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Country:

Bulgaria

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Publication Date:

Feb 21, 2008

Funding Agency:

World Bank

Buyer:

Japanese Grant for Preparation of the Social Sectors Institutional Reform Development Policy Loan

Original Language:

English

Address:

Vladimir Nedialkov
1 Dondoukov Blvd.
Sofia 1594
Bulgaria

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/+359 2/ 940 36 12

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/+359 2/ 980 77 07

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80000000 - Education services

Project Name: PHRD Grant for the preparation of the Second Social Sectors Institutional Reform Development Policy Loan (SIR DPL II)
Country: BULGARIA
Project Number: JPN 57777
Report Period: November 2007 – January 2008

Assignment Title: Communications Strategy and Public Outreach on School Consolidation – MES 2
Awarded Firm/Individual: Consortium of SPAN Consultants and PR Point Agency
Address: The Hague, The Netherlands
Contract signature date: 23.01.2008
Method of Procurement/Selection: CQS
Price: US$ 46 800 exclusive of VAT.
Duration: January 25, 2008 continuing through April 4, 2008
Summary scope of contract: This assignment aims to develop a public outreach strategy to communicate the needs and benefits of further consolidation of the school network across municipalities. It therefore aims to contribute to a more conducive environment for further school consolidation in line with the education reform strategy of the Government of Bulgaria supported by the World Bank under the Second Social Sectors Institutional Reform Development Policy Loan (SIR DPL2).

Assignment Title: Designing a Student Loan Scheme – MES 4
Awarded Firm/Individual: Slovak Governance Institute
Address: Bratislava, Slovakia
Contract signature date: 25.01.2008
Method of Procurement/Selection: CQS
Price: US$ 33 700 exclusive of VAT.
Duration: January 28, 2008 through March 30, 2008
Summary scope of contract: The purpose of this assignment is to help design a student loan scheme as a prerequisite for the realization and condition for the improvement of the arranged by the Higher Education Act model of shared financing of higher education and above all in the context of the tendencies of popularization of higher education and the provision of equal access to higher education principle. The main purpose of the model is to provide opportunity for every talented person to acquire higher education in compliance with his/her individual plans, abilities and ambitions regardless of his/her family, social and economic status which responds to the current needs of the Bulgarian higher education system, with the aim of increasing participation rates in higher education in a financially sustainable way while ensuring that high quality secondary graduates are not prevented from accessing higher education because of financial constraints.

Assignment Title: Advising on the use of National Assessment Data for Quality Improvement at the School and Classroom Levels- MES 5
Awarded Firm/Individual: Consortium of SPAN Consultants and PR Point Agency
Address: The Hague, The Netherlands
Contract signature date: 28.01.2008
Method of Procurement/Selection: CQS
Price: US$ 32 700 exclusive of VAT.
Duration: February 11, 2008 through April 13, 2008
Summary scope of contract: This assignment seeks the improvement of the quality of education by building capacity in the education system of Bulgaria to use student performance data for the purposes of informing policy and improving teaching practices.

Assignment Title: Evaluation of the National Program of Education and ICT – MES 6
Awarded Firm/Individual: Education for Change Ltd
Address: London, United Kingdom
Contract signature date: 23.01.2008
Method of Procurement/Selection: CQS
Price: US$ 49 900 exclusive of VAT.
Duration: January 23, 2008 through April 6, 2008
Summary scope of contract: The assignment is to design and conduct an evaluation study of the national strategy of education and ICT, with special emphasis on the level of ICT integration in secondary schools in Bulgaria and the estimation of its impact on the quality of education and on access to education opportunities for disadvantaged social groups. The results of this evaluation should be translated into concrete recommendations for the second national strategy on education and ICT now being developed by MES.

Assignment Title: Policy Framework for Teacher Qualification and Career Development – MES 7
Awarded Firm/Individual: Consortium of SPAN Consultants and PR Point Agency
Address: The Hague, The Netherlands
Contract signature date: 28.01.2008
Method of Procurement/Selection: CQS
Price: US$ 40 075 exclusive of VAT.
Duration: January 28, through March 23, 2008
Summary scope of contract: This assignment aims to provide technical assistance to identify, evaluate and recommend policy options to develop a comprehensive teacher qualification and career development national strategy that would include, but not necessarily be limited to: (1) changes to the existing legal framework for the certification of training; (2) monitoring and evaluation and quality assurance systems of training offered by different providers; (3) a performance-based incentive policy for teachers and schools and (4) introduction of a credit system for the subsequent qualifications – international practices

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