Overall targets
Building the capacity of civil society to demand for quality, relevant and inclusive education and learning in Guinea-Bissau.
Immediate targets
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.
Target groups
* 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.