Education Governance Effectiveness (EdGE)
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Education Governance Effectiveness (EdGE): This request for application (RFA) supports improving educational governance especially at the school and at the local government level in selected cities and municipalities nationwide, with the ultimate goal of improving learning outcomes, particularly reading in the early grades. This initiative will contribute to attaining the Mission's goal of improving reading skills of at least one million children in the early grades, and will be coordinated with the Mission's planned national reading project.The EdGE Project will provide support to effectively implement Philippine governance reform efforts in education, specifically through decentralization. This will include support for School-Based Management program, a key ingredient of the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda. It will also support capacity building of Local School Boards and parents-teacher associations. The project will work with the Department of Education (DepED) at both the national and local levels, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), local government units, parents-teachers associations, non-governmental organizations such as community organizations, people's organizations and faith-based groups, the private sector, other USAID projects, donors, and stakeholders.
Federal Grant Title: | Education Governance Effectiveness (EdGE) |
Federal Agency Name: | Philippines USAID Manila |
Grant Categories: | Education |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | RFA-492-12-000005 |
Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
CFDA Numbers: | 98.001 |
CFDA Descriptions: | USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas |
Current Application Deadline: | Aug 23, 2012 |
Original Application Deadline: | Aug 13, 2012 |
Posted Date: | Jul 13, 2012 |
Creation Date: | Aug 13, 2012 |
Archive Date: | Sep 12, 2012 |
Total Program Funding: | $7,800,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $7,800,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $0 |
Expected Number of Awards: | 5 |
Cost Sharing or Matching: | Yes |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- Non-U.S. Non-Governmental Organization / Local Philippine Organization only
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Franco Joshua Calixto Acquisition Specialist Phone 552-5691
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