2 and national efforts aimed at realizing it in Nigeria. The research was intended to provide information and create linkages between the current state of universal basic education and poverty in Nigeria. It made use of primary data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the Universal
The UN Millennium Campaign global website.
Basic Education Commission and Development in Nigeria
A major outcome of the workshop
Ministry of Education. Other secondary
was the Limbe Declaration which calls
sources used include publications
african civil society on post durban and rio +20
for accountability and political will from
from international and national bodies,
governments across Africa in ensuring
interviews and media reports.
An African Civil Society Post Durban
that principles of sustainability and equity
and Rio +20 Preparatory Workshop was
take centre stage in the implementation
attention to the ever increasing linkages
co-organized by Pan African Climate
of environmental governance and green
between poverty and access to free and
Justice Alliance (PACJA) and Bio-
economic policies.
qualitative education. It also made a
Resources Development and Conservation
A follow-up workshop was organized
The aim of the research was to draw
strong case for sector wide approaches
Programme – Cameroon (BDCPC) with the
jointly with UNDESA, UNDP, ACORD and
for education programming and present
support of the Millennium Campaign. The
PACJA in Dakar, Senegal. This forum
education as a multi-sectoral and human
workshop took place between the 4 – 8
discussed the links between the Rio+20
rights issue. The report is significant as
March, 2012 in Limbe and was attended by
process and the Post-2015 development
it will serve as an advocacy tool for civil
50 participants from 23 African countries,
agenda process. This conference gave
society in Nigeria and across Africa to
namely: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
birth to the African CSO Working Group
influence the thoughts and approaches of
Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of
on Post-2015 process. The Working
education policy makers. The report has
Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia,
Group coordinates African CSO position
been presented to civil society and the
Kenya, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda,
on the Post-2015 process and facilitates
public during the Pre-COMEDAF African
Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo,
engagement between African CSOs and
Civil Society Meeting in Abuja.
Uganda, Mozambique, Zambia and
the High Level Panel on Post-2015 including
Zimbabwe. Participants were drawn from
periodic engagement with the co-chair,
government institutions, Civil Society
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of Liberia.
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Organizations and indigenous groups
various presentations and discussions on
support and study with civil society action on education for all (csacefa)
the Rio +20 processes, current opportunities
To further strengthen advocacy and raise
for civil society engagement, issues of
civil society voices on issues of access
sustainability, climate change financing in
to education in Nigeria, CSACEFA 2 and
Africa amongst others. There were also
UNMC commissioned a study into the
group work sessions which sought to
impact of poverty on access to education
galvanize opinions on the level of political
in Nigeria. The research undertook a brief
across Africa. The two-day conference featured
will for sustainable development in Africa.
situational analysis of the status of MdG
1 The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing worldwide alliance consisting of national coalitions (or platforms) of campaigns to end poverty. GCAP is the largest anti-poverty campaign in the world by building on existing networks, and their strategies and activities. Currently it boasts more than one thousand member organisations and millions of supporters worldwide. It is involved with some 38 million people in actions in 2005 in over 75 countries and 23 million people in 2006 in over 85 countries. 2 The Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) is a coalition of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) involved in advocacy for the attainment of education for all. CSACEFA is also a member of the Global Campaign on Education (GCE).
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