ON THE GROUND

We are developing activities to follow up on literacy training so that learners can use their new skills and continue acquiring further knowledge. In the non-formal education sector, Uniterra’s partners also support two major Senegalese networks—la Coordination nationale des opérateurs en alphabétisation du Sénégal (CNOAS) and le Réseau international et solidaire des opérateurs en alphabétisation (RISOA)—in the areas of networking, communications and political dialogue.

OUR PARTNERS IN SENEGAL

Le Réseau international et Solidaire des Opérateurs et Acteurs en Alphabétisation (RISOA)

RISOA’s fundamental mission is to facilitate the sharing of tools and practices among actors in literacy education from both North and South. Its principal activities are: 1) offering support to operators and actors in literacy training through the development and dissemination of innovative experiences in community literacy training and post-literacy training programs tied in with professional training, including innovative experiences in these areas with women; 2) creating a propitious environment for learning; 3) developing networking, advocacy/lobbying and capacities for managing networks; and 4) acting on the national and regional levels on issues related to literacy training. www.risoa.net

Association nationale pour l’alphabétisation et la formation des adultes (ANAFA).

Uniterra has undertaken to accompany ANAFA in its Alphanet pilot project, which tests the capacity of the newly literate to use information and communications technologies in the national languages (Pulaar,Wolof, etc.).

Coordination nationale des opérateurs en alphabétisation du Senegal (CNOAS)

 An organization that coordinates actions on the literacy training issue in Senegal. It is becoming the sector’s principal representative in dealings with the State on literacy-related issues.

DALN (Direction de l’alphabétisation et des langues nationales) is a department of the Ministry of National Languages and the Francophonie.

This is a technical division of the Ministry, which acts in the sector via literacy operators. It is in charge of monitoring training and evaluation programs.

ENDA

Environnement et Développement en Afrique (ENDA-GRAF) works to promote the value of folk knowledge, especially that of women, in order to contribute to capitalizing on women’s best practices. This essentially consists of doing an inventory of these practices and gathering other pertinent data, as well as developing training to equip women in their objective of achieving greater independence.

INSER-TECH

A social enterprise that seeks to reduce the digital divide in Senegal. Inser-tech is in charge of the Program’s information and communications technologies component. The goal is to strengthen the capacities of Uniterra’s partners, as well as develop vocational training for youth and thus facilitate their socio-professional integration.