Education in the Spotlight of NGOs
Centre for Civic Initiatives ·Lithuania
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">Poor involvement of educational NGOs in the implementation of education policy at municipal level results in ineffective education services in the regions that do not respond to the needs of the population. In most municipalities the involvement of NGOs is weak and fragmented. Also, not all educational data is still open, which makes it difficult to evaluate the information published by institutions that often manipulate with the data results. Therefore, the project aims to increase the participation of non-governmental organizations in the education system by:</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">1. Strengthening the capacity of educational NGOs, promoting dialogue between local government and NGOs, providing advocacy on the inclusion of NGOs among the providers of educational services in Vilnius, Kaunas, Kazlu Ruda, Alytus city and district municipalities in order to include educational NGOs consultative local bodies and take into account proposals made by organization in the preparation of municipal strategy papers and their implementation plans / programs;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">2. Active participation in the design of general curricular, especially in the field of citizenship education, and the practical 4K model in general education, submission of proposals as well as advocacy and monitoring of their implementation, thus opening up opportunities for effective NGO involvement in civic education.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">3. Analysing currently open education data and its use in decision-making and submitting proposals for its improvement; advocacy and monitoring would make preconditions for greater transparency and accountability of public education authorities.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">Target groups:</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">1) regional educational organizations of Vilnius City, Kaunas City and District, Kazlu Ruda, Alytus City and District;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">2) representatives of the listed municipal councils and administrations;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">3) members of the National Education NGO Network;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">4) staff from the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports and the National Education Agency;</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #606060"><span style="font-family: "Source Sans Pro", Arial, sans-serif">5) education community.</span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
The partners implemented the activities foreseen in the project according to their respective fields of activity and territory, as well as their different experiences in decision-making processes and advocacy. The partnership has enabled the partners to develop their understanding of the challenges in different educational fields and territories, to learn from each other, to provide substantive and administrative support to each other, and to strengthen the capacity of the members of the National Network of Education NGOs to participate in advocacy activities. The European Vergeland Centre (Norway) participating in the project made a significant contribution to the organisation and implementation of the citizenship activities, the partners' study visit to Oslo and the final conference. The partner provided very valuable expert assistance in analysing relevant documents and drafting proposals, and ensured the participation of experts and practitioners from Norway and Ukraine. The partner's field knowledge and know-how, as well as its extensive international network of experts, contributed significantly to improved results as well as to the strengthening of bilateral relations.
Project partners
- European Wergeland Centre Donor project partner· Norway
- National Network of Educational NGOs Project partner· Lithuania
- House of Europe Project partner· Lithuania
- Global Citizens’ Academy (GCA) Project partner· Lithuania
- Nature school of Kardokai Project partner· Lithuania
- Turing School Project partner· Lithuania