Right to Education Project:Lessons learned from the process of

developing right to education indicators and the practical application in different

contexts

New Horizons in Economic and Social Rights MonitoringMadrid, 22 – 23 March 2012

Intro to RTE

Initially established by Katarina Tomasevski; a collaborative initiative between ActionAid, Global Campaign for Education and Amnesty International;we seek to build bridges across disciplines

Promote social mobilisation and legal accountability on the right to education

Development of Advocacy &

Monitoring Tools

Research Capacity Building

RTE’s Indicator work: motivation

A key area of work since 2008; inspired by KatarinaGaps in the UNESCO EFA framework Bridge the disciplines – human rights, development and education Need for both quantitative and qualitative approaches to cover rights in, through and to education

General steps

An expert process, that included background research on existing frameworks, development of a conceptual framework, development of indicators and a matrices, & collaboration with range of experts Piloting phase of applying the indicators and drawing out lessons- Develop a user-friendly tool for civil society -

Conceptual framework

Based on the 4A framework – Availability, Accessibility, Acceptability and Adaptability

Intended to be comprehensive (200) – covering all aspects of the right to education to reach development practitioners

Incorporates 3 themes of non-discrimination (disaggregation), participation (people should have a voice in education planning) & accountability (a governance matrix was added)

Designed to consider progressive realisation over time

Governance Availability Accessibility Acceptability Adaptability

Normative framework

Educational policy

Plan of action

Monitoring

Recourses

Budget

International assistance and cooperation

Early childhood care & educationPrimary educationSecondary education + TVETertiary education Fundamental EducationAdult basic & literacy Educational & vocational Private SchoolsClosing schoolsSchool infrastructureWorking conditions of teachers

Physical obstacles

Economic obstacles

Administrative obstacles

Gender obstacles

Socio-cultural obstacles

Out-of-school Children

Skills

Tolerance

Qualification of teachers

Gender

Discipline

Religion

Language

Child labour

Child soldiers

Minorities

Disability

Prisoners

Armed Conflict

Indicator Achievements

A comprehensive & flexible set of 200 indicators, based on the 4A framework

A collaborative process, involving a wide range of stakeholders

Simultaneous piloting of the indicators in multiple countries (India, South Africa, Nepal)

Promoting Rights in Schools (PRS) – ActionAid’s multi-country education programme

The Lessons1. Structure & size of the indicator framework2. Guidance needed on adapting indicators to national/

thematic contexts or education levels3. Guidance on implementing the full monitoring

process aimed at non-legal practitioners, including HR law, data sourcing, data collecting (incl methodology), report writing, developing recommendations for advocacy….

4. A participatory approach leads to local ownership and greater success; as does flexibility with development practitioners

Bailey GreyRight to Education Project Coordinatorbailey.grey@actionaid.orgwww.right-to-education.org