1. Regional LIFE Mid-Term Evaluation Meeting (13-15 December 2010, Bangkok) Re-cap on Day 2

2. Day 2 Opening Re-cap on day 1 by Mr. Pant Tap-Raji
Introduction of new participants, Iran delegates, Representative from Thailand MoE
Introducing the agenda of the day by Mr. Chu Shiu-Kee which was focusing on the major LIFE action areas namely, Advocacy & Communication, National Effective Policies, Delivery Mechanism, innovation
Presentation of Web-based statistics on illiteracy and discussion

3. Day 2 Opening (cont…)
In order to have more clear and fruitful works, Mr. Chu explained the procedure of fulfilling the activities:
- presentation by a country team on each Action Areas
-group work to contribute ideas, and
- presentation by a group member.

4. Action Area: Advocacy and Communication
Group 1: LIFE launch, advocacy and Communication strategy:
Lessons learnt
High officials, ILD, publications, website, audio/video messages, integration, Community participation
Main target audiences
Policy makers, government institutions, NGOs, uni. & professional bodies
Effective Communication Channels
Meetings, ILD, LRCs, religious scholars, community leaders, website
Sustain effectiveness and impact of LIFE advocacy
Sustainable A&C strategy, LRC, scholars, incentives

5. Action Area: Advocacy and Communication (cont...)
Group 2: Coordination Mechanism
Lessons learnt
State, district, village chairperson heads the coordination committees at various levels, Coordinating with network of NGOs/ formal & NFE programs
Frequent change of officials in literacy cause problems in carrying institutional memories on past activities carried out in the field of literacy, only few countries able to mobilize donor support for adult literacy
Main purpose & task of Coordination Mechanism
Literacy coordinators create website (information), coordinator collect and disseminate inf. Appropriate channel, LIFE coordinators close work national, agendas , resource mobilization
Effective Ways to Involve Stakeholders
Formulate Action Plan, Effective Monitoring & involve partners, award to best partners
Sustainability
Gov. allocate fund, literacy fund at local level, involve gov. at all level

6. Action Area: National Effective Policies
Group 1: Literacy Needs Assessment
Lessons learnt
Data sources: National pop census; Provincial literacy survey; school survey; household survey; special flash survey; Village Gov;
Data contents: illiterates (by where and who); literacy programs; literacy environment;
How effectively existing NA identified gaps, issues, priorities?
Basically capable of identified the gaps, issues and priorities.
Out of date , Remote area difficult to get data
Have these assessments included disaggregated data
Basically disaggregated by sex, age, and background, family characterics;
Testing literacy in census and survey
To what extent have the findings of this assessment used
PPP (Persons, Programs, Performance)
Needs Assessment, Situation analysis, M&E

7. Action Area: National Effective Policies (cont…)
Group 2: Initial LIFE Impact on Policies & action to strengthen policy capacity
Lessons learnt in formulating National Literacy Policies
The policy did not consider all the concerns of all the states
Well defined organizational structure is needed
,Bureaucratic driven ( less participatory) – moves to participatory and demand driven,
Focus on gender equity, Involving NGOs and partners ( promotion of partnership

8. Strengthen literacy policy making
Need to set priorities- Nepal –developed targeted programmes with clear priorities, India convergence with other department
Partnership with inter-ministerial and civil societies
Evidences ( qualitative and quantitative) has been used for formulating policies
Coordination between NSO and literacy department in generating data is lacking ( still)

9. Sustainability
Not only vertical partnership, also need to see horizontal partnership
Mobilization of local resources ( financial, materials and human )
Need to develop strategies to motivate learners and teachers
Teachers professional development should also need to be considered
Gender sensitive policies
Minimum competencies to be defined and ensured through various processes.

10. Action Area: Delivery Mechanism
Group 1: National Literacy Action Plan
Lessons learnt
Involve NGOs/CBOs/community, participatory decision, locally developed plan, lessons previous plan, capacity building
Challenges and Issues
National consultation, different languages, increase contribution of different sectors, Geographic location, funding
LIFE contribution to formulate effective NLAP
Literacy campaign, fund, technical support from UNESCO, taskforce, example of PNG
How best to sustain LIFE’s impact
Continuo support, coordination gaps UN/Int’l agencies & government

11. Action Area: Delivery Mechanism (cont…)
Group 2: Literacy Implementation Capacity
Lessons learnt
Networks/coordination mechanism established, Operational guideline for implementing literacy at various level including curriculum, training program for literacy personnel,
Low capacity at grass root level, lack of capacity to design local learning materials, quality training & monitoring, program provided, but no HR
Ways to strengthen these capacities
Update capacity needs in literacy, involve universities/NGOs for capacity building, develop guideline on how to develop materials locally, need to develop pool of expert at sub national level.
Sustainability
Institutional capacity building at sub national, sustain flow of fund, make program high visible, develop pool of expert at sub - N

12. Thank you