Advancing the right to quality education for all children in the fragile state of Guinea-Bissau through a North-South partnership - Step II - Implementation of the main Diagnostic Report recommendations

Projektperiode:

01.03.2018 - 31.03.2019

Beviliget beløb:

398.807,- DKK

Organisation:

Ulandshjælp Fra Folk til Folk - Humana People to People

Partnere:

The Organização Guineense de Desenvolvimiento (OGD)

Pulje:

Civilsamfundspuljen

Indsatsområde:

Medborgerindsats

World goals:

Mål 4: Kvalitetsuddannelse

Mål 5: Ligestilling mellem kønnene

Indsatser foregår i:

Guinea-Bissau

Overordnede mål

Building the capacity of civil society to demand for quality, relevant and inclusive education and learning in Guinea-Bissau.

Umiddelbare mål

The application and dissemination of the existing national education policies, education laws, frameworks and the education system amongst Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) working in education sector in Bafatá and Cacheu Regions.

Målgrupper

* The main target groups are the Civil Society Organizations working in the education sector identified by the UFF-Humana/OGD partnership work developed in the previous project and discussed in the Diagnostic Report. * 20 CSOs working in the education sector and 5 Regional Education Directors sub-offices in Cacheu region. * The IEC and awareness campaign will target directly in-place communities, schools, parents’ associations, school management groups, gatherings, religious institutions amongst others, it is expected to touch about 50 people in Cacheu region and 100 people in Bafatá region. * Indirectly the project will benefit the Cacheu population of 185.431 people, 53% female; the main ethic groups are Manjac, Balanta and Felupe; 34% are Animist, 30 % Christian and 15% Muslim. The Bafatá population of 201.079 people, 51% female; the main ethnic groups are Fula and Mandingo, 86% are Muslim. This people will benefit from the consequent improvement of the education system in the regions and will be targeted by the Radio campaigns.

Resume

The project represents the development of the CISU project “Advancing the right to quality education for all children in the fragile state of Guinea Bissau through a North-South partnership “, implemented (2015-2016) by OGD & UFF-Humana. It is a response to the main Diagnostic Report conclusions/recommendations identified in the previous project, targeting the CSOs working in the education sector, in the regions of Cacheu and Bafatá. By contributing to the development objective of “building the capacity of civil society to demand for quality, relevant and inclusive education and learning in Guinea-Bissau” ( SDG goal no. 4.7 and 4.1 ), the present project will increase the number of local CSOs working on education that are informed, capacitated, organized and applying the existing national education policies, laws, frameworks and public system standards in GB, and strengthen the partnership between the Bissau Guinean NGO, OGD and the Danish NGO, UFF-Humana.