Contribution to the UNESCO International Institute on Educational Planning (IIEP)

Project completed

For policy-makers, educational planning offers the path to implement education reform and system transformation. Planning is a strong support for evidence-based policy formulation, and an essential practice to translate political will into action and measurable results. IIEP has a strong experience and expertise to help ministries in charge of education transform their processes and operations to meet the challenges of a changing world.

Topic Period Budget
Education
Education policy
Primary education
Basic life skills
01.06.2014 - 31.12.2017
CHF 6'000'000
Background

In promoting education and contributing to achieving the MDGs, EFA goals and after (post-2015 agenda), the international community is calling for deeper engagement in reducing inequalities, enhancing quality education including gender equality as well as broadening access to post-basic education (skills).

Objectives

All children and youth benefit from quality learning opportunities for sustainable development and peace. Ministries in charge of education improve the quality, equity and relevance of education through educational planning and plan implementation

Target groups

Ministries of Education in UNESCO Member States, Academia, Civil Society Organizations. IIEP's focus lies on developing countries, in particular on African countries and LDC's, but also has a global outreach.

Medium-term outcomes

Objectifs IIEP:

  1. Ministries in charge of education institutionalize planning with the support of IIEP through its programmes of training, technical assistance, policy research and knowledge sharing
  2. Departments in charge of planning use an improved evidence base to inform targeting and programming of activities and resources
  3. Education policy-makers engage in broad-based participatory processes
Objectifs Switzerland:
  1. Develop the evaluation side of M&E to ensure that the Institute would have imrpoves its approaches and will use results based management;
  2. Ministries in charge of education engage with other governments and non-state actors

Results

Results from previous phases:  

  • IIEP has improved its M&E system and has used the recommendations of three external evaluations for shaping its new Medium Term Strategy.
  • IIEP has provided technical assistance to 29 countries (2012-2013, 14 in Sub-Saharan Africa) in; embedding Conflict and Disaster Risk Reduction Strategies in education policies (Burkina Faso, Chad, South Sudan); improving accountability in education (Lao, Burkina Faso); helping Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan, in obtaining multi-million grants to improve education from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE).
  • IIEP has trained 2331 educational development professionals in 2012-2013 (41% from Africa)
  • IIEP has generated new knowledge on Gender parity (case study in Kenya), on decentralization & use of school grants (Eastern and Southern African countries + Asia), on teacher codes of conduct (Lao).
  • In 2013, IIEP has integrated Pôle de Dakar (cluster of sector analysis in education for sub-Saharan countries)
  • IIEP and SDC have strengthened their partnership (post-2015 advocacy note, collaboration with non-formal education & non-state actors, participation to Education network’s F2F)


Directorate/federal office responsible SDC
Credit area Development cooperation
Project partners Contract partner
United Nations Organization (UNO)
  • Schweizerische UNESCO-Kommiss
  • IIEP International Institute on Educational Planning


Budget Current phase Swiss budget CHF   6'000'000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF   6'000'000
Project phases Phase 12 01.05.2018 - 31.12.2021   (Current phase)

Phase 11 01.06.2014 - 31.12.2017   (Completed)