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EFA Goal Three: Promoting Life Skills and Lifelong Learning 454.10International PartnershipsAs in the other EFA goals, countries see international agencies playing an importantrole through funding, giving advisory services, technical assistance, training andcapacity-building.International agencies can also take the lead in the development of a systematicassessment tool like DevInfo and introduce countries to new innovative ideas andpractices. UNESCO’s assistance in a regional assessment was also singled-out.Participants also noted that whatever commitments are made, it must be followedthrough. Education planners from South-East Asia also emphasized that agencies cangive advisory services but countries must have the final say.Proposed Life Skills Indicators from Education StatisticiansParticipants agreed that life skills indicators should be clearly defined – whether they will becompetency-based or performance-based – and explained how they will be disaggregated.Education statisticians from South-East Asia also proposed the following indicators for lifeskills:● Number of programmes by type● Number of learners● Number of teachers● Type of programmes● Duration● Certified or non-certified (Level and type of certification)● Number of teachers, instructors, trainers on life skill programmes● Providers and organizers of the programmes● External efficiency (job opportunities) by conducting survey, especially for technicaland vocation training● Data for teaching learning facilities● Type of delivery● Disaggregated by rural/urban, age, gender● Resource allocation● Are life skills in the curriculum?● How many communities are involved in life skills programmes?They also suggested that life skills indicators also cover functional literacy, computer literacy,ability to use a second language, and literacy in terms of an international language.Education for All: Reaching the Unreached