Armenia (2005-2007) Training of Members of Subject Syllabi Developing Working Groups and Assisting them in the Development of Subject Syllabi (World Bank)

This is a programme of Technical Assistance to support the reform of the curriculum by assisting national working groups. The CfBT team is assisting the local working groups in the revision of the syllabi for maths, the sciences, geography, English and the local language.

Bulgaria (2006 on-going) Support to Develop a Methodology for a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Inclusive Education in Bulgaria (Save the Children UK)

CfBT is in the process of supporting the Save the Children Bulgarian office and in-country team of consultants in designing a methodology for a comparative study on the costs and benefits of inclusive versus exclusive education in Bulgaria.

Cambodia (2004-2008) Targeted EC Support to Pro-Poor Basic Education Reforms in Cambodia: Institutional Support and Technical Assistance (EU)

The aim of this programme of technical assistance is to facilitate the management of the EC targeted budget support within the rolling Education Sector Strategic Planning (ESSP) process whilst contributing to the on-going development of inter-ministerial and donor partnerships and building the capacity of the Ministry of Education to implement the ESSP in a prioritised manner in line with the Education for All National Plan.

Kenya (2005 on-going) Technical Support to the Expansion of the Post-Primary Education Sector (DFID)

This assistance has involved inputs such as assessing the constraints to expanding non-state participation by accredited private providers; evaluating possible approaches to promoting growth in non-state provision and the implications of such approaches for equity and for unit costs; and making recommendations as to how an overall support scheme or package of schemes could be managed.

Macedonia (2005-2008) Education Modernisation Project: Technical Assistance for School Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and School Improvement Grants

The aim of this programme of Technical Assistance is to support the introduction of school planning and to raise the standards of teaching and learning by operating a system of school improvement grants. The focus is on: whole school professional development, teaching aids, developing strategies for increasing attendance and completion rates, reducing inequalities between genders and ethnic communities, supporting initiatives with parents and the community, school networking (‘cluster development’) and support to other schools, establishing School Improvement Action Groups (SIAG), and putting in place a monitoring and evaluation system to ensure the system is effective.

Namibia (2005-2007) Long-Term Technical Assistance for Advisory Support to HIV and AIDS Management Unit (HAMU) of the Education Sector (EU)

The consultant's focus is the provision of technical and managerial advice to develop and strengthen the institutional and management capacity of the Ministry of Education's HIV and AIDS Management Unit (HAMU) in order to enable it to fulfil its objectives effectively and efficiently. The consultant is developing and coordinating relevant policies and programmes; ensuring that monitoring and evaluation systems are in place for all HAMU activities and identifying capacity building needs.

 

Somalia (2006-2008) Support to Improved Education Programme, Somaliland (Danida)

The overall objective of the programme is to enhance government capacity for education sector development and coordination. The programme focuses on the areas of policy and planning, sector financing, partnership and longer-term capacity planning, and has separate components which are strengthening Ministry involvement in primary education for disadvantaged groups and in secondary teacher education.

Somalia (2003-2007) Strengthening Teacher Education in the Public Sector (Danida)

Professional support, trainer training, physical upgrading to buildings and provision of books to Amoud University (Somaliland) for the delivery of a secondary teacher training programme for teachers from Somaliland and Puntland. The project has also provided financial support to trainees and will provide in-service refresher training for graduates of the programme.