EoI: Strengthening academic-pedagogical management capacity in public universities in Peru

This opportunity is funded by the Programme for Strengthening Quality and Pertinence of Service Provision at Higher and Technical Education Levels in Peru (PMESUT), adjoined to the Ministry of Education in Peru. PMESUT manages IDB funds arising from a G2G loan whose objective is supporting quality in education at both higher and technical education.

The project that PMESUT has launched and for which they are procuring suppliers impacts a total of 62 project management teams from 42 public universities all over Peru. Each three-member team has been selected by PMESUT based on an improvement project plan they have submitted. Plans are proposed in either of two strands and nine sub strands (five sub strands in strand a and four sub strands in strand b. Projects in strand b focus on the need for support for virtual education and academic innovation in their universities. Given the experience of British Council in Peru with this funder, we feel we will have a better strategic fit by working with a group of 13 project teams that have submitted project proposals in strand b – sub strands b.1 and b.3 (Topic of sub strand b.1: Design and implementation of an academic-pedagogical planning and management area for blended and or online-virtual education / Topic of sub strand b.3: Creation/Design of new blended or online-virtual programs, in accordance with current local regulations)

Higher education institutions which can develop/provide the following three essential elements for the project:
(a) 192-hour virtual training programme focused on project management (foundational diagnosis, project planning, design and management, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation) – 40% asynchronous content delivered through an LMS + 60% synchronous content delivered through live online sessions. This programme is to be delivered within a period of 9 weeks.
(b) learning management system for the programme mentioned in point (a).
(c) a virtual visit to an international organization that can be a referent to beneficiary project teams in the improvement areas where they have focused their project plans.
The following three are ideal added value elements:
(d) technical assistance programme to accompany beneficiaries along a process of strengthening their project plans to achieve their selection among a top 15 project shortlist that will be given funding for implementation (future phase 2 of this project). Technical assistance is to be delivered as part of the 9 weeks mentioned in point (a).
(e) an academic-pedagogical coordinator to manage the direct delivery elements to end beneficiaries and act as head trainer/mentor to work alongside a group of Spanish speaking mediators that will train/mentor beneficiaries directly.
(f) an IT/ICT support coordinator to work alongside a group of Spanish speaking mediating IT specialists that will provide technical support to beneficiaries throughout the project (initial LMS navigation training, sorting out LMS access/navigation problems, other technical support as needed).