News archive
EMIS amiss
NEW 17 November 2011
John Wood, EfC Director, and EfC Associate, John Lovely, have been discussing what's wrong with education management information systems (EMIS) and better ways of providing reliable and timely data for administrators and policy makers. Join the Educational Technology Debate on the UNESCO InfoDev blog and the eTransform Africa site and help them shake things up. More...
Teacher registration and licensing in Rwanda
NEW 14 October 2011
EfC, working with its UK Associate, Xentec Ltd., and Capacity Development Advisors (CADEA) of Rwanda, is undertaking a consultancy funded by UNICEF for the Rwandan Government to develop a National Registration and Licensing system of teachers. More...
Child-friendly school approach in eastern Caribbean
NEW 21 September 2011
The CFS approach has been on-going in Dominica and Barbados for 2-3 years and there has been both anecdotal evidence of its benefit and effectiveness and criticism from some quarters. UNICEF has therefore contracted EfC to undertake an evaluation to assist the national Governments before they embark on any expansion of the programme. More...
Education action plan, Lebanon
NEW 3 August 2011
UNESCO Regional Bureau for Education in the Arab States, on behalf of the MoEHE, has contracted EfC to assist with the development of monitoring and evaluation tools for the implementation of the Lebanese education development action plan. More...
Survey of EMIS in the Pacific region
NEW 3 August 2011
Oscar Struijvé, Director of EfC, is currently undertaking a rapid survey of education management information systems and information flows, including the school census process, in Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea, on behalf of AusAid. More...
Intercultural dialogue
NEW 6 July 2011
Following the completion earlier this year of the External Evaluation of UNESCO's Strategic Programme Objectives 9 and 10 for the Culture Sector, Julie Carpenter, EfC Director, has been asked to undertake a Desk Review of several key UNESCO activities and programmes aimed at promoting and facilitating intercultural dialogue. More...
Cuba: VLIR-UOS Partner identification and Country Strategy development
NEW 6 July 2011
The Flemish Inter-university Council University Development Cooperation (VLIR-UOS) has commissioned EfC to support the selection of a new VLIR-UOS institutional cooperation Partner University in Cuba and the process of formulation of VLIR-UOS's Country Strategy Paper for Cuba. More...
eTwinning conference: Empowering pupils
NEW 8 April 2011
The annual conference of eTwinning, the community of schools in Europe, funded by the EC under its Comenius programme, was held in Budapest on 31 March - 2nd April. EfC is undertaking a study of the impact of eTwinning on participating pupils, teachers and schools, and the conference provided an excellent forum for meeting eTwinners from all over Europe. More...
Global Life Skills Education Evaluation
NEW 10 February 2011
EfC is leading an international team of evaluators in assessing the added-value of UNICEF investments in life skills education programmes in terms of the relevance of programmes, their coverage, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability. Life skills education aims to support the strengthening of skills that contribute to behaviours believed to reduce risk and vulnerability and increase opportunities in life. More...
Study of the Impact of eTwinning
NEW 10 February 2011
EfC is undertaking an EC-funded study of the impact of e-twinning on pupils, teachers and schools participating in eTwinning Partnerships, an activity under the Comenius sub-programme of the EU Lifelong Learning Programme. School twinning aims to provide an opportunity for young people to learn and practice information and communication technology (ICT) skills, as well as promoting awareness of the multicultural European model of society. More...
Mid term Evaluation of the VLIR-UOS IUC-programme activities in Ethiopia
10 February 2011
EfC is undertaking a mid term evaluation of VLIR-UOS IUC activities in Jimma University in Ethiopia. IUC is the inter-university cooperation programme of the Flemish universities and is designed to support the institutional needs and priorities of partner universities in the South. More...
EU Framework Contract for Lot 9
NEW 4 September 2009
We are delighted to announce that our consortium, led by ARS Progetti of Italy, has been selected by the EU to be included on the list of Service Providers for Lot 9, Culture, Education, Employment and Social. When the EU notifies us of education opportunites under the Framework, we will put out a call on this website, but in the meantime, we welcome up-to-date, EU-formatted CVs from suitably qualified consultants. More...