Collaborative Knowledge Generation on Early Childhood Care and Education Interventions in Rwanda and Sierra Leone

Description

1) Objective

The call seeks to establish knowledge partnerships with consortia or individual research institutions to achieve two primary objectives: Co-create the final learning agendas for the Rwanda and Sierra Leone ECCE programs, elaborating upon their present scope, defining their methodology, and collaborating with the programs’ independent evaluators to collect the data needed to meet research objectives. EOF will fund the necessary data collection. Conduct analytic research to generate and share learnings and evidence on implementing partners’ ECCE interventions. From their inception, the learning agendas for these programs have been driven by a spirit of co-creation with key stakeholders. Alongside EOF, these include government agencies, implementing partners, national ECCE networks, the global research community, and the impact investors and outcomes funders involved in the outcomes fund.

The selected knowledge partners will be expected to maintain and deepen this collaborative approach during; (i) research design to ensure research relevance and alignment with learning needs and evidence gaps, (ii) research implementation, to validate findings with implementers and ensure an iterative research process, (iii) after program completion, to provide decision-relevant recommendations that facilitate evidence uptake in Rwanda and in Sierra Leone, as well as regionally and globally.

2) Eligibility

Eligible organisations and entities include UN agencies and civil society organisations (CSOs).

3) Location

Actions must take place in Rwanda and Sierra Leone.

4) Budget

The total program funding is $800,000.

5) Application

The application deadline is 31 July 2025. A concept note must be submitted online.