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SHORTLIST – Competitiveness of ICT Sector in Kosovo

European Projects Management Ltd. has been shortlisted for the EuropeAid project contract, in consortium with WEglobal.

Project Title:

 EU Support for the Competitiveness of Kosovo’s ICT Sector

Location:

Kosovo

Project Reference:

EuropeAid/139756/DH/SER/XK

Contract Description:

The overall objective of the project is to enhance the competitiveness of Kosovo’s digital and traditional businesses by supporting growth of Kosovo’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector leading to growth and new job creation.

The Specific Objectives of the project are to bridge the digital and business skills gap in a sustainable manner that will meet the needs of the market in order to increase competitiveness of Kosovo’s digital businesses, and to increase the exports of Kosovar ICT businesses and traditional businesses through the use of ICT.

The tasks to be implemented will adress the technical ICT skills gap in the market in a manner that is market driven and is able to adjust to new and emerging technologies and techniques, deliver new set of skills to Kosovo ICT Sector, enhance the business and marketing skills of ICT businesses and entrepreneurs and provide support to Kosovo ICT businesses in the internationalization of their services and products.

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SHORTLIST – Curriculum Development in Vocational Education and Training Schools in Cyprus

European Projects Management Ltd. has been shortlisted for the EuropeAid project contract, in consortium with NORM.

Project Title:

Curriculum Development in Vocational Education and Training Schools

Location:

Cyprus

Project Reference:

EuropeAid/140130/DH/SER/CY

Contract Description:

The purpose of this contract is to support the preparation of a new modularised curriculum, based on the revised Occupational Standards (OS) for all occupations delivered at the VET schools, with the aim of increasing knowledge, skills and competences of students and their employability, and thus better linking the education programmes with the labour market needs. The action will also contribute to developing the capacity of all VET teachers to revise and utilise the newly developed modularised curriculum. The technical assistance services to be provided will build on the progress made during the previous EU funded projects VETLAM I and VETLAM II.

The action will specifically focus on the following:

  • prepare a methodology for the preparation and revision of the curriculum;
  • develop the capacity of teachers on preparation and revision of the new modularised curriculum;
  • with the participation of locally developed capacity prepare the new modularised curriculum and the linked training materials for VET programmes based on the revised OS;
  • prepare the testing and evaluation mechanism linked to the newly developed training curricula;
  • set up 3 resource centres.

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Key Expert 1: Programme Co-ordinator/Team Leader

Project Title:

Technical Assistance to support the Human Capital Development Programme for Bangladesh 2021

Location:

Bangladesh

Position:

Key Expert 1: Programme Co-ordinator/Team Leader

This expert will be in charge of the coordination between the different result areas and will be in the lead for the activities under Result 3. He/she will play a significant role in facilitating a smooth and timely implementation of the HCDP-21 programme and in supporting the EUD in a more effective and strategic policy dialogue. On a needs-based basis, the Programme Co- ordinator/Team Leader will support the relevant GoB bodies in the adoption and implementation of the education reform agendas with expert opinions, recommendations and analytical research. He/she will also be responsible for assuring the quality of the work of its team members and in supporting the TACC in mobilising appropriate experts from the pool of non-key experts. Finally, he/she will update the EUD project manager and the TACC on a regular basis on the progress made and liaise with and between the different stakeholders when required.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • Master’s degree in education, social sciences, public administration, economics or other relevant field (or in the case of a Bachelor’s degree, additional 5 years of relevant professional experience);
  • Excellent command of oral and written English. Full computer literacy and excellent reporting skills.

General Professional Experience:

  • A minimum of 12 years of experience in the education and/or TVET/skills sector. Experience in both sectors will be considered an asset;
  • Evidence of experience in the design and implementation of EU budget support programmes, covering assignments of similar complexity and nature that took place in the last 5 years;
  • Evidence of experience of EU aid delivery methods, covering assignments of similar complexity and nature that took place in the last 7 years.

Specific Professional Experience:

  • A minimum of 5 years of experience as Team Leader and/or senior managerial position in implementation of programme or projects in a developing or middle-income country context;
  • A minimum of 5 years of experience in the education and/or TVET/skills sector in a developing or middle income country context;
  • Previous experience in South Asia will be considered an asset.

Key expert 1 is to be available for the full duration of the project and will provide a minimum of 750 days input.

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SHORTLIST – EU4Digital: Improving Cyber Resilience in the Eastern Partnership Countries

European Projects Management Ltd. has been shortlisted for the EuropeAid project contract, in consortium with WEglobal.

Project Title:

 EU4Digital: Improving Cyber Resilience in the Eastern Partnership Countries (Cybersecurity component)

Location:

Eastern Neighbourhood partner countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine)

Project Reference:

EuropeAid/140015/DH/SER/Multi

Contract Description:

This contract refers to the Cybersecurity component (number 1) of the “EU4Digital: Improving Cyber Resilience in the Eastern Partnership Countries” regional programme.

The programme will contribute to improving the cyber-resilience and criminal justice response of EaP Partner countries and will focus on two key building blocks: (i) cybersecurity; and (ii) cybercrime. The cybersecurity component subject to this contract will focus on the development of technical and cooperation mechanisms that increase cybersecurity and preparedness against cyber-attacks, such as strengthening the institutional governance and legal framework, developing the critical information infrastructure protection, and increasing cyber incidents and crisis management capacities.

Focusing on the added value that a regional programme brings in, a sub-regional approach is also sought (e.g. activities involving only 3 countries). This is to take into account the diverse level of advancement in the cybersecurity domain in each country, the geographical and geopolitical specificities in the region, as well as the principle of differentiation. Furthermore, the implementation of this action will have to take into account the country initiatives being implemented in the cyber area, particularly those funded by the EU.

The Cyber resilience programme clearly follows the Council conclusions of 26 June 2018 on the EU External Cyber Capacity Building Guidelines and the documents referred to therein.

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AWARD – Technical Assistance for Increasing the Quality of the Special Education Services for Inclusive Education

European Projects Management Ltd. has been awarded the EuropeAid project contract in Turkey, in consortium with WYG Turkey.

Project Title:

Technical Assistance for Increasing the Quality of the Special Education Services for Inclusive Education

Location:

Turkey

Project Reference:

EuropeAid/139588/IH/SER/TR

Value of the Contract:

5 689 475 EUR

Contract Description:

The objective of the contract is to strengthen institutional capacity of the Directorate General for Special Education and Guidance Services (DGfSEGS) of the Ministry of National Education (MoNE).

A training need analysis (TNA) will be conducted on special field qualifications for special education, guidance services and mainstream teachers to determine their needs of trainings in special and inclusive education. Accordingly, teachers will be trained with in-service training programmes which will be revised in accordance with the output of the TNA. STEM trainings (four specific disciplines on science, technology, engineering and mathematics) will be delivered to teachers of Science and Art Centres of the DGfSEGS and implementation of an assessment tool for students’ achievement to promote universal screening and progress monitoring will be ensured.

Awareness raising activities and workshop on special education for inclusive education will enable relevant stakeholders accessed through events. An assessment of the system will be conducted in the pilot provinces where identification and placement of the students with special education needs is executed.