Winning Aid-Funded Business

A training course delivered by Nigel Peters, Director of the UKTI Aid-Funded Business Service

UKCDS & UUK

London

5 November 2012

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Sector Case-Study

Education

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Education & The World Bank

Education is at the forefront of the WB Agenda Education is a powerful driver of development Strong instrument for reducing poverty MDG #2: Achieve universal primary education by 2015 The World Bank Group is the largest external

education financier for developing countries Since 2000, the Bank has invested over $25 billion in

education, including more than $13 billion from the IDA Portfolio of $11 billion, with operations in 78 countries

as of April 2012 Average of $2.4 billion a year in new financing Over 60% of WB education lending supports basic

education

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World Bank: Tertiary Education & TVET

Over the past 10 years WBG lending for tertiary education averaged $315m per year.

Currently have 83 active projects with a tertiary education component

Priorities are to:Increase institutional diversificationStrengthen science and technology R&D capacityImprove quality and relevance of tertiary educationEquality mechanisms to assist disadvantaged studentsSustainable financing systemsStrengthen management systemsIncrease ICT capacity to reduce the digital divide

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WB Education projects focus on LAC, Africa, and EAP

• 350 Active Education projects worth $ 11B • Largest active project: Minas Gerais Partnership II SWAP

in Brazil $976 M • 48 Education projects in the Pipeline worth $5.4 B

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Average Education Lending

An emphasis on Basic education, but a wide variety of Education Projects

Examples of Projects:•Consultancy Services for District Teachers Training Program•Purchasing of Science equipment•Supplying Primary School Textbooks•Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes•Technical support for a Pilot Project •Developing Legal Framework for Primary and Secondary Education

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115 UK Education Contracts worth $76 M FY 2007-2012

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Top UK contract: Save the Children UK for Consultancy Services for District Teachers Training Program in Afghanistan in 2009, worth $10,483,023

Most UK Education contracts range between $100,000 – 500,000

Strong UK position in Education in Africa and SA, in Consultant Services and Goods

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Pearson Education worth $21 M (6 contracts) Save the Children UK worth $10 M (1 contract) Maxwell Stamp PLC worth $8 M (1 contract) Cambridge Education worth $6.4 M (1 contract) Scottish Qualification Authority worth $3.5 M (1

contract) University of Brighton worth $2 M (1 contract) Adam Smith International worth $1.7 M (2 contracts)

Cambridge Education worth $1.5 M (1 contract)

Top UK Education Suppliers

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World Bank: Monthly Operational Summary, Education Sector

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Asian Development BankChallenges for Education and Skills Development

The “three I’s”: Education contributing to meeting the broad challenges of innovation, inclusiveness, and integration in the region.

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Technical Assistance Programmed in Education Sector in 2012-2014

By subsector: - preprimary and basic education (9%), - upper secondary education (7%), - skills development (45%), - higher education (16%), - broad education sector development (23%)

By region: - Central and West Asia (7%), - East Asia (8%), - Pacific (10%), - South Asia (54%), - Southeast Asia (21%).

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2012-2014 Education Loans and Grants - Processing Schedule

Source: ADB (September 2012)

Cty Project Name Mission Leader PPTA Approval

Estimated Loan/Grant

approval Central and West AsiaKGZ Vocational Education Skills and Employment Project

(formerly TEVSD) Supplementary M. Van der Auwera Oct-05 Sep-12

REG University of Central Asia A. Sumbal N/A Dec-13KGZ Higher Education Reform Program TBC TBC 2014

TAJ Strengthening Private Sector Participation in Higher Education and TVET

TBC TBC 2014

East Asia

MON Vocational and Higher Education A. Ressano Garcia Dec-12 May-13PRC Hunan Vocational Education Demonstration Project J. Asanova Dec-11 Jun-13PRC Guangxi Nanning Vocational Education Demonstration W. Walker Jan-14Pacific

REG Higher Education in the Pacific Investment Program (MFF) S. Lee May-09 Approved May-12REG Higher Educ. in the Pacific Investment Program (Tranche 1) S. Lee May-09 Approved May -12 REG Higher Educ. in the Pacific Investment Program

(Tranche 2)S. Lee N/A 2013

REG Higher Educ. in the Pacific Investment Program (Tranche 3) S. Lee N/A 2014

TIM Mid-Level Skills Training Project (additional financing) S.Lee N/A 2014Southeast AsiaCAM Third Education Sector Development Program (ESDP III) S. Sindhvad Nov-10 Approved Sep -12CAM Strengthening Technical and Vocational Education II 2012 2014INO Polytechnics Development W. Kubitzki Dec-09 May-12PHI Education Improvement Sector Development Program N. LaRocque Dec-11 2014VIE Upper Secondary Education Development II E. Izawa Dec-10 Oct-12VIE Lower Secondary Education for the Most Disadvantaged

Regions Phase II E. Izawa 2012 Dec-14 15

Source: ADB (September 2012)

Cty Project Name Mission Leader PPTA Approval

Estimated Loan/Grant approval

South Asia

BAN Teaching Quality Improvement II B. Panth Dec-09 Approved Mar-12

BAN Skills for Employment Project R. van Dael Dec-11 Dec-13BAN Secondary Education Sector Development Project II MFF (PFR-1) R. van Dael 2012 Jul-13BAN PPP in Higher Education TBC 2013 2014BAN Skills Development Program (PFR 2) TBC TBC 2014IND Supporting PPP in Skill Development MFF (PFR-1) S. Chakravarti TBC 2013IND MFF Supporting PPP in Skill Development (Tranche 1) (formerly

Skills for Infrastructure)S. Chakravarti TBC 2013

IND Supporting Public Resource Management in Education and Health TBC 2013 2014

MLD Strengthening Education for Youth Development Project TBC TBC 2014

NEP Strengthening Higher Engineering Education (formerly PPP in Higher Education)

E. Tajima Dec-11 2013

NEP Skills Development G. S. Song Dec-11 Dec-13SRI MFF Technical Education and Vocational Training Sector

Development Project (Tranche 1) S. Shakil Dec-10 Mar-13

SRI Human Development Investment Program S. Shakil TBC 2013SRI Human Development Investment Program (Tranche 1) S. Shakil N/A 2013SRI Human Development Investment Program (Tranche 2) S. Shakil N/A 2013SRI Human Development Investment Program (Tranche 3) S. Shakil N/A 2014

2012-2014 Education Loans and Grants - Processing Schedule

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Highlights of Education Projects Portfolio in 2013 New investments in current key programs in basic

and secondary education (e.g. Bangladesh, Cambodia, Vietnam) and in TVET/Skills Development (e.g. Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka)

Support to tertiary TVET & polytechnics (e.g. Indonesia, Mongolia) and higher education & science and technology (Nepal, University of Central Asia)

Increasing support to public-private partnerships (e.g. Philippines, India, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal) Loan financed education projects in the giants: India

and PRC (TVET projects in both countries)

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Sharpening Education Sector Knowledge Work and Project Operations in:

Inclusive education for inclusive development Public-private partnerships for improving quality,

relevance, and sustainable financing of education ICT/social media for transforming education services Skills development for employment and new types of

skills Centers of excellence to boost innovation and

competiveness, and diversified tertiary and higher education systems for evolving labor market needs.

Regional cooperation and cross-border collaboration in education and knowledge sharing

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UKRep, Commercial Section

Education and training overview

Africa

Botswana

Comoros

Gabon

Ivory Coast

Lesotho

Madagascar

Namibia

Seychelles

Somalia

Sudan and South Sudan

Swaziland

Caribbean

Barbados

Pacific

Papua New Guinea

Latin America

Argentina

Chile

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Mexico

Nicaragua

Paraguay

Asia

Bangladesh

Burma

Cambodia

China

India

Indonesia

Mongolia

Nepal

Pakistan

Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Neighbourhood East

Georgia

Moldova

Neighbourhood South

Egypt

Pre-Accession

Croatia

Turkey

Macedonia

Montenegro

Serbia

Albania

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Kosovo

Regional Programme Africa, Caribbean, Pacific

Intra-ACP

Regional Programmes Latin America

Latin America

Mercosur

Regional Programme Asia

Asia

Thematic Programme

Investing in people

UKRep, Commercial Section

Specific opportunities: Service contracts

About 70% of the EU’s external aid tenders are service contracts

Services regularly requested:

1. Technical Assistance and Capacity Building to national beneficiaries (ex. Ministry of Education, Employment)

2. Design of Education Information Systems (software) or educational material

3. Supervision of work contracts

4. Technical design for Supply Contracts

UKRep, Commercial Section

Specific opportunities: Service contracts

About 70% of the EU’s external aid tenders are service-based

Examples for service contracts:

Gabon: Long-term Technical Assistance for the Support to Vocational Education and Training in GabonBudget: 1,200,000 EUR - FORECAST - Reference: 133358

Swaziland: Technical Assistance Services to the Support to Education and Training (SET II) ProgrammeBudget: 2,000,000 EUR - FORECAST - Reference: 133056

Pakistan: Sindh Education Sector Support Programme (SESSP)Budget: 4,000,000 EUR - OPEN - Reference: 132549

Argentina: Secondary Education and Vocational Training for YoungBudget: 1,500,000 EUR - FORECAST - Reference: 133164

UKRep, Commercial Section

Specific opportunities: Grant contracts

Examples for grant contracts:

Somalia: Education Sector Development ProgrammeBudget: 30 MEUR - Pre-Forecast - Reference: n/a

Pakistan: Support to the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Sector in PakistanBudget: 15 MEUR - Pre-Forecast - Reference: n/a

Global: Developing Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Methodologies and Services for the Informal EconomyBudget: 17 MEUR - Closed - Reference: 129198

India: Exchange of International Best Practices in Education'' - Actions in India and Overseas - ''Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan" (SSA II) for Universalizing Elementry Education in IndiaBudget: 3 MEUR - Closed - Reference: 128772

Multi: Erasmus Mundus Higher Education Programmes > rolling calls

Grant Schemes: Higher Education Examples

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Tempus 2013, €16 millionThe overall objective of the programme is to contribute to the modernisation of higher education in the Western Balkans and to promote the voluntary convergence with EU developments in higher education such as the Bologna processSpecific Objective: To contribute to improved quality, relevance, capacity and governance of higher education in the Western Balkans, in line with changing political, social and economic needs.

 

Erasmus Mundus Action 1, €8 millionTo achieve better understanding and mutual enrichment between the European Union and the Candidate Countries and Potential Candidates in the field of higher education through promoting the mobility of students and doctoral candidates at higher education level. The specific objectives are to enable highly qualified graduates and doctoral candidates from the Western Balkans and Turkey to engage in postgraduate study at European universities and to obtain qualifications and/or experience in the European Union and EFTA-EEA States.

 

Erasmus Mundus Action 2, €12 millionContribute towards the development of human resources and the international cooperation capacity of higher education institutions in the Western Balkans. The specific object is to enable the exchange of staff and students at all levels thereby enhancing their knowledge and skills.