What is Association of Development of Education in Africa?
The Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA) is first and foremost a forum for policy dialogue. Created in 1988, it was initially set up as a framework for better coordination among development agencies. Twenty years after it was founded, ADEA has come to represent a genuine partnership between African education and training ministries in sub-Saharan Africa and their technical and external partners. It has also developed into a network of policy-makers, educators and researchers, and, based on its capacity to foster policy dialogue, a catalyst for educational reform. It is recognized today as being a major actor in the processes of dialogue, sharing and learning for qualitative change in education aimed at promoting Africas development. This status serves ADEAs mission to act as a catalyst for promising policies and practices through the pooling of ideas, experience, lessons learned and knowledge.
