- Low level of the national education budget in financing non-formal education : in 2005, out of the national education budget, 60% were allocated to basic education with only 1% for non-formal education ; - The lack of understanding by the department of Education of information on some investment funds allocated for NFE apart from its budget ; - The lack of resources on the part of some local authorities to take care of non-formal education due to difficulties in collecting taxes and levies and also finding partners. 275. It is a fact that Mali has embarked on Education for All (EFA) which, among others, aims at improving the level of literacy of adults by at least 50%, in particular of women by 2015, while the figure was 29.6% in 2002. It is therefore imperative to establish a reference framework to enable all the problems in the sub-sector to be addressed, thus the development of the document, the successful implementation of which is related, among others to some factors which are its trump card: - the effective implementation of texts relating to educational decentralisation ; - the existence of a linguistic development policy taking mostly into account the status of national languages, the accreditation of acquisitions of national languages (certification, , degrees, approvals…) ; - the agreement of the population with the said policy. 276. As part of the implementation of the NFE, the following steps must be taken: - mobilisation of resources, particularly, allocation of 3% of the education budget to nonformal education; - capacity building; - infrastructural development and equipment; - partnership development; - programme development and innovation; - development of research action; - development and strengthening of the literate environment; - establishment and operationalisation of a monitoring-evaluation mechanism. 277. The challenges to be addressed in the education sector consist of improving enrolment in the area of access, quality, retention and completion by laying much emphasis on the issue of girls and the management of human and financial resources at the decentralised level. B. The right to take part in cultural activities 278. The State of Mali, through the Ministry of Culture which was established in 2000, ensures: - the promotion and development of a culture rooted in the values of the Malian society and 58