1. Indicators for implementation of Children’s Rights to, in and through Education in Developing Countries Agneta W-Flinck, Ulf Leo, Bodil Rasmusson, Richard Stenelo, Per Wickenberg, Bereket Yebio Lund University, Sweden ISCI Conference, Sidney, November 2009

2. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Outline 1.International Training Programme on Child Rights, Classroom and School Management 2.Results 3.Design of a research project

3. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Child Rights Classroom & School Management

4. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Sep - Oct 2009 Sweden Contin. ImplementingPilot ProjectWork Plan Spring - Summer 2010 Team's Country March 2010 Ethiopia Phase 1 Phase 2Phase 3 Mentors visiting the Teams in their countries Lund and Sweden Pilot Project Progress Report and Input from the others Teams Time Schedule Implementing

5. Participating countries 2003-2009: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Malawi, Mocambique, Namibia, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia = 26 countries, 330 participants, 11 batches

6. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Teaching/Learning Processes Leadership/Change Agents Child Rights Convention Initiating Change Processes focusing The Best Interest of the Child

7. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Teaching/Learning Processes Leadership/Change Agents Child Rights Convention etc Initiating Change Processes focusing The Best Interest of the Child

8. Results

9. Impact and dissemination seminar Bangkok, January 2009 Report: Wickenberg et al (2009) Taking Children’s Rights seriously

10. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Results (indicators) at local level Provision (e.g. access to education and food) Protection (e.g. banning corporal punishment) Participation (e.g.children’s voices, CRC- clubs, School Councils)

11. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Provision

12. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Provision

13. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Protection

14. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden

15. Participation

16. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Participation

17. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Vietnam, 4 April, 2007 Reflections Participation

18. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Participation

19. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Participation

20. Lund University / Faculty of Social Science / Sweden Participation

21. Vertical primary dissemination to the provincial (district) level from the local level

22. Horizontal secondary dissemination on the provincial (district) level

23. Lessons learned Networking Commitment Giving and gaining in a global atmosphere Learning process in several phases Various input during the program Deeply rooted locally Use of CRC a a tool for change

24. Research project: Implementing the Child Rights Convention as Legal Empowerment of the Poor. Norms Processes in Education as Means for Change Research Question: What factors are needed for effective implementation at different levels?

25. Expected results  Design of a system for evaluation and monitoring of development results  Development of assessment tools including children as informants  Increase of capacity building (in cooperation with Zambia and India)