Some examples of learning activities in EOL apart from the mentioned Learning Collaboratives that meet regularly (non-exhaustive list):

• Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Action Research: Advocacy in Fragile Contexts.
  EOL grantees engaged in action research and participants share experiences and learnings on how to influence education policy and planning in contexts challenged by conflict, fragility and shrinking space.
• International Institute for Education Planning (UNESCO-IIEP): EOL learning initiatives with reference and materials from online courses and webinars in English and in French.
  IIEP has custom made learning processes for EOL grantees in order to strengthen transparency and accountability in education, including promotion of the use of open data and open government in education planning.        
• MDF&ACER: Action and Policy Influencing (API) course modules on Learning Hub platform of Global Campaign for Education. Through a targeted learning process with three EOL grantees, MDF&ACER have developed online learning modules on how civil society can strengthen their advocacy and policy influencing skills.

Examples of training:

• Theory of Change and Adaptive Management Guidance for EOL practitioners by Maureen O’Flynn and Nicola Nixon.
• Training in Documentation, Communication Skills, Media, Visibility and Branding Training. 
• Training in Safeguarding – what is Safeguarding and how to put up systems within civil society organisations.
• Action research for learning from project experiences for grantees in Horn East and Southern Africa.
• Social Enterprise for NGOs – a sustainability option? – for National Education Coalitions in Horn East and Southern Africa.
• Transnational advocacy and building regional alliances  - sharing experiences of a learning collaborative in Horn East and Southern Africa.
• Training in Measuring Policy advocacy Outcomes/Changes, West and Central Africa.

Other relevant Learning Tools for CSOs:  

• Building the Technical Capacity of Civil Society Organisations to leverage GPE opportunities at national and global levels. This handbook by the Global Campaign for Education provides conceptual and policy guidance for coalitions to leverage key GPE opportunities to engage. It focuses on education financing at the country-level, stressing how coalitions can influence key decision-making processes, the partnership Compact and the ITAP assessment.
• The Change Triangle – an integrated model to strengthening advocacy in the global south through thematic competences and organisational capacity by Fagligt Fokus.

Studies & Research

By the Global Learning Partner, Accountability Research Centre:

• The Role of Civil Society in National Education Policy in the Global South: an accountability brief
  The Brief reflects on the diverse ways that civic action shapes education policy, from the work of CSOs and youth-led organizations to hold governments accountable for making progress towards education for all, to the growing influence of right-wing and corporate-backed movements. The brief presents three takeaways on experiences of civil society engagement in national education policy, spotlighting areas for further exploration and reflection.  
• The role of civil society in national education policy in the global South: an annotated bibliography
  The annotated bibliography covers over 315 references and abstracts spanning the literature on the role of civil society in national education policy and identifying major themes such as governance and accountability, social and gender inequality, information-based advocacy and curricular reform, conflict, climate change and COVID-19, among others. 
• Civil society and education policy: a literature review
  The literature review offers an analytical overview of the role played by civil society in national education policy, takes stock of the evidence about how civic action has shaped education policy in the past, and looks at the possible impacts on national education policymaking should the space for civil society advocacy on education be restricted in the future.

By the Global Learning Partner, Institute of Development Studies (IDS):

• Video from IDS Action Research: Advocacy in Fragile Contexts with discussion notes.
  EOL grantees participated in an action research and participants share experiences and learnings on how to influence education policy and planning in contexts challenged by conflict, fragility and shrinking space.

The video is also available in Spanish, French, and Portugese.

Regional Studies/Research:

• Success stories on CSO engagement in Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) legislation and policies through implementation of the Transnational Network Advocacy Capacity (TRANAC) project in the SADC region by the Regional Learning Partner, MS-TCDC. 
• Success story on evidence in policy influence - A case of re-entry policy in Tanzania by the Regional Learning Partner Restless Development 
• Review of EOL Regional Management Unit and grantees’ understanding and use of Adaptive Management in Horn, East and Southern Africa by the Regional Learning Partner, Arab Network for Civic Education (ANHRE) and in Latin America and the Caribbean respectively.
• Review of EOL Learning Efforts in Asia Pacific and in West and Central Africa respectively.
• EOL Contribution to Right to Education Policy Changes and its Impact in Asia Pacific.
• Social Accountability Mechanisms tested, established, or strengthened by grantees in EOL - Asia Pacific.