Director General’s Information meeting for Permanent Delegations on Priority Africa Implementation of the Operational strategy for Africa Mr Luc Rukingama, Director of UNESCO Office in Harare Wednesday 28 May 2014, UNESCO, Paris
OUTLINE • Project Highlights by Priority Africa Flagships • Partnership and Resource Mobilization • Visibility and knowledge sharing Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe 2
I. Flagship 1: Promoting a culture of peace and non-violence Support policy intervention within three selected member states in SADC , particularly at the city level, in favour of the most disadvantaged and the poorest. ∗ Objective: to build countries’ capacity in public policies linked to addressing and ensuring social inclusion and reducing poverty. ∗ implementation of 10 Point Plan of Action of the African Coalition of Cities against Racism and Discrimination. 3
Flagship 2: Strengthening education systems for sustainable development in Africa: improving equity, quality and relevance Objective: To accelerate attainment of Education For All in Southern Africa Target: Policy makers, national partners Focus of the Implementation EFA Results: Acceleration Frameworks Launched in March are: Zambia 2013 and 3 countries Swaziland: participating from the Goal 1 – ECCE, region: Lesotho, and Goal 2 – Swaziland and Zambia UPE for Lesotho 4
Flagship 2: Strengthening education systems for sustainable development in Africa: improving equity, quality and relevance (ctd) Objective: Strengthen policy and planning in education Target: Policy makers, national partners Implementation Results: Capacity Language and educator policy in Namibia enhancement in evidence- Teacher educator policies in Mozambique and Lesotho based policy development; Standards for early learning (Swaziland), for ECCE centres EFA Review (Namibia) supported; Monitoring and supporting of enhancement ongoing EFA reviews of EMIS In all SA countries under the lead of UIS Development of Teacher MIS in 3 countries ongoing
Flagship 2: Strengthening education systems for sustainable development in Africa: improving equity, quality and relevance (ctd) Objective: Strengthen Technical & Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Target: Policy makers, private sector, national partners Implementation Results: Enhancement of curriculum and standards in selected sectors in the BEAR countries: Botswana, Better Namibia, Malawi and Zambia. Education for Toolkit on greening TVET Africa’s Rice developed and distributed to (BEAR schools in 15 countries Project); SADC TVET experts & Greening TVET; stakeholders convened and Regional focused on managing TVET systems, youth and skills and Harmonisation TVET for sustainable development 6
Flagship 2: Strengthening education systems for sustainable development in Africa: improving equity, quality and relevance (ctd) ∗ Eliminate stigma and PROMOTING HEALTH THROUGH EDUCATION discrimination. ∗ Expected Result 10 (MLA2): ∗ Reforming both the education Member States deliver good sector and non-formal education quality health education, HIV and programs so that they become a comprehensive sexuality safe environment for adolescent education that contributes to key populations, and provide healthy lifestyles and gender them with the knowledge and equality skills to prevent new HIV Specific Objectives infections and stand for their ∗ Supporting countries to scale-up rights good quality of CSE. Targets ∗ Promoting gender equality and ∗ Ministry of Education and Health, ending gender-based violence curriculum developers, teachers, ∗ Supporting countries to learners, young people living 7 with HIV, parents and guardians.
Flagship 2 : Good quality health education, HIV and comprehensive sexuality education Results (cld). 7 December 2013, Ministers of Health and Education from 20 countries in East and Southern Africa affirmed and adopted the ESA Commitment to CSE and services for young people in Cape Town, South Africa www.youngpeopletoday.net 250 curriculum developers from 17 countries trained on CSE and 521 teachers trained . 176 schools provided life skills-based HIV and sexuality education using the new CSE curriculum reaching 139,051 learners. Published a regional report on Young People, CSE and SRH; Toolkit for CSE 8 curriculum devt; Adolescent Treatment lk l f
Flagship 3: Harnessing STI and knowledge for the sustainable socio-economic development of Africa IHP-VII AND RELATED ACTIVITIES OF UNESCO Focal Area 5.2: “ Vocational Education and Training of Water Technicians” UNESCO’s Hydro Free and FOSS Platform of Experts (HOPE) Initiative: Report 2013 Kit 2013: STOAT/MODFLOW http://www.hope-initiative.net/ 9
Flagship 3: Harnessing STI and knowledge for the sustainable socio-economic development of Africa Capacity Development in STI ∗ Technical assistance advice to member state in developing the • UNESCO’s centre of excellence critical mass of Africa’s scientists in Nanotechnology -South Africa and engineers ∗ Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST) ∗ Facilitate South-South Cooperation in STI ∗ UNESCO-University of Zimbabwe’s Earth System Science programme 10
Flagship 4: Fostering science for the sustainable management of Africa’s natural resources and disaster risk reduction IHP-VII AND RELATED ACTIVITIES OF UNESCO Focal Area 1.5: “ Global change and climate variability in arid and semi-arid regions” Data access, availability and quality assessment for the development of a flood forecasting model for Namibia (Report April 2014) 11
Flagship 4: Fostering science for the sustainable management of Africa’s natural resources and disaster risk reduction IHP-VII AND RELATED ACTIVITIES OF UNESCO Focal Area 2.2: “ Capacity development for improved governance; enhanced legislation for wise stewardship of water resources” UNESCO WPOIs dealing with Post-Conflict and Post-Disaster situations/ Mapping and assessing sanitation in schools in Namibia and online monitoring 12
Flagship 5: Harnessing the power of Culture for Sustainable Development and Peace in a context of regional integration ∗ Target: Policy makers, Cultural Heritage Communities – Objectives ∗ Recognising importance of living heritage as a mainspring of cultural diversity and human Mbende Jerusarema creativity Dance : ICH practiced ∗ Bring human beings closer together and in Zimbabwe ensuring exchange and understanding among them, fostering cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and a culture of peace. Results ∗ Sub-regional cooperation mechanism established to support national efforts in safeguarding the intangible cultural heritage of communities in Southern Africa. 13
Flagship 5: Harnessing the power of Culture for Sustainable Development and Peace in a context of regional integration (cld). ∗ Policy, legal and institutional frameworks established or improved at the national level. ∗ Human resources developed at the national level to facilitate the implementation of the 2003 Convention. 14
Flagship 6: Promoting an environment conducive for freedom of expression and media development Objective: Support the development of freedom of expression, free media and access to information Target: Policy makers, Journalists, local community media outlets Promoting an Implementation enabling environment for Results: press freedom 15 local radios and supported to use facilitating pluralism and ICTs (Internet and participation in mobile) for media, broadcasting and and supporting sustainable and reporting in Lesotho, independent Namibia, South media institutions Africa and Zambia ; 15
Flagship 6 (Cld) ∗ 4 community radios established in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia ; ∗ 1000 journalists (400 women) trained in ICTs, ethics and investigative journalism in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe 16
III. Visibility and knowledge sharing ∗ Functional Regional Office Website to be launched in 2014 ∗ SADC National Commissions Familiarization Workshop held in April 2014 in Harare ∗ Workshops organized by UNESCO with the participation of donor country embassies and national authorities of beneficiary countries resulting in wider national media coverage. ∗ Regular reports and articles on sector and project websites at HQ. Swedish Ambassador to Zambia * Advocacy for UNESCO reform and the 37C/5 in a UNESCO workshop flagship programmes. Sensitization of line ministries and multisectoral/bilateral partners. 17
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