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 Monitoring Madrid, 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 Katarina Gaps 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

GovernanceAvailabilityAccessibilityAcceptabilityAdaptability Normative framework Educational policy Plan of action Monitoring Recourses Budget International assistance and cooperation Early childhood care & education Primary education Secondary education + TVE Tertiary education Fundamental Education Adult basic & literacy Educational & vocational Private Schools Closing schools School infrastructure Working 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 Lessons 1. Structure & size of the indicator framework 2. Guidance needed on adapting indicators to national/ thematic contexts or education levels 3. 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 Grey Right to Education Project Coordinator