chair: to be determined

15:00 - 15:45

Presentation of a proposal for Regional EFA follow-up Mechanisms (plenary)
Chair: to be determined

15:45 - 17:00

Discussion (group sessions)
Chair: reps of EFA National Coordinators

17:00 - 17:15

Coffee Break

17:15 - 18:00

Group report: the final draft proposal for Regional EFA follow-up Mechanisms (plenary)
Chair: to be determined

Wednesday 19 September : Partnership


09:00 - 10:45

Session with Development Partners (plenary)
Chair: NGO/CSO

Addresses by representatives of multilateral agencies: ADEA, African Development Bank, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, World Bank and WFP.
Addresses by representatives of bilateral agencies.
Discussion


10:45 - 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 - 11:30

African Unity Decade for Education by the African Unity Representative (plenary)
Chair:to be determined

11:30 - 12:00

IIEP address (plenary)

12:00 - 12:30

Update on Dakar Follow-up by DIR/DFU, UNESCO (plenary) Chair: UNFPA

12:30 - 13:00

Communication Network on EFA Follow-up by BREDA (plenary)


13:00 - 14:30

Lunch

14:30 - 16:00

Closing session
Chair: rep of EFA National Coordinators

Presentation, discussion and adoption of major findings of the meeting
Concluding remarks by DIR/BREDA
Closing by ADG/ED, UNESCO

 


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