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Director General’s Information meeting for Permanent Delegations on Priority Africa IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPERATIONAL STRATEGY FOR AFRICA Ms Hassana Alidou, Director of the UNESCO Regional Office in Abuja Wednesday 28 May 2014, UNESCO, Paris

Outline • Project Highlights by Priority Africa Flagships • Stakeholders and partners (Ministries, UNS, Int’l regional and national organizations, CSO/NGOs)

Flagship 1: Promoting a culture of peace and non-violence 1. Promotin 3. Support 4. Conflict 2. Support to g to the preventio policy ECOWAS’ monitoring n and dialogue on reference of elections building a sustainable manuel & human culture of development for Peace rights in peace in building in Guinea Guinea Nigeria in Cote d’Ivoire

Flagship 1: Promoting a culture of peace and non-violence Targets: politicians; Objectives: stake-holders, Promote peace education, citizenship and • vulnerable peoples sustainable development through use of ECOWAS (leaving in rural reference manual areas; minority Support for organization of elections and • ethnics, disabilities, democratization and human rights affected by HIV) Reinforce conflict prevention, peace education and • de-radicalization of youth Results of implementation : Women and traditional leaders sensitized on early warning, peace building  Production of training manuals and billboards on the importance on  building a culture of peace  Contextual studies on traditional methods conducive to peace &conflict resolution National conference held for traditional leaders for peace. 

Flagship 2: Strengthening education systems for sustainable development in Africa: improving equity, quality and relevance Rewrite the future !

Flagship 2 : Literacy Projects Targets: Federal, States, Universities, NGOs/CSOs involved 3. Capacity 2. in literacy delivery; building to Empowerin Illiterate women, men improve g Girls & 1. and girls; Ministries of Quality of Women in Revitalizi Literacy, Planning & Literacy literacy and ng Adult and non skills Evaluation; & Youth Formal developme Literacy education nt using in Nigeria ICTs in programme  Objectives: T o (RAYL) Nigeria in Togo strengthen the national (UNESCO- (CapEFA P&G) capacity for designing, Togo) delivering, evaluating and monitoring quality literacy programmes

Flagship 2 : Results of implementation of literacy projects Institutional & policy development Institutional capacity strengthening: Six (6) Capacities of Universities, officials of the conducted the National Mass TOT for 457 Effective Education Master Trainers national Literacy Commission and Policy (NMEC) participated in development the monitoring of the State- 37 State level training Agencies for (RAYL); mass education (RAYL);

Flagship 2: Results of implementation of literacy projects (Self-benefiting funds In 2013, 1,373,457 learners country-wide impacted directly or indirectly as a result of strengthening national capacities (RAYL); development ressource Human Through continuing community mobilization NMEC and UNESCO mobilized in 2013 additional 13,396 learners (5138 girls & women in 204 communities) mobilized 3774 facilitators trained for 34 states & training modules developed

Results of implementation of literacy projects (Proctor and Gamble) Capacity of 60,000 illiterate or semi-literate young girls and women built to read, write, and calculate and acquire basic vocational and life skills Capacity of 800 facilitators and 52 Radio and Television producers, script writers, TV producers built to deliver literacy classes using ICTs such as radio, television and mobile phone applications

Flagship 2 : List of TVET Projects Targets: Officials in ministries, government agencies and other 2. Strengthenin national stakeholders 1 . Enhancing g capacities involved in TVET and skills and of personnel 3. Support TVET provision. capacities of in charge of the imple- Government statistics and mentation Ministries to curriculum at of TVET Objectives: strengthen the strategy TVET Ministries of Institutional and human (Benin) delivery Education & capacity strengthening of (Liberia) Training sector (Cote the ministries responsible d’Ivoire ) for TVET; standard setting in TVET and set up platform community of practices

Flagship 2 : TVET Projects Results of implementation Institutional capacity of ministries for evidence-based TVET policy development and strategic planning is enhanced; development Capacity for planning, production of statistics, Capacity monitoring and evaluation of TVET system improved . Capacity for using analytical tools for labor market analysis and sharing of information developed Capacities for elaboration of curricula enhanced

Flagship 2 : List of Projects in Teachers Targets: Teacher training 1 . 2. Enhancing institutions; trainers Improvement Liberia, and teachers of teacher Teacher training Education system to face Program the challenges Objectives: through use of of Quality Information Strengthen the education in Communicatio teacher training Africa n Technology system (Cote d’Ivoire) in Pedagogy

Flagship 2 : Results of implementation of Teachers projects 4800 in service-teachers trained on pedagogy Human resources development Capacity of Teacher Education Department of University of Liberia and two other TTIs enhanced through provision of materials and ICT facilities .

Flagship 2 : Higher Education project Targets: Universities, ministries of Education /HE Objectives: Support to 1. UNESCO/ developing of quality German assurance in HE in Africa inter- University cooperation Results of implementation : ((DAAD) 60 specialists from ministry and Universities of • the 8 UEMOA countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo) are reinforce in external quality assurance in High Education

Flagships 3 and 4  Flagship 3 : Harnessing STI and knowledge for sustainable socio- economic development for Africa  Flagship 4:Fostering science for sustainable management of Africa’s natural resources and disaster risk reduction

Flagship 3: Harnessing STI and Knowledge for Sustainable socio-economic development for Africa Objectives:  To establish science and technology parks to build the capacity of S&T experts, and promote scientific research 1. Promoting and innovations; the Development Targets: Youths/Science Students in Secondary of Science and Schools in West African; Universities and Research Technology institutions; Parks in the Results of implementation : Region  Q ualified science teachers trained to deliver effective STEM Scientific research and business incubators  promoted

Flagship 4: Fostering science for the sustainable management of Africa’s natural resources and disaster risk reduction 1. Promoting Science, 2. Support for Technology , 3. the Engineering Strengthening Management and Institutional of National Mathematics Capacities for Biosphere Education Freshwater Reserves for (STEM) to Security and Effective enhance Regional Biodiversity capacities in Cooperation Conservation basic sciences and engineering

Flagship 4: Project Description Targets: National MAB Committees in the Region; Regional Governments and River Basins Development Agencies Objectives: Results of implementation  To build a critical mass of  Scientific research and young scientists; business incubators promoted  To build the knowledge and capacity of MAB members to  Effective collaboration and promote effective participation of MAB National management of Biosphere Committees in national, Reserves; regional and global issues  To develop appropriate  Effective regional water policies for integrated water management and cooperation management amongst River Basins

Flagship 5: Harnessing the power of Culture for Sustainable Development and Peace in a context of regional integration Objectives: conflict prevention, peace education & de- radicalization of youth; preservation of cultural heritage 1. 2. Use of Targets: women, Safeguardin tourism for g Intangible youth, traditional peace Cultural leaders and civil building in Heritage in societies Benin Nigeria Results of implementation : Women and traditional leaders sensitized on  early warning, peace building  Training of 20 young un-employed and 10 officers in tourism and cultural engineering

Flagship 6: Promoting an environment conducive for freedom of expression and media development Objectives: Support improvement of environment for a free media and free expression 1. Promoting freedom of Targets: Journalists, expression media workers in Mano River Results of implementation : Union Freedom of Information Law enacted in Sierra Leone ;  States of national media development strategy developed for in West  Africa Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone ;  code of ethics for media reporting on women developed in Cote d’Ivoire ; framework of support to journalism education in Liberia  developed.

Overall resource mobilized  Sustained technical support  Strong partnerships with governments and other partners

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