Convenor:
The involvement of local and non-state actors in community-level
change has long been an important means of development. This
sub-theme will explore various aspects of civil society and
grassroots action in education and development, and its impact on
local and national policy-making in order to better understand the
parameters of the ability to deliver and facilitate progress at
local levels. Topics of interest could include:
- the interaction between policy and strategy in local-level
education and development
- the influence of local perspectives on national policy
formulation and/or implementation
- the influence of local language, culture and/or ethnicity on
programme effectiveness
- education and development at the local level: what does
progress look like, and who decides?
- the limits of the local: the role of the state in supporting
grassroots endeavours in education and development.