UNHCR works in close partnership with MEHE, UNICEF and other education counterparts and seeks to ensure complementarity of its activities by focusing on specific areas of intervention. The focus of education activities will continue to be community-based, with an aim of maintaining sufficient field presence to understand the particular barriers in access to school, identify Out of School children, both at individual level and in “pocket areas”, increasing education sensitization and awareness to prevent further drop-outs by keeping parents and children motivated, and provide academic support for children to remain in some form of learning, through Syrian volunteers. Education Community Liaisons (ECLs) will be retained to facilitate and support learning.
With the real possibility that at least some degree of distance learning will continue in 2022, homework support groups will remain very relevant, with some adaptation to the context. These programmes will feed into more solid field data to support UNHCR´s advocacy in favor of inclusion of refugee children in national education plans, both in formal and non-formal education. UNHCR will engage local civil society, including on economic inclusion, social stability and return. This also includes support to actualize GRF pledges. UNHCR is strengthening the protective environment of children and youth, and enabling identification of high risk-cases including victims of violence and children at risk, for referral to protection services. Emphasis will also be placed on enhancing cross-sectoral linkages, in particular with child protection actors, by ensuring that out of school children with protection concerns are referred to case management agencies and children assisted with case management are referred to educational opportunities that meet their needs.
Securing learning success in public schools requires MEHE and partners to analyze and overcome challenges related to access to learning including language and curriculum barriers, the lack of conducive learning environment, parental support, access to technology, documentation (transcripts) as well as violence and discrimination in schools. Children with specific needs (children and youth with specific disabilities and learning) also face particular challenges. Education programmes need to pay due attention to supporting learners and their parents with transportation fees, uniforms, stationery etc., often prohibitive for already economically impoverished families, in order to further enhance self-resilience and trust amongst the various stakeholders of the education community. UNHCR deems it fundamental to analyze factors of missed school years, low interest in education and high drop-out rates and ensure appropriate remedial actions.
Call Type
Call for Proposals
Organisation
Intervention Sectors
Education
How to Apply
Interested existing or prospective partners are requested to submit a Concept Note in response to the Call for Expression of Interest in line with the provided format. Based on concept notes received, UNHCR will select the best-fit partner for the relevant sector(s) and area(s). National NGOs are encouraged to apply.
The Concept Note is primarily for an agency to express its unique advantage and added value for the Project objectives. The Concept Note is intended to allow the agency to:
- Describe how the proposed project will achieve its expected outcome
- Demonstrate the unique advantage, distinctive technical capacity, strengths and past experiences it would bring to the partnership for realizing the desired outcome of the Project
- Describe the activities, methodology and implementation approach for realizing the desired outcome of the Project
- Budget detailing the activities cost, operational cost and administrative cost, including total funding to be requested from UNHCR, the organization’s contribution (financial and/or in‐kind) as well as any contributions by other donors. Note: Applicants are required to submit a comprehensive budget for the entire project scope as outlined in the Call for Expression of Interest.
- Demonstrate its complementariness to UNHCR's capacities and resources for the Project.
Therefore, the Concept Note should not be a fully developed project document and should be concise, contain clear information and not exceed three pages. Once selected, negotiations and discussions on the project design and plan will be initiated and the Concept Note will be developed into a detailed Project Partnership Agreement.
Attention: Registration with the Government of Lebanon is a pre-condition for selection of partners. Legal registration with Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Finance in Lebanon is mandatory. Receiving an account number from the Ministry of Interior is insufficient to be eligible to apply to the Call for Expression of Interest.
Registration on the UN partner portal should also be completed by the agency prior to submission of the concept note.
Deadline
Countries
Lebanon