Education Development Center, Inc.|
For Immediate Release April 20, 2007 Contact: EDC Seeks Applicants for $26 Million Philippines Education Project Organizations encouraged to apply by June 1, 2007 MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), with the support of USAID Philippines, is requesting applications from legally registered organizations interested in contributing to the implementation of the second phase of the Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills (EQuALLS 2) project. EDC will award 4-7 grants for a total amount not to exceed $26 million to work with local education stakeholders at the barangay and municipal levels. EQuALLS 2 works in areas of Mindanao most affected by conflict and poverty, and seeks to increase access to relevant education and livelihood skills development opportunities for both in and out of school children and youth. The broad intent of EQuALLS 2 is to: (a) work with local education stakeholders to identify their priorities for education and livelihood programming for both in and out of school children and youth; (b) develop education and livelihood interventions that respond to local stakeholder priorities; (c) develop national, regional and local capacity to ensure continued application and improvement of these interventions; and, (d) develop dynamic alliances with public and private partners to support long-term investment in education in Mindanao. This request for application (RFA) is open to all interested organizations and/or alliances legally registered in compliance with Philippine Law. The RFA containing all necessary information can be downloaded from: http://equalls.edc.org or http://main.edc.org/pdf/EQuALLS-RFA.pdf Applications should be submitted electronically to EDC to the attention of Alma Mapili (amapili@edc.org), following instructions in the RFA no later than 5:00 pm Manila time on June 1, 2007. Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) is one of the world’s leading nonprofit education and health organizations, with 325 projects in 50 countries. As the coordinating agency for EQuALLS 2, EDC is responsible for providing the overall technical management for the project. This role includes planning and coordinating the efforts and activities of EQuALLS partner institutions; setting program standards; providing program management, monitoring and evaluating technical and financial performance of all lead partners; and taking the lead on common communication and strategic partnership development efforts. For more information, visit www.edc.org. |