Detailed description of project Back
UNICEF in Turkmenistan is preparing to undertake a Mid-Term Review (MTR) for its ongoing Country Programme (CP) of Cooperation 2005-2009. This involves a full review of the current situation and new policies, especially related to the education sector within the context of the Education for All (EFA) mid-decade assessment (MDA). Findings and recommendations from this consultancy will provide an input into the design of the second phase of the current CP until 2009. Four priority areas have been identified:
- In-depth analysis of the status of the educational sector in terms of the current overall situation versus the design of the UNICEF programme, also regarding possible adaptations during the remainder of the current phase of the CP;
- Assessment of achievements and opportunities regarding the realisation of administrative and educational decentralisation, also in terms of an in-depth legal, constitutional and institutional analysis regarding the current status and the necessary requirements and assumptions for effective decentralised programme implementation;
- Rapid Socio-Economic Analysis of the Country with a specific attention to the situation of children (and women) in all its aspects (poverty, health, education, rights, etc.) through an analysis of the public expenditures;
- Review and outline of implications for UNICEF’s future involvement in terms of key focal areas, including a revision of UNICEF’s expenditure and intervention modalities, both short-term (up to 2009) and strategic medium-term (beyond 2009, taking into account a possible withdrawal of UNICEF from Turkmenistan in the following years.
Type of services provided
PROMAN is providing the services of an Education Expert (Team Leader), a Public Expenditure Expert and a Legal expert who will:
- Determine the status of the Turkmenistan education system;
- Capture the current reform momentum to encourage Government and other stakeholders to actively engage in supporting the drive for educational and corresponding structural reforms, and to position UNICEF as one of the key facilitating agents for such a process;
- Analyse the relevance of possible strategies for achieving the got educational goals, as proposed in the EFA MDA process (also identifying areas of shortfall); and
- Prepare a report to serve as a reference guide for future UNICEF programming.
In this First Phase they will more specifically:
- Study documents and reports;
- Briefing UNICEF – discussions on scope and objectives, preparation of work plan;
- Education Strategy workshop;
- Outline of Macro-Economic Situation.
