The Lebanese Coalition for Education for All was established in March 2009 upon an initiative by the Masqoni project for popular education, comprising 93 Lebanese and Palestinian organization. The coalition aims to raise the awareness on the importance of prioritizing education in Lebanon by accurately diagnosing the status of education in Lebanon and the challenges it faces and promote constructive dialogue with officials, private sector and international organizations (particularly the UNRWA).

The Lebanese coalition also aims to activate the role of the civil society and consolidate their different efforts to achieve a number of goals that intersect with the EFA goals, most importantly: enable all children by 2015 to access free, compulsory and quality primary education, justice in access to education for all, decrease the illiteracy rate by 50% in all countries, eliminate gender disparities at all educational levels, improve “qualityâ€‌ aspects of education and basic life skills, promote civil society movements to hold governments accountable for achieving EFA goals and provide the necessary financial resources to achieve all these goals.

Contact info

Coalition Coordinator:Elsy Wakeel

Phone:+9611752387

Mobile:+9613283703

Email:wakilelsy@hotmail.com;

epep@dm.net.lb