Education for Rural People ERP and Food Security

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Education for Rural People (ERP) and Food Security
From land tenure to resources management a
participatory approach in fighting against poverty

• A partnership project co-financed by the European
  Commission
  
• By Ada Civitani

Capacity Building Workshop (Rome, 15th-17th Nove
mber 2004)
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Building Global Partnerships

• NGOs
• Links with based Organisations
• Resources and projects
• Experiential background
• Networks at local level in EU and Development
  Countries
  
• Capacity of lobbing on Institutions (bottom up)

• UNITED NATIONS
• World wide network
• Resources and projects
• Scientific background
• Access to institutional decision making places
• Capacity of lobbing on Institution (top down)

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Why NGOs for ERP?

• Because Education for Rural People is urgently
  needed for
  
• Food security and sovereignty in the poorest
  areas
  
• Sustainable development everywhere
• Raising ACCESS, QUALITY, COMPETENCES in ERP
• A participatory way of working for rural
  development, based on people empowerment and
  inclusion, respect of cultural identities and
  promotion of Human Rights
• Sustainable processes ? sustainable results

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Starting point

• NGOs are already including ERP in every kind of
  development program in rural areas
  
• at a local/regional level
• without a strategic awareness of the global
  situation and the opportunities of networking
  
• FAO and UNESCO
• are capitalizing a scientific background on
  Education for Rural Development
  
• are offering a space for networking

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The NGOs ERP Partnership vision

• Structured networking between FAO, UNESCO,
  Institutions, NGOs and civil society for ERP
  
• ERP knowledge and experiences jointly capitalized
  from grass root to institutional level
  
• Operational partnerships for ERP development
  cooperation programs in Development Countries
  
• ERP included in Aid Policies in Europe and in
  Development Countries
  
• Decentralized networks mobilized at international
  level
  
• European Citizens aware and actively participating

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How to make this vision reality?
NGOs ERP Partnership MISSION
NEEDS ? GOALS TARGET, WHAT TO DO? (A working p
rogram)
The European Project
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NGOs ERP Partnership mission 1

• GOAL Build and spread a shared background on ERP
  between FAO, UNESCO and NGOs (knowledge,
  methodologies, competences)
  

TARGET NGOs operators, FAO and UNESCO officers
WHAT TO DO Networking local-global-local,
participatory evaluation, studies at grass root
level, capacity building, tutoring
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NGOs ERP Partnership mission 2

• GOAL European Civil Society aware and involved
  in decentralised ERP cooperation networks
  between Europe and Development Countries

TARGET Schools, Universities, Local
Institutions, civil society organisations working
in Education and rural development, private
donors, media
WHAT TO DO Spreading information and mobilising
European local actors and citizens
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NGOs ERP Partnership mission 3

• GOAL Capacity building for ERP planning and
  implementation in Development Countries
  

TARGET Local and international NGOs, National
and decentralised Institutions, rural communities
WHAT TO DO Involving local actors, spreading
information, supporting NGOs and Civil Societys
participation in ERP regional and global events,
implementing grass root projects
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NGOs ERP Partnership mission 4

• GOAL Inclusion of ERP strategy in National and
  Europan policies in Food Security, Sustainable
  Development and Fight against Poverty
  

TARGET NGOs, CSOs, National and European Aid
Agencies
WHAT TO DO Inclusion of ERP issues in
international advocacy Platforms, promotion of
National and European Meetings
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NGOs ERP Partnership mission 5

• GOAL guarantee efficacy and sustainability of
  the networking to reach the largest impact
  

• TARGET partner NGOs, members of ERP Flagship,
  FAO and UNESCO officers involved
  

WHAT TO DO Development and dissemination of
supporting tools for networking, training and
communication, according to specific needs at
grass root level of working
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A European Development Education Campaign

• To strengthen the European and international
  network in support of E.R.P. through the
  implementation of spaces for civil societys
  participation and the promotion of dialogue and
  cooperation with Institutions and Donors at
  local, national and European level.
• Promoter NGOs from Italy, France, UK, Africa and
  Latin America
  

Starting now Ending October 2006
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Who and where?

• In Europe
• France CFSI, CoopDec
• UK Global Connections, Cyfanfyd
• In Africa
• Chad ACDAR
• Senegal KDES
• Tanzania AidNet
• In Latin America
• Bolivia CEJIS
• Chile Conapach

• In Italy
• ACRA (Focal Point), CAST, CELIM BG, COMI, COSV,
  COOPI, CISP, CINS, CTM Lecce, PRODOCS, ICEI,
  ISCOS, ASIA, PROSVIL, RC, Terra Nuova, Seniores
  Italia, TdH, UCSEI, COCIS, FOCSIV
• Association of Italian NGOs
• a network of about 30 Civil Society
  Organisations (CSOs)

FAO-SDRE (Roma), UNESCO- IIEP (Paris)
FAO and UNESCO Regional Offices in Africa and
Latin America
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Working plan
EXPECTED OUTPUTS

• ACTIONS FORESEEN and
• TIMETABLE

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Project step 1
NGOs rule in ERP Flagship clarified, joint
Advocacy and Cooperation activities planned

• 1 NGO ERP Focal Point in each European Country
  (Italy, France, UK Bruxelles) resource
  officers in Senegal, Chad, Tanzania, Bolivia,
  Chile

• Capacity building workshop (Rome, November 2004)

• Active research on ERP and NGOs Aid programs in
  5 Dev. Countries, elaboration of shared best
  practices (March 2005)
  

• Publication of training tools on ERP for NGOs in
  Italian, English, French and Spanish (June 2005)
  

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Expected results

• ERP institutional Partnership stronger and more
  participated
  

Stronger ownership for ERP Partnership members
Better cooperation between FAO, UNESCO, European
NGOs and CSOs
At least 24 NGOs operators trained on ERP issues
and methodologies
Shared operational tools for ERP project building
and evaluation available in 4 languages

Better and larger impact of ERP cooperation
programmes run by NGOs
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Project step 2
European CSOs and Local administrations joining
the ERP Flagship ERP decentralised cooperation n
etworks mobilised

• Information campaign through media

• 20 workshops in Schools 12 in Italy (North,
  Middle, South), 6 in UK, 4 in France (January
  05-April 06)
  

• 20 territorial events involving local civil
  society, private sector, decentralised
  administrations 7 in Italy, 9 in France, 4 in UK
  (July 05 April 06)

• 1 day Workshop in FAO involving representatives
  of partners schools, local administrations, NGOs
  (September 2006)
  

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Expected results
European public opinion aware of ERP issues,
rural sustainable development, food security,
fighting against poverty.
200 teachers and 4000 students sensitised on ERP
and involved in decentralised cooperation
networks best practices for involving Schools in
ERP elaborated and experimented
20 local Institutions mobilised within ERP
decentralised cooperation programs and about 100
local Institutions sensitised

About 10.000 European citizens of the local
communities directly involved and sensitised on
ERP

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Project step 3
ERP networks mobilised from grass root to
Institutional level in Chad, Senegal, Tanzania,
Bolivia, Chile
ERP Cooperation projects planned

• NGOs and local Civil society participation in ERP
  regional Workshops Latin America
  
• (Santiago Chile, August 2004),
• Africa (Dakar Senegal, June 2005)

• Starting from the Active research, planning ERP
  strategies at local level (project building)
  

• ERP Information spread through Focal Points and
  Civil Society Networks
  

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Expected results
5 ERP NGOs Focal Point able to develop ERP
networks at local and national level (in Senegal,
Chad, Tanzania, Bolivia, Chile)

At least 3 local NGOs/CSOs involved in ERP
strategy planning in each Country involved


Civil Society position paper elaborated and
shared within 2 ERP Regional Workshops


At least 2 National Institutions sensitised in
each Country involved

At least 1 ERP grass root project in each
Countries involved

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Project step 4
ERP strategies enclosed in NGOs advocacy program
for Food Security at National and European level

Inclusion of new European Platforms of NGOs

• Participation of NGOs Focal Points in Advocacy
  Platforms on Food Security and Sustainable
  Development

• Promotion of dialogue and confrontation meetings
  with Aid Agencies and Institutions at local and
  national level
  

• Participation to CONCORD Working Group on Food
  Security
  

• European Meeting on ERP and Food Security in
  collaboration with CONCORD (October 2005)
  

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Expected results
Position paper European NGOs on Food security
including ERP strategies

About 30 European National Institutions working
in Education, Rural Development and International
Cooperation sensitised on ERP issues and
strategies

European Institutions involved, support to ERP
strategies within European Aid policies
increased


At least 30 European NGOs involved in networking
on ERP

Information on ERP shared among all NGOs members
of CONCORD

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Project step 5
Process supporting tools exchange of operational
information, capitalisation and dissemination of
results

• Project flyer in 10000 copies in Italian,
  English, French and Spanish (December 2004)
  press office

• 1 educational video in 4 languages (October 05)

• A virtual network project website forum
  discussion, production of documents to be
  published on ERP official Website (march 05)
  

• Data base of European NGOs ERP projects shared
  with FAO and UNESCO
  

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Capacity Building Workshp Rome, 15th / 17th Nov
ember 2004
ERP Regional Workshop SOUTH AMERICA( (Santiago
Chile, AUGUST 2004)
Action research in CHAD SENEGAL BOLIVIA
TANZANIA CILE ? best practices (NOVEMBER 04 M
ARCH 05)
ERP Regional Workshop AFRICA (Dakar, June 2005
Dissemination tools PUBLICATIONS VIDEO (MAY -
OCTOBER 05)
Website, data base forum discussion
Awareness, policies and Decentralised Cooperation
Projects
20 TERRITORIAL EVENTS (JULY 05 JUNE 06)
20 Workshops in Schools (JANUARY 04 APRIL 06)
1 European Workshop (Concord) UE
(Bruxelles, OCTOBER 2005)
1-day meeting in FAO Hq. with representatives of
Schools, NGOs and local institutions (Rome,
SEPTEMBER 2006)
Next steps?
Final evaluation-planning meeting (Rome,
SEPTEMBER 2006)
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OUTPUTS of this Workshop
A detailed plan for implementing the project,
tools for strengthening the partnership

• Building foundations for the Active resource how
  to develop ERP strategies through NGOs Aid
  programs? Which actors can be involved in the
  planning? Which indicators are we going to
  utilise for evaluating?

• Developing Advocacy strategies at local, national
  and European levels what to do, when, with whom?
  How to involve Schools and local Institutions?
  Which kind of Institutional actors and CSOs
  network are we going to join?

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Thank you everybody!