Recruitment of a monitoring, evaluation and learning (Mel) consultant for the elimu-soko pilot initiative in Rwanda
Background
• The Government of Rwanda (GoR), through the Ministry of Education, has partnered with Dahlberg Advisors and Hempel Foundation to set up Elimu-Soko Rwanda – an initiative to serve as a stimulant and a clearinghouse for innovative solutions in the public education system. Through this initiative, GoR is committed to co-designing innovative solutions with education entrepreneurs, enabling their success through effective policy and procurement procedures, and providing them with technical expertise and financing to scale. Additionally, this will enable entrepreneurs to align their priorities with those of the government, increasing chances of uptake and scaling.
• For its inaugural project, Elimu-Soko Rwanda will select, pilot, and support the scaling of 1-2 innovations that address challenges in foundational learning. Elimu-Soko Rwanda will provide technical and financial support over a 6–12-month period to pilot these solutions, and successful solutions will be scaled nationwide. The pilot will be co-designed by the Ministry of Education, the funder and the innovators to ensure alignment and ownership.

• Therefore, Elimu-Soko Rwanda wishes to hire a consulting firm with relevant monitoring and evaluation expertise, to support the design and implementation of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework that cuts across both the systems level (i.e., pilot) and the individual level (i.e., innovation).
• All interested consulting firms are invited to download the attached RFP for details.
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Request for proposals for innovative solutions seeking to build capacity for lower primary school teachers
Background
The Government of Rwanda (GoR), through the Ministry of Education, has partnered with Dahlberg Advisors and Hempel Foundation to set up Elimu-Soko Rwanda – an initiative to serve as a stimulant and a clearinghouse for innovative solutions in the public education system. Through this initiative, GoR is committed to co-designing innovative solutions with education entrepreneurs, enabling their success through effective policy and procurement procedures, and providing them with technical expertise and financing to scale. Additionally, this will enable entrepreneurs to align their priorities with those of the government, increasing chances of uptake and scaling.
For its inaugural project, Elimu-Soko Rwanda will select, pilot, and support the scaling of 1-2 innovations that address challenges in foundational learning. Elimu-Soko Rwanda will provide technical and financial support over a 6–12-month period to pilot these solutions, and successful solutions will be scaled nationwide. The pilot will be co-designed by the Ministry of Education, the funder and the innovators to ensure alignment and ownership.
Therefore, Elimu-Soko Rwanda is looking for quality proposals for innovations that could improve foundational learning outcomes through improving teacher training (either pre-or in-service). The ideal innovation will stretch and have an impact across the two.
All interested innovators are invited to download the attached RFP for details
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