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For each child, training.
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Background: The Education System in Guinea-Bissau is guided by legal guidelines and coverage paperwork resembling Basic Education Law of 2011 and the Education Sector Plan 20217-2025, which articulate training as human proper, obligatory and free at the major training stage. Though there was a rise in complete enrolment for all ranges of formal training, entry to common major training stays unfulfilled with 27.7 per cent of kids out-of-school (MIC 2018-2019). Similarly, the high quality of training and studying outcomes are very low owing to scarcity of certified academics, instructing and studying supplies and non-conducive studying setting. This contributes to an especially low major college conclusion price of 27 per cent (MICS2018-219), which a 2023 GPE report discovered was the lowest in the world. The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is a partnership and mobilizes and delivers funding to international locations most in want of training help to remodel their training system. GPE’s purpose is to speed up entry, studying outcomes and gender equality via equitable, inclusive, and resilient training methods match for the twenty first century. Guinea-Bissau’s Partnership Compact has been permitted by the GPE in November 2024. Based on the findings of the Enabling Factors Analysis, the partnership compact has articulated the common training sector precedence reform as making certain that each one kids have entry to high quality fundamental training, with an emphasis on all kids finishing fundamental training with the essential fundamental expertise, strengthening the preparation of academics and the administration of the training system. The transformative thrust of this precedence reform is on enhancing entry and retention of college students and reducing grade repetition so that each one kids efficiently full grade 6. The end result areas recognized in the Compact and endorsed by Local Education Group (LEG) are:
The STG is meant to help the implementation of these precedence reforms that the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Research (MENESIC) and its improvement companions have agreed upon, as set out in the Partnership Compact. Under the GPE 2025 strategic plan, Guinea-Bissau is eligible for the STG of $5.71 million. The major objective of this grant is to help the nation in reworking its training system by making centered, evidence-based investments in applications that unblock system bottlenecks. MENESIC, with help from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) performing as a Grant Agent (GA) for the STG, is at the moment growing the grant application and associated paperwork to entry Guinea-Bissau’s permitted indicative allocation for common GPE system transformation grant in accordance with the strategic parameters for GPE help. |
How are you able to make a difference?
By main the improvement of Global Partnership for Education’s System Transformation (STG) application bundle for Guinea-Bissau in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Scientific Investigation (MENESIC) in session with the Education companions.
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Purpose of the Assignment: UNICEF is searching for a person short-term guide to help MENESIC and UNICEF in stakeholders’ engagement and the well timed preparation, improvement, and finalization of the required high-quality Grant Application Package (Programme Outline, Programme Documents, Budget, and related annexes) to entry Guinea-Bissau’s permitted indicative system transformation grant (STG) allocation of $5.71 million in accordance with the strategic parameters for GPE help. The Grant Application Package improvement course of would require intensive engagement, with a variety of stakeholders, together with companions, related training stakeholders and personal sector in Guinea-Bissau, via the LEG, for inputs to make sure the required shared consensus and joint programme possession. The guide is predicted to work with a nationwide guide commissioned to facilitate nationwide and sub-national stakeholder consultations and the technical job crew comprised of MENESIC, improvement companions, Civil Society Organizations, and different key stakeholders.
Finalize the Grant Application Packages utilizing templates offered by GPE and with enter from UNICEF and implementing companions, MENESIC, the GPE Coordinating Agency in Guinea-Bissau and the LEG for submission to the GPE Secretariat on/or earlier than May 31st, 2024. Deliverables: (1) Work Assignment #1, supply deadline 20 days, fee schedule 20% of complete charges.
(2) Work Assignment #2, supply deadline 45 days, fee schedule 45% of complete charges.
(3) Work Assignment #3, supply deadline 22 days, fee schedule 35% of complete charges.
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To qualify as an advocate for each child you’ll have…
- An superior college diploma (grasp’s or increased) in Education, Economics, Social Sciences, or one other related area.
- Demonstrated technical experience in efficiently growing high-value functions for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) grants.
- Sound information of GPE pointers and processes.
- Extensive expertise on training programming, planning, and policymaking processes in the public sector or authorities.
- A minimal of eight (8) years’ expertise working in a improvement context.
- Ability to interact and work with a range of stakeholders (Government, improvement companions, civil society, oblique and direct program/mission beneficiaries).
- Analytical, with good pc and knowledge evaluation expertise.
- Familiarity with the Guinea-Bissau training context or related fragile or low and middle-income international locations.
- Experience of working in a UN group is fascinating.
- Fluency in English or French is required. Knowledge Portuguese or an area language is an asset.
With their application, candidates are kindly requested to submit the following:
- A canopy letter
- A CV/resume (together with the quantity of profitable GPE grant functions/programme paperwork developed)
- Copy of highest diploma
- A technical proposal
- An all-inclusive monetary proposal (together with charges,
For each Child, you exhibit…
UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS).
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Remarks:
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International Consultant for the Development of Guinea-Bissau’s System Transformation Grant proposal, Guinea-Bissau (87 working days)
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