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UNICEF in Vientiane, Lao PDR is trying for an International Consultant to assist MoES to develop its Digital Education Action Plan. The length of this task is 11.5 months, beginning as quickly as doable. The guide is predicted be based mostly primarily in Laos and work primarily on the MoES ICT Centre in Lao PDR for the length of the task.  

Summary of key features/accountabilities:

The guide will present direct assist to the MoES ICT Centre and the MoES Department of Planning to determine a costed five-year motion plan (2026-2030) to accompany the just lately endorsed MoES 10-year Digital Strategy for Education (2025-2035). The Digital Education Action Plan ought to lengthen throughout the 9 schooling sub-sectors recognized within the Education and Sports Sector Development Plan (2021-2025).[1] This would require working inside the ICT Centre of MoES for the length of the task (i.e. based totally in Laos) with the assist of a nationwide guide and in coordination with the MoES Digital Transformation Committee.[2] Exact duties embody:

Stage 1: Kick-off Meetings and Inception Report

• The guide will begin with a kick-off assembly with the MoES ICT Centre, the Department of Planning, the MoES Digital Transformation Committee and UNICEF to set expectations and description the strategy. Insights from this assembly can be used to form the inception report.
• To additional develop the inception report, the guide ought to study key laws, technique and coverage paperwork in addition to the Digital Strategy for Education and its accompanying state of affairs evaluation.
• Preliminary assembly with the 9 sub-sectors supported by the Digital Transformation Committee.
• The inception report will element the guide’s technique for making a five-year Digital Education Action Plan for Laos. It will define the methodology for every activity, the info sources, a listing of really useful stakeholders and paperwork to assessment, and a complete work plan with a transparent timeline. The report shouldn’t exceed 20 pages, excluding annexes. It can be distributed to the MoES Digital Transformation Committee and UNICEF for assessment.

Stage 2: Situational evaluation on ICT in Education in Laos

• Based on the ICT in Education Strategy, the guide will develop a tailor-made state of affairs evaluation[3] which appears to be like on the 4 precedence areas recognized inside the technique (on Digital Access, Digital Skills, Digital Information and Digital Learning) for every of the 9 sub-sectors. This will contain interview with key stakeholders from the MoES, the Ministry of Technology and Communications, improvement companions, the non-public sector, significantly Internet Service Providers, and different related organizations in addition to evaluation of key experiences and analysis to develop an up to date, extra tailor-made evaluation of the present state of ICT in Education in Laos. In addition, the guide will interview academics, mother and father/caregivers, and college students. This requires journey to the provinces exterior of Vientiane capital.
• A state of affairs evaluation of the 4 precedence areas ought to spotlight alternatives, challenges, and suggestions for the costed five-year Digital Education Action Plan and must be offered to UNICEF and the MoES Digital Transformation Committee. It shouldn’t exceed 30 pages, excluding annexes.

Stage 3: Consultation Workshops

• The guide will work carefully with MoES and UNICEF to arrange a sequence of 2-3 workshops[4] with the MoES Digital Transformation Committee and different key actors from throughout sub-sectors and on the nationwide and sub-national ranges (e.g., instructor coaching institutes, associated ministries, non-public sector representatives). Based on the state of affairs evaluation, the workshops will serve to assemble inputs from throughout the schooling sub-sectors to the 4 precedence areas which kind the premise of the Digital Education Action Plan. 
• Prior to the workshops, the guide ought to put together a set of slides overlaying the workshop agenda and a high-level define for the five-year Action Plan. These slides will information workshop dialogue and must be shared with and reviewed by UNICEF and MoES upfront of the workshop. Incorporating interactive components (e.g. dialogue prompts, polls, or actual time surveys) within the slides is strongly really useful.

Stage 4: Develop First Draft of the Digital Education Action Plan

• Building on the situational evaluation and workshops, the guide will create a draft five-year Digital Education Action Plan. This draft ought to concentrate on the 4 precedence areas of the technique (digital entry, digital expertise, digital info and digital studying) and may embody (tough) price estimates for implementation throughout the sub-sectors.
• The draft Action Plan must be submitted and offered to the MoES Digital Transformation Committee, UNICEF and the Education Sector Working Group and/or its related Focal Groups in addition to non-public sector representatives and related line ministries for suggestions. The Action Plan may additionally be circulated for feedback.
• Feedback from this stage can be used to refine and improve the draft in preparation for a second draft.

Stage 5: Presentation of a Second Draft of the Digital Education Action Plan

• Feedback collected throughout Stage 4 must be used to tell the event of a refined second draft of the ICT in Education Strategy Action Plan.
• The revised second draft must be resubmitted to MoES and UNICEF along with a set of slides summarizing the content material of the five-year Digital Education Action Plan for presentation to MoES, related line ministries, improvement companions, the non-public sector and different related organizations in addition to to a illustration of sub-national authorities, principals, academics and faculty communities.
• The presentation of the second draft of the Action Plan could also be carried out throughout 2-3 separate conferences and/or require circulation to accommodate the engagement of various stakeholder teams.

Stage 6: Finalization of the Digital Education Action Plan

• Feedback from the second spherical of consultations must be used to develop a penultimate draft of the Digital Education Action Plan for submission to MoES and UNICEF.
• This penultimate draft ought to endure an extra, ultimate assessment course of, involving circulation and engagement of key stakeholders throughout 2-3 conferences.
• This will contain the incorporation of ultimate suggestions obtained to supply the ultimate costed Digital Education Action Plan which can be submitted for official endorsement by MoES.

This work would require not less than not less than 120 days in nation working carefully with the MoES ICT Centre within the improvement of the Action Plan. At least 20 days of discipline visits/journey exterior of Vientiane however inside Laos must also be anticipated.

To qualify as an advocate for each child you should have…

Knowledge and expertise:

• Advanced diploma in schooling, public coverage, info know-how, statistics, or different related discipline. In lieu of a selected tutorial diploma, related expertise could also be thought-about to satisfy this requirement.
• At least 10 years {of professional} work expertise in ICT in Education corresponding to ICT in schooling coverage improvement, digital infrastructure improvement, digital studying and digital studying platforms, ICT in instructor schooling, studying and data administration techniques, ideally in Southeast Asia.
• Excellent communication skills, in each written and oral kinds. Consultant must be comfortable in displays and conferences with D-level (UN) or C-level (non-public sector) executives.
• Demonstrated capability and expertise in coordination, and capable of work underneath strain is required.
• Fluency in English is a requirement.

Submission of functions:

Interested candidates are kindly requested to apply and add the next paperwork:

• Letter of Interest (cowl letter)
• CV or Resume
• Performance analysis experiences or references of comparable consultancy assignments (if obtainable)
• Financial proposal: All-inclusive lump-sum price, together with journey, lodging price and insurance coverage with Medevac for this task as per work task

Assessment Criteria:

a) Technical Qualification (70 factors)

• Advanced diploma in schooling, public coverage, info know-how, statistics, or different related discipline. In lieu of a selected tutorial diploma, related expertise could also be thought-about to satisfy this requirement (20 factors)
• At least 10 years {of professional} work expertise in ICT in Education corresponding to ICT in Education coverage improvement, digital studying infrastructure, digital studying and digital studying platforms, ICT in instructor schooling, studying and data administration techniques, ideally in Southeast Asia (30 factors)
• Excellent communication skills, in each written and oral kinds. Consultant must be comfortable in displays and conferences with D-level (UN) or C-level (non-public sector) executives
• Demonstrated capability and expertise in coordination, and capable of work underneath strain is required (10 factors)
• Fluency in English is a requirement (10 factors)

b) Financial Proposal (30 factors)

The most variety of factors shall be allotted to the bottom Financial Proposal that’s opened /evaluated and in contrast amongst these technical certified candidates who’ve attained a minimal 50 factors rating within the technical analysis. Other Financial Proposals will obtain factors in inverse proportion to the bottom worth.

The Contract shall be awarded to the candidate acquiring the best mixed technical and monetary scores, topic to the passable results of the verification interview, if required.

Please discover the TOR right here: 

 TOR_Digital Education Action Plan for VA.pdf

Please full the monetary proposal for this task through the use of this template:  Financial Proposal Template-updated Oct 2024.doc

 

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