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EFA
SUB-REGIONAL FORUM
UNESCO-BREDA,
Dakar, Senegal, 27-30 March, 2002
Context
and Rationale
A
quick look at the latest progress reports from member countries
regarding the completion of the National Action Plans (NAPs) for
Education for All (EFA) indicate that many countries have made only
negligible progress toward fulfilling the goals set for September
2002. In order to ensure a regular follow-up of the EFA goals in
Africa, a regional follow-up forum has been organized in Dakar and
other sub-regional forums approved at the meeting of African Ministers
held in Paris in October 2001. These forums constitute an excellent
structure of dialogue for the drawing up and implementation of national
action plans. The Dakar meeting is one of three follow-up and coordination
meetings organized in conjunction with education specialists based
in UNESCO’s Africa offices in order to boost national teams
in their efforts to meet the September 2002 deadline.
Objectives
The
main objective of the meeting is to evaluate the progress made in
the elaboration of the EFA national action plans, to identify the
major constraints countries face in that regard, and to find solutions
that will help meet the deadlines in the required timeframe.
More
specifically, the objectives are:
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To
review the revised draft of the EFA regional action plan in
order to include the observations made during the Paris meeting
held in September 2001, and in order to finalize it
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To
evaluate the progress made in the elaboration of the EFA national
action plans
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To
formulate proposals that will assist in completing the national
action plans within the deadline of September 2002
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To
discuss ways of improving communication between coordinators,
sub-regional representatives and their spokespersons, and finally
UNESCO-BREDA
Expected
results
The
regional and sub-regional forums are set up and fully functional,
and ideas and strategies of elaboration and implementation of the
EFA objectives are shared.
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An
efficient mechanism of communication is put in place to facilitate
the liaison between coordinators, sub-regional representatives,
the regional spokesperson, and UNESCO-BREDA
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Progress
about the elaboration of the EFA national action plans is assessed
and constraints and appropriate solutions are clearly identified
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The
EFA regional action plan is approved at the sub-regional level
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A
mechanism of communication between coordinators and other key
EFA stakeholders is put in place
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The
report of the meeting of the sub-regional forum is drawn up
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Partnerships
are strengthened at the sub-regional level
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