GPE Management Strengthening Project

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The development objective of the Management Strengthening Project for Timor-Leste is to support the implementation of the National Education Strategic Plan (NESP) through strengthening the capacity and systems of the Ministry of Education (MoE). There are two components to the project. The first component is strengthening targeted management directorates. This component will first aim at strengthening senior management capacity in terms of sector leadership, coordination, and oversight functions. This component will strengthen the development of training capacity of the ministry, including management training to improve service delivery. support will be provided to National Institute for Professional Educators Training (INFORDEPE), the Ministry's training arm, to: (i) undertake a functional analysis and needs assessment reflecting its specific responsibilities to provide training to achieve NESP goals; (ii) produce a Capacity Development Plan (CDP) based on the functional analysis and needs assessment; and (iii) provide technical assistance to support the implementation of the capacity development plan. The second component is strengthening public financial management and evidence-based planning capacity, including management information systems. This component will aim to fully achieve NESP result and partially achieve result by providing: (i) technical support to strengthened policy formulation processes and planning systems and capacity; (ii) technical support to high quality and transparent financial management systems, with support to the implementation of the Public Financial Management (PFM) reform matrix, including contribution to the establishment of a pooled fund for joint provision of external support in education through government systems; (iii) technical support to strengthen procurement and contract management functions in the Ministry of Education (MoE); and (iv) technical support to monitoring and evaluation of the NESP, including to further update, maintain and upgrade the Education Management Information System (EMIS) and related systems.