Tokyo - April 24 and 25, 2008

The FTI Donor Partners met in Tokyo, Japan, during the week of April 21 for several meetings:

Monday, April 21: Steering Committee Meeting

Tuesday, April 22: Catalytic Fund Committee Meeting

Wednesday, April 23:

• EPDF Committee Meeting (morning)
• Capacity Development Guidelines Workshop (mid-day)
• GCE World's biggest Lesson (mid-day)
• International Symposium on Self Reliance and Sustainability (afternoon)

Symposium Documents:

• Presentation: "A Critical Analysis on Free Primary Education Policy-Evidences from Africa" by Dr. Mikiko Nishimura, Associate Professor, Kobe University
• Presentation: "Local Meanings of Educating All and the Process of Adopting EFA Development Goals" by Dr. Shoko Yamada, Associate Professor, Nagoya University
• Presentation: "International Cooperation for Self-Reliance and Sustainability of EFA" by Dr. Kazuhiro Yoshida, Associate Professor, Hiroshima University
• Policy Speech by Mr. Masahiko Koumura, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan

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Thursday, April 24: and Friday April 25: Donors Technical Meeting

Documents (additional documents and presentations will be posted shortly)

• Agenda (April 24 and 25)
• List of participants
• Minutes

Session 1: Promoting a holistic approach to education development within the FTI framework

• Beyond Primary: how will we approach the challenges of working towards the broader EFA goals?
• Facilitating capacity development for achievig quality EFA: complementarities of different aid modalities
• Supporting the design of strategic and participatory approaches to capacity development - Capacity Development Guidelines

Session 2: Strengthening country level processes

• SCLP Task Team Update and FTI Process Chart

Session 3: Mobilizing additional resources for education

• Update on Education ODA trends - Annex: FTI country profiles
• Increasing long term predictable financing for education – a replenishment mechanism for the FTI Catalytic Fund
• Progress-based aid for education: a hands-off approach

Session 4: Information updates

• External Evaluation of FTI: Terms of reference for the Evaluation Oversight Committee (EOC)
• External Evaluation of FTI: Terms of reference for the EOC Secretary/Manager and Coordinator
• External Evaluation of FTI: Terms of reference for the EOC evaluation specialist
• Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD): Policy Recommendations - Executive Summary - Annex 3 - Annex 8

Session 5: Break-out discussion groups

1. Raising the quality of education and measuring learning outcomes.
• Meeting the Quality Challenge in EFA FTI - Background paper by UNESCO
2. Equity and Education for all: reaching the excluded.
• Equity and Inclusion in Education - Tools to support education sector planning and evaluation - Paper by UNGEI
• Equity and Education for All: Reaching the Excluded - Presentation by UNESCO
3. Fragile States and Education for All
• Last in line, last in school 2008 (Save the Children report)
• Education and Financing Strategies for Fragile States
• Progressive Framework Guidelines - Draft
4. Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in Education
5. Role of CSOs in FTI country-level processes
Last Modified: September 27, 2011