Campaigning for “Education for All”: Histories, Strategies and Outcomes of Transnational Advocacy Coalitions in Education

191 Pages·2012·1.12 MB·English

by  Antoni Verger

Campaigning for “Education for All”

Camppaigning ffoor “Educaation for AAll”
Histtories, Strattegies and OOutcomes ooff
Transnatiional Advoccacy Coalitiions in Eduucation
Antoni VVerger and MMario Novelli ((Coordinatorss)
with
Karen MMundy (guest contributor), Anja Eickelbberg, Laura Grant, Selma
Hilgersoom, Joosje Hooop, Felice vann der Plaat annd Jonah Sarfaaty
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................. VII
ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................... IX
CHAPTER 1 ............................................................................................................ 1
CHAPTER 2 .......................................................................................................... 17
CHAPTER 3 .......................................................................................................... 31
CHAPTER 4 .......................................................................................................... 51
CHAPTER 5 .......................................................................................................... 65
CHAPTER 6 .......................................................................................................... 83
CHAPTER 7 ........................................................................................................ 101
CHAPTER 8 ........................................................................................................ 121
CHAPTER 9 ........................................................................................................ 141
CHAPTER 10 ...................................................................................................... 157
REFERENCES .................................................................................................... 175
AUTHOR BIOS ................................................................................................... 183

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The idea for this research project began to take on a concrete form in May 2008,
when we met with representatives of both the Global Campaign for Education
(GCE) and Education International (EI) in the headquarters of the Dutch Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Minbuza). On that day the initial agreement
was forged that this research would be independently carried out by the University
of Amsterdam, but supported by both Education International and the Global
Campaign for Education. It was also supported through resources provided under
the umbrella of the IS-Academie: Education and Development – a four year
research and capacity building initiative jointly funded by Minbuza- Education and
Research Division and the University of Amsterdam – where both of the
coordinators of this book were located. Institutionally, we would thus like to begin
our acknowledgements by saying a big thank you to the GCE, EI, the University of
Amsterdam and Minbuza – Education and Research Division. We would like to
make extensive this acknowledgement to our contact persons from each of the
participating institutions for their support and commitment to this project: Geoffrey
Odaga and Jill Hart at the GCE, Monique Fouilhoux and Jefferson Pessi at EI, and
Joris Van Bommel and Yvonne van Hess at Minbuza - Education and Research
Division.
Secondly, we would like to thank all of those representatives of the national
coalitions in each of the case study countries for facilitating this research, allowing
our researchers access to the movements’ history and to the voices of their
members. They include Milton Luna and Cecilia Viteri in Ecuador; Raquel
Castillo, Thea Soriano, Haydee Montoya, and Maribel A. Tanag in The
Philippines; Daniel Cara, Iracema Nascimento and Maria Tereza Avance de
Oliveira in Brazil; Leslie Tettey, Kofi Asare, and Awo Aidam Amenyah in Ghana;
Miriam Chonya, George Hamusunga and Jennifer Chiwela in Zambia; Ramakant
Rai and Sandeep Mishra in India; and Yanti Muchtar and Eny Setyaningsih in
Indonesia. Similarly, we would like to thank all of the countless people who agreed
to be interviewed of this research and/or participated in the consultation
workshops.
Thirdly, we would like to acknowledge all of the authors of the individual case
studies for their enormous amount of work and commitment to this project. Each
national case study was carried out by postgraduate students as part of their
Masters research – but their contribution and commitment extended well beyond
the completion of their studies. Thus, our more sincere thanks to Anja Eickelberg,
Felice van der Plaat, Jonah Sarfaty, Joosje Hoop, Laura Grant and Selma
Hilgersom for their involvement and enthusiasm with the project. On a similar note
we would like to thank Karen Mundy, an internationally renowned scholar and
colleague for agreeing to contribute with a chapter on the history of the Global
Campaign for Education which grounds the books research on national coalitions.
We would also like to thank her for co-organizing with us the International
Seminar ‘Civil Society Advocacy and Education for All: Strategies, Outcomes and
Future Challenges’, celebrated in Amsterdam on February the 4th 2010, which
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
contributed greatly to feed this project at both the theoretical and methodological
levels.1 Thanks also to all the participants (panellists, discussants and chairs) that
made that seminar possible: Hanne Bondo Mawhinney, Marjorie Mayo, Robert
O’Brien, Renato Emerson dos Santos, Jennifer Chan, Yusuf Sayed, Wouter van der
Schaaf, Kees Biekart, Margriet Poppema, Inti Soeterik, Monique Fouilhoux,
Olloriak Sawade, Martijn Marijnis, Geoffrey Odaga and Isa Baud.
Last but not least, we would like to extend our gratitude to Joosje Hoop, who
apart from contributing an excellent chapter on the Philippines National Coalition,
also went on to work with us on organizing the above-mentioned International
Seminar and on the process of turning this book into a concrete reality. As a
researcher and assistant you have been central to the success of this publication.
Mario Novelli and Antoni Verger
Amsterdam, September 2011

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1 The papers and presentations of this seminar can be downloaded from:
http://educationanddevelopment.wordpress.com/past-events/civil-society-advocacy-and-efa/
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ACRONYMS
ABI Alternative Budget Initiative (The Philippines)
AIFTO All India Federation of Teachers Organization
ANCEFA Africa Network Campaign on Education for All
ASPBAE Asia South Pacific Association of Basic and Adult
Education
BESSIP Basic Education Sub-Sector Plan (Zambia)
CAQi Initial Student-Quality-Cost (Brazil)
CBDE Brazilian Campaign for the Right to Education
CLADE Latin American Campaign for the Right to Education
CMP Common Minimum Programme (India)
CNE National Council of Education (Ecuador and Brazil)
CNTE National Confederation of Education Workers (Brazil)
CONEB National Conference for Basic Education (Brazil)
CSE Social Contract for Education
CSEF Civil Society Education Fund
CSO Civil Society Organization
EAC Education Advocacy Coalitions
EDWATCH Educational Watch research
EFA Education For All
FCUBE Free Compulsory Basic Education Program
FIFA International Federation of Association Football
FNDP Fifth National Development Plan (Zambia)
FUNDEF-FUNDEB Fund for the Development of Basic Education and the
Valuation of Teachers (Brazil)
GAW Global Action Week
GCE Global Campaign for Education
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GER Gross Enrolment Rate
GMR Global Monitoring Report
GNECC Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition
GPRS Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy paper
HDI Human Development Index
IMF International Monetary Fund
INGO International NGO
MDGs Millennium Development Goals
MoE Ministry of Education (Zambia)
MoESS Ministry of Education, Science and Sports (Ghana)
MST Rural Landless Workers Movement (Brazil)
NCE National Coalition for Education (India)
NER Net Enrolment Rate
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
NNED Northern Network for Education (Ghana)
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