Learning Resources
As part of Education Out Loud’s learning effort to strengthen civil society capacity, Education Out Loud supports the production and dissemination of several learning products and learning resources. See below for an overview of published Studies & Research, Tools, Policy Briefs, and Best Practice cases.
IDS Action Research: Advocacy in Fragile Contexts.
The video is produced by the Global Learning Partner, Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex and is also available in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
How civil society organisations transform education systems through social accountability. Lessons shared by five OC2 grantees.
This video is produced by learning partner MS-TCDC and also available with French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
- Mapping of the status of Education for Sustainable Development in Togo, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Madagascar by French National Education Coalition, 2025. The mapping study was part of the learning collaborative on Education for Sustainable Development.
- EOL Contribution to Right to Education Policy Changes and its Impact on the Right to Education in Practice by Dr. Peshal Khanal, 2024.
See also article: Education Out Loud Contribution to Education Policy Changes - Systematization study on social accountability mechanisms implemented by OC2 grantees in Asia Pacific. By PRIA International, 2024, including three OC2 case stories on I-SAPS -Pakistan, CYAN – Philippines, IID – Bangladesh.
See also article: Can social accountability mechanisms enable inclusive, equitable, and quality education? - Assessment of EOL efforts in promoting a Learning Culture, Learning Exchange and Capacity Building efforts among EOL grantees in Asia Pacific, by MDF Asia, 2024. The study is helping improving the Education Out Loud learning efforts.
- Assessment of EOL efforts in promoting a Learning Culture, Learning Exchange and Capacity Building efforts among EOL grantees in West and Central Africa, by MDF West Africa Ltd., 2024. The study is helping improving the Education Out Loud learning efforts.
See article: The impact of learning supported by Education Out Loud in West & Central Africa - Assessment of EOL learning initiatives and adaptive management aimed at organisations receiving funding from EOL in Latin America and the Caribbean by FLACSO Argentina, 2023.
- Study on application of Adaptive Management in EOL project implementation in the Horn, Eastern and Southern Africa by Arab Network for Civic Education (ANHRE), 2022. The study helped shape the Adaptive Management guidelines in Education Out Loud.
See article: New study assesses the application and use of adaptive management in Education Out Loud - Diversity and Inclusion in Education Policy Advocacy work in the Horn, Eastern and Southern African region by MS TCDC, 2023. The study was used as a baseline to design a learning collaborative on inclusive education.
- Study on key relevant transnational policy spaces, tactics and strategies for CSOs participation in Transnational education policy Advocacy in the Horn, East, Southern African Region by Arab Network for Civic Education (ANHRE), 2022.
- Civil society and national education policy: a literature review by Abrehet Gebremedhin, Felipe J. Hevia, and Naomi Hossain, Accountability Research Center, American University, 2023. This review provides an analytical overview of the role played by civil society in education policy.
- Education Out Loud Policy Guidance Note on Inclusion and Gender Equality, 2023. This guidance note was developed to provide a framework for how the Education Out Loud programme works with inclusion and gender issues. It provides a succinct overview to how inclusion and gender concepts are operationalised in EOL in support of the significant role of civil society in advancing these agendas.
See article: Leaving No One Behind: How EOL Approaches Inclusion and Gender Equality - Adaptive Management in Education Out Loud – Principles & Processes by Education Out Loud, 2025. Short guide on promoting adaptive practices among CSOs and in Education Out Loud. Also available in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
See article: Education Out Loud offers a new guide to promote adaptive practices among civil society organisations - Learning in Education Out Loud – Why? What? How? The publication by Education Out Loud, 2023, explains how EOL works with learning and capacity development with civil society grantees. Available in French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Arabic.
See article: www.educationoutloud.org/learning/ - Six Guides for more inclusive and sustainable National Education Coalitions, 2024. The Guides were produced by The Brazilian Campaign for the Right to Education, that is facilitating the learning collaborative of Portuguese-speaking National Education Coalitions.
- Guide 1: Theory of Change Guide 2: Institutional Development Guide 3: Production of Spotlight Reports Guide 4: Institutional mobilisation of members Guide 5: Advocacy
The Guides area also available in Portuguese. See article with links here: www.ducationoutloud.org/knowledge/shaping-education-future-key-learnings-education-coalitions-portuguese-speaking-countries/ - Inclusive Education Modules: Three self-paced training courses on Moodle by the learning partner, Christian Blind Mission, 2025 (links to come):
- 1)Monitoring Inclusive Education 2) Supporting teaching and teacher development for inclusion 3) Designing, planning and budgeting for Inclusive Education.
- The role of civil society in national education policy in the global South: an annotated bibliography compiled by Madeline Martinez, Accountability Research Center, American University, 2023. This bibliography takes stock of the evidence about how civic action has shaped education policy.
- Video: Exploring education advocacy in challenging contexts of conflict and closing civic space, by Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, 2024. Video (23 min) in original English version, and in versions with French, Portuguese and Spanish subtitles. In the video civil society actors, who participated in an action research process, share key learnings with the aim of informing other practitioners
- Exploring education advocacy in challenging contexts of conflict and closing civic space: Discussion Guide for use with video. 2024. Institute of Development Studies (IDS) developed this guide to support grantees and others in using the video with the same title effectively to share learning from the action research process with others.
- Action Research on Education Out Loud advocacy in challenging contexts: Process Note by Rosie McGee and Colin Anderson, Institute of Development Studies, 2024. This note, developed by a Global Learning Partner, provides practical guidance on how to conduct action research in partnerships with civil society organisations.
- ICT tools for improving transparency and accountability in education, 2024. An interactive map by UNESCO-IIEP, an EOL Global Learning Partner. The map showcases country-specific initiatives of how ICT tools have been put to use to strengthen accountability.
- Webinar (FRE) Open School Data, October 2023 (recording), by UNESCO-IIEP. An introduction to the use of Open School Data in education advocacy.
- Webinar (ENG) Open School Data, Apr 2023 (recording), by UNESCO-IIEP. An introduction to the use of Open School Data in education advocacy.
- Three course modules 2024 by MDF & ACER, an EOL Global Learning Partner, which are made available on the Learning Hub of the Global Campaign for Education. The modules for self-paced learning cover three topics relevant for civil society advocates in education: Using action research to strengthen your advocacy and policy-influencing; Enhance your advocacy programme with the Social Change Matrix; and good practices of citizen-led advocacy in different contexts.
- The Role of Civil Society in National Education Policy in the Global South. Accountability Brief 2024 by Abrehet Gebremedhin and Naomi Hossain, Accountability Research Center, American University.
- Rethinking Reform: The Role of Teachers’ Unions in Education Advocacy in Zimbabwe. Accountability Brief 2024 by Abrehet Gebremedhin and Clemence Tauya Nhliziyo, Accountability Research Center, American University.
- Bangladesh’s New Generation of Youth-Led Education Civil Society: Prospects for Reinvigorating Education Reform. Accountability Brief by Naomi Hossain and Rafsanul Hoque, Accountability Research Center, American University, 2024.
- Video: How civil society organisations transform education systems through social accountability by MS-TCDC, 2025. Five OC2 grantees – civil society alliances in Africa share key learnings and insights from their work with social accountability mechanisms. Available with French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
See also article from the learning event in Tanzania in 2025. - Transforming Education Systems through Social Accountability – Publication from the Learning and Experience Exchange of five OC2 grantees in Asia Pacific in august 2024. By Education Out Loud
See article: Learning and Sharing Experiences by CSOs - Best Practice on CSO engagement on Early Childhood Development and Education legislation and policies through implementation of the Transnational Network Advocacy Capacity (TRANAC) project (OC3) in the Southern Africa Region, documented by MS TCDC, 2022.
- Best Practice on how to ensure continuation of education during conflict, documented by GRADE, Niger – former OC3 grantee in Benin, 2023. The learning product was a result of the Learning Collaborative on Education in Emergencies in West& Central Africa facilitated by Dr. Bana Barka, INEE focal point.
- Best Practice on advocacy strategies to influence policy on school re-entry for pregnant girls and adolescent mothers in Tanzania by TEN/MET (Tanzanian Education Network), 2023. The best practice takes us through strategies and adaptive approaches in influencing and succeeding in changing this policy for the benefit of pregnant girls and adolescent mothers that would otherwise lose out on education.
- Webinar (recording): The Role of Civil Society in National Education Policy in the Global South by Accountability Research Center (ARC), 2024. An expert panel discusses the role of social movements in knowledge-making, south-south partnerships of CSOs to promote learning outcomes, transnational support for national education coalitions, and the experiences of grassroots organizing in shrinking civic spaces.
- Education Out Loud Case Study: Institute of Informatics and Development (IID) supported by MDF&ACER, 2024. The case study documents civil society advocacy and policy influencing in Bangladesh and how these efforts impacted education policy.
- Education Out Loud Case Study: GEAR Alliance supported by MDF&ACER, 2024. The case study documents civil society advocacy and policy influencing in a transnational setting in East Africa.
- Education Out Loud Case Study: School for Life supported by MDF&ACER, 2024. The case study documents civil society advocacy and policy influencing I Ghana.
- PlanED Episode 7: Participatory educational planning with civil society organizations, Podcast by UNESCO-IIEP, 2025, with experts and education advocates presenting their experiences and insights on how to influence education planning.
- PlanED Episode 8: Redefining citizen-government boundaries in educational planning, Podcast by UNESCO-IIEP, 2025, with experts and government and civil society representatives presenting their views on effective collaboration in education planning.
- PlanED Episode 9: Using digital tools to track educational progress and planning, Podcast by UNESCO-IIEP, 2025, with experts and practitioners presenting how digital tools can strengthen education monitoring and planning.
- BLOG on GPE website Nepal: Civil society advances education funding through tax justice and debt relief advocacy By Suchi Pande, Accountability Research Center, American University, November 2024
- BLOG on GPE website Education really is For All: The important but invisible successes of civil society activism By Naomi Hossain, Felipe J. Hevia, and Abrehet Gebremedhin, Accountability Research Center, American University, 2024.
- BLOG on GPE website Advocating for education in challenging contexts: Lessons from practitioners By Rosie McGee, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), September 2024
- BLOG on GPE website From Samoa to Somalia: How civil society organizations transform education, by Muriel Poisson, UNESCO-IIEP, July 2024
- BLOG on GPE website Strengthening advocacy organizations through self-reflection and research, by Alexander Towne, ACER UK, September 2024
- BLOG on UNESCO-IIEP’s homepage: Civil society: A key voice in tackling corruption in education | International Institute for Educational Planning, 2023.
- BLOG on UNESCO-IIEP’s homepage Empowering civil society to fight against corruption in education | International Institute for Educational Planning, 2024.
- Text from MDF’s homepage: MDF | Advancing Education Advocacy: The EOL Initiative’s Journey with MDF and ACER, 2024.