National Coalition
Senegal - COSYDEP
www.cosydep.org

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Member Organisations
La C.O.SY.D.E.P. (Coalition des Organisations en SYnergie pour la Défense de l'Education Publique) qui coordonne l’activité au Sénégal, Aide Action, Action Aid/ Sénégal, Congad, PLAN, Saes, Save the Children Suéde, Unesco, Uden, UNICEF, Sudes, Ministère de l’Education, Fenapes, ENDA, Ois, FAWE, CNEPSCOFI, SNEEL, SNEMS, UES, SAEMSS, AFA, SCEMES, ODELS, JED, GCAP, ADEPT, RADDHO, Forum Civil.

What happened in Action Week 2009?
This year for Action Week, CCF-Senegal organized activities under the theme, “Literacy for Youth and Adults: Training throughout Life.” At the start of the afternoon-held event, emphasis was placed on the virtues of literacy in general and reading in particular. Students, teachers, and parents gathered together to hold a public reading session, followed by a question and answer session. Afterwards, four students from each school were elected as the best readers among
their peers.

Furthermore, in keeping with the theme, adults also participated in the event by reading works in their national languages of Serere and Wolof. Readers were rewarded for their strong and articulate oral reading skills. The event helped participants and the schools become more aware of the importance of being literate, and gave the audience a better taste for reading.

The Big Read session took place on 22nd April and a roundtable on literacy and non-formal education convened representatives from national establishments, technical and financial partners, civil society networks and organizations and members of the media. Recommendations arising from these discussions formed a memorandum that was sent to the Government of Senegal.

What happened in Action Week 2008?
In Senegal, Politicians went back to school in four regions. The regions are Dakar, Kaolack, Diourbel and Louga. MPs, opinion leaders and celebrities attended the events.

The World's Biggest Lesson took place in four schools and messages and testimonies were collected. Two testimonies were given to show both sides of the spectrum, one by a child and the other by a 60 year-old.

There was a specially televised documentary on quality education. Children delivered messages and testimonies about education to political leaders and celebrities. The organisers also launched a "Policy review of inclusive and special education in Senegal".

What happened in Action Week 2007?

Beside the cross-boarder chain with the Gambia, another big JOIN UP chain event took place in Sokone.

The campaign got lots of attention thanks to the popular comedian Saanex and musician M. Falou Dieng who called upon the government to spend more on education.

After a busy week the Minister of Education responded to campaigners queries on the education budget in the national media.