Consulting Services for the Implementation of the Digitalisation Fund for TVET

Project:

The German Government is supporting the Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education (MoETE) in its effort to increase the relevance of technical education through a Digitalisation Fund. The Digitalisation Fund will support the procurement, development and/or installation of necessary technology including capacity building for TVET schools. The Fund could potentially finance internet connectivity infrastructure, hardware equipment, e-learning tools, education management systems, trainings around IT-skills and other relevant hardware or software (among others). The fund will be set up as a funding pool that will be managed by the MoETE with the support of a digital Implementation Consultant (IC) with the required IT, TVET, administrative and finance expertise

Brief Description of the Contract: The IC shall 

• support and advise the PEA in all aspects related to the preparation, implementation and monitoring of the Project with respect to all technical, financial and organizational aspects

• coordination with other stakeholder (e.g. private sector, other IFIs),

• provide expertise in the overall fund management: This includes 

• development of the Fund’s procedures and their technical implementation and support,

• digital competencies in relevant TVET sectors,

• development of packages for suitable measures (sub-projects) to be financed via the Fund (positive and negative lists),

• development of selection and eligibility criteria and execution of the selection of sub-projects of TVET schools to be financed by the Fund,

• quality assurance of sub-project implementation, 

• selection, design, detailed planning, tendering, contracting, and implementation of accompanying measures for sub-projects in digital capacity building,

• development of a RMMV (Remote Management, Monitoring, and Verification) component incl. selection of appropriate RMMV tools regarding finances, workflow, data rooms, submissions. 

• with regard to the implementation cycle of the respective sub-project to be implemented by a TVET school, development of an operational manual.