This presentation examines why higher education should be engaged in EFA and elaborates on the comprehensive IAU HEEFA project. The organization, objectives and expected results of the Follow-up Seminar are outlined. Given at the IAU Seminar on higher education for Education and e-accessibility (IAU HEEFA-ICT4IAL) held on 18-19 November 2014, Ankara, Turkey.

1. The IAU
HEEFA
Project
Where are we now?
What is this Seminar for?
IAU HEEFA/ ICT4IAL Follow-up
Seminar
Haceteppe University, Ankara, Turkey
18-19 November 2014

3. Education for All (EFA)
6 goals to be reached in 2015
• Expand early childhood care and
education
• Provide free and compulsory primary
education for all
• Promote learning and life skills for young
people and adults
• Increase adult literacy by 50 per cent
• Achieve gender parity by 2005, gender
equality by 2015
• Improve the quality of education
No mention of higher education

4. Higher Education and EFA?
• Higher education has generally not been involved as a sector up
to now, with the exception of teacher training
• The three missions (teaching, research and outreach) of higher
education institutions can be of help to EFA
• The higher education sector will, if not already, be impacted by
EFA: growing number of secondary-school graduates; quality of
pre-higher education schooling; teacher education reforms
• The higher education sector is generally not aware of the
initiative, issues at stake, and how to become involved

5. Starting point of the
HEEFA Project:
Maputo, Mozambique
2007
Higher Education and
Education For All: The
case of two
solitudes?
Photograph: IAU

6. The Expert Meeting validated a real need for exploration of the
linkages between Higher Education and the UN Education For
All initiative and requested information sharing and capacity
building.
And consequently:
An international - with no region left out - Reference group to
bring in people’s experiences and expertise from diverse
locations, culture and environments was created.

7. IAU HEEFA Reference Group
Pionners (from 2007) Settlers (from 2011)
Montanus Milanzi, Tanzania Semukeliso Gono, Zimbabwe
Neerja Sharma, India Mary Nakabugo, Uganda
Loise Gichuhi, Kenya
Limbani Nsapato, ANCEFA
Norzaimi Azman, Malaysia
Bijan Pant, Nepal
Marianne Granfelt, IAU Board
Marcella Turner, EA
But also (not attending): Moussa Mbegnouga, Senegal; Olive Mugenda, IAU
Board; Inocente Mutimucuio, Mozambique; Alice Sena Lamptey, ADEA; Juma
Shabani, UNESCO; Alejandro Chao, Mexico; William Cummings, USA; Jim
Greenlaw, Canada; Shane Jimerson, USA; Leandro Tessler, Brazil; Jocelyne
Trouillot, Haiti; Di Paez, Australia; Cornelia Ilie, Sweden; Eva Gil Rodriguez,
Spain; Ian Macfarlane, Netherlands; Valtencir Mendes, Spain.

8. An Information kit was
drafted and published to
both address and
answer the questions of
what is EFA, why and
how should HE get
involved; where can HE
activities be developed,
and who is engaged

9. A collaborative Portal – the HEEFA Portal - was set up to allow
academics to publish online their expertise, work and projects
related to EFA. It also provides information on recent
developments in the EFA field.
The HEEFA Newsletter extracts information published on the
HEEFA Portal and provides highlights on recent developments in
the HEEFA Project and activities of Reference Group Members.

11. The Collaborative Workshop : A three-step activity to
envision higher education for Education for All was tested in
Cuernavaca, State of Morelos, Mexico and conducted in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Katmandu, Nepal, Nairobi,
Kenya, and New Delhi, India
Brings together local representatives of HEIs, pre-HE sector, students,
teachers, NGOs, UNESCO – IAU as facilitator
Aims to inform both the higher education community of what EFA is and
the other EFA stakeholders of what higher education can bring to EFA,
Identifies local needs and higher education’s possible intervention(s) in a
commonly agreed upon document for a way forward.

12. uuu
IAU’s capacity building
approach to involve the
higher education sector
in EFA is:
• Participant-centred
• Inclusive
• Based on Dialogue
• Result-focused
• Embedded in a
process
• Local but not closed

14. EFA ends in 2015,
Great progress but no
goal will be reached/
new issues are
emerging
UN is drafting
Sustainable
Development Goals
2030 to be adopted in
September 2015
Image: Beyond2015 campaign

15. Outcome Document - Open Working Group on Sustainable
Development Goals
17 sustainable development goals, 1is on education
Universities are included for the 1st time
Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and
promote life-long learning opportunities for all
4.1 Free, equitable, quality primary/secondary education for all
4.2 Pre-primary education for all
4.3 Equal access to affordable quality technical, vocational and
tertiary education, including university.
4.4 More youth and adults with relevant skills for employment
4.5 No gender disparities and equal access to all levels of education
for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities
4.6 All youth and more adults achieve literacy and numeracy
4.7 All learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote
sustainable development.
all that by 2030

16. … and also
4.a build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and
gender sensitive and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive and effective
learning environments for all
4.b by 2020 expand by x% globally the number of scholarships for
developing countries in particular LDCs, SIDS and African countries to
enrol in higher education, including vocational training, ICT, technical,
engineering and scientific programmes in developed countries and
other developing countries
4.c by 2030 increase by x% the supply of qualified teachers, including
through international cooperation for teacher training in developing
countries, especially LDCs and SIDS

17. The IAU HEEFA
and ICT4IAL
Follow-Up Seminar
Organisation and
expected outcomes

18. 2-day seminar
Today: Focus on higher education for Education For All
Participants: Members of IAUHEEFA Reference Group + Haceteppe
University + IAU
• 1 panel on results from 4 collaborative workshops
• 1 update session on post-2015 developments
• 2 brainstorming sessions:
• Next steps for the HEEFA Project
• HE in next international education agenda
• Outcomes:
• Ideas for next IAU HEEFA project and IAU strategy
regarding the post-2015 Education Target

19. 2-day seminar
Tomorrow: Focus on a specific aspect of EFA: e-accessibility
Participants: same as today + partners in the ICT4IAL Project
• 1 session to understand why e-accessibility is important
• 1 update session on ICT4IAL (e-accessibility guidelines)
• 1 brainstorming session:
• How to push e-accessibility at HE level
• Links to HEEFA
• Outcome:
• Comments from the HE sector on the Guidelines

20. But now coffee break!