Africa-Europe Partnership to Exchange on Education Reforms (PEERS): Technical Assistance for West and East Africa

The Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) is procuring two consultants to provide technical expertise for the PEERS (The Africa-Europe Partnership to Exchange on Education Reforms) project. Through this procurement EDUFI seeks to contract: • one (1) Long-Term Gender & Inclusion in Education Expert, referred to as GIEE; and • one (1) Long-Term Digital Education Expert, referred to as DEE. Proposed period of implementation is between January 2026 and December 2029 (four years). The GIEE and DEE will provide technical assistance in gender and inclusion in education as well as digital education. The scope of the procurement is described in more detail in annexes 1.1 (GIEE) and 1.2 (DEE). The PEERS project is funded by the European Union and implemented by Expertise France, EDUFI, and ADEA, with a total budget of €15 million over five years (2025–2030). PEERS aims to strengthen regional cooperation in education across ECOWAS and EAC regions., Gender and Inclusion in Education Expert (GIEE) The Gender and Inclusion in Education Expert (GIEE) will be in charge of providing technical assistance in her/his area of expertise, to the two RECs, in the implementation of the PEERS project. More specifically, the GIEE will have the primary responsibility of supporting the two RECs in the technical and political dialogue in the area of gender and inclusion in education, and in the planning, implementation and monitoring of activities and outputs under the three specific objectives of the Description of the Action (DOA). The expert will be working remotely with frequent travels to the headquarters of the EAC (Arusha, Tanzania) and ECOWAS (Abuja, Nigeria). The scope and subject-matter of the procurement is described in more detail particularly in Annex 1.1 "ToR Gender and Inclusion Expert"., Digital Education Expert (DEE) The Digital Education Expert (DEE) will be in charge of providing technical assistance in her/his area of expertise, to the two RECs, in the implementation of the PEERS project. More specifically, the DEE will have the primary responsibility of supporting the two RECs in the technical and political dialogue in the area of digital education, and in the planning, implementation and monitoring of activities and outputs under the three specific objectives of the Description of the Action (DOA). The expert will be working remotely with frequent travels to the headquarters of the EAC (Arusha, Tanzania) and ECOWAS (Abuja, Nigeria). The scope and subject-matter of the procurement is described in more detail particularly in Annex 1.2 "ToR Digital Education Expert".,