European Union (EU) launches CFPs to Support Inclusive Education in Albania

Deadline: 10-Nov-20

The European Union (EU) has announced a call for proposals to support Inclusive Education in Albania. The global objective of this call for proposals is to enhance inclusive quality learning and promote educational attainment in pre-university education for all girls and boys – with a special focus on children from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Objectives

The specific objectives are:

Review and update the professional development curriculum for in-service teachers based on the new key competency-based curriculum in pre-university education, and design the training plan and methodology for training at least 15,000 teachers in the new competency-based curriculum in 24 educational profiles for Grades 1-5 and 15,000 teachers and education managers in EU inclusive education teaching methods.
Deliver a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme of a minimum length of 22 training days for at least 320 teacher trainers, support and monitor the roll-out of training for 15,000 teachers and education managers.
Deliver a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme of a minimum length of 22 training days for at least 320 teacher trainers, support and monitor the roll-out of training for 15,000 teachers and education managers.
Specific support to refurbish rooms and install basic equipment devices for the provision of social work and psychological services in 320 schools across the country in close coordination and complementarity with the initiatives addressed to the schools affected by the earthquake under EU4Schools Programme (tasked to UNDP).
Provide support to the School for Deaf Children and the School for Blind children as part of their transformation into resource centres for inclusive education.

Funding Information

The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is EUR 2.000.000. The Contracting Authority reserves the right not to award all available funds.

Size of grants

Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the following minimum and maximum amounts:

minimum amount: EUR 2.000.000
maximum amount: EUR. 2.000.000

Types of Activities

Capacity building, including the development of training modules, delivery of workshops etc. on inclusive education in close collaboration with the MoEYS and Agency on Quality Assurance.
Deliver a Training of Trainers (ToT) programme of a minimum length of 22 training days for at least 320 teacher trainers, support and monitor the roll-out of training for 15,000 teachers and education managers in the new competency-based curriculum for Grades 1-5 and 15,000 teachers and education managers in EU inclusive education teaching methods in collaboration with the new established Agency on Quality Assurance.
Support the authorities to prepare content and cost estimates of the teacher training programme.
Prepare an inventory of the content and cost estimates of the refurbishment of child-friendly and development rooms and basic equipment for social work and psychological services in 320 schools (which will be later consulted with the MoESY).
Support to refurbish child-friendly rooms and provide basic equipment devices for the provision of social work and psychological services in 320 schools across the country. It will be required to establish close cooperation and complementarity with the initiatives conducted by the EU under the EU4School Programme tasked to UNDP.
Support to the school for Deaf children and the school for Blind children as part of their transformation into resource centres for inclusive education (including refurbishment, designing of resource centres, teaching aids, delivery of training etc).
Information and communication activities, public awareness-raising campaigns on inclusive education, child participation in education, support innovative ideas and practical models on inclusive schools for all children.

Eligibility Criteria

Lead applicant(s)
In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must:
- be a legal person, and
- be non-profit-making,
- be a public body or a relevant mandated body of a Government Department of a European Union Member State or
- civil society organization officially registered in the Republic of Albania since at least three years before the call is launched or
- be an international (inter-governmental) organisation as defined by Article 156 of the EU Financial Regulation, established in a Member State of the European Union or in an accession or official candidate country as recognised by the European Union or in Member State of the European Economic Area.
Co-applicant(s)
- Co-applicants participate in designing and implementing the action, and the costs they incur are eligible in the same way as those incurred by the lead applicant.
- Co-applicants must satisfy the eligibility criteria as applicable to the lead applicant.
- Co-applicants(s) must sign the Mandate form.
Affiliated entities
- The lead applicant and its co-applicant(s) may act with an affiliated entity(ies). Only the following entities may be considered as affiliated entities to the lead applicant and/or to co-applicant(s):
  - Only entities having a structural link with the applicants (i.e. the lead applicant or a co-applicant) in particular a legal or capital link. This structural link encompasses mainly two notions:
    - Control, as defined in Dnective 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings. Entities affiliated to an applicant may hence be:
      - Entities directly or indirectly controlled by the applicant (daughter companies or first-tier subsidiaries). They may also be entities controlled by an entity controlled by the applicant (granddaughter companies or second-tier subsidiaries) and the same applies to further tiers of control;
      - Entities directly or indirectly controlling the applicant (parent companies). Likewise, they may be entities controlling an entity controlling the applicant;
      - Entities under the same direct or indirect control as the applicant (sister companies).
  - Membership, i.e. the applicant is legally defined as an e.g. network, federation, association in which the proposed affiliated entities also participate, or the applicant participates in the same entity (e.g. network, federation, association) as the proposed affiliated entities.