Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)/Oman & Algeria

Creative worked with the State Department’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and host country Ministries of Education to make schools in Algeria and Oman more dynamic places for children to learn and develop skills they need to thrive as citizens. The MEPI team conducted capacity-building trainings and built partnerships with ministries to identify priorities for reforms that result in sustainable education programs. The program complemented the governments’ commitments to reforming their education systems....
 

ETHRD III/Egypt/Mid-term Evaluation of Integrated English Language Program

USAID signed a four-year Cooperative Agreement in 1990 with the Binational Fulbright Commission in Egypt to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Education through four English language program components, which comprised the Integrated English Language Program. In 1993, Creative conducted a mid-term evaluation of the program focused on identification of strengths and weaknesses of, various assessments of, and recommendations to be considered for the four components. ...
 

ETHRD III/Egypt/Final Evaluation of Egypt`s Basic Education I Project

Creative conducted a final evaluation of Egypt's Basic Education I Project on improved access and quality of education, and provided lessons learned to guide USAID and the Ministry of Education in implementation of a follow-on project. The team assessed the impact of school construction on improved access to basic education; evaluated new school construction sites; made conclusions on school construction design, quality and maintenance; and identified constraints to special education, teacher education and curriculum printing. ...
 

ETHRD III/Egypt/Egyptian Educational Testing Center

Creative provided operational and training support to the newly institutionalized National Center for Evaluation and Examinations under the Egypt Ministry of Education. This assignment for USAID/Cairo involved assessing central and regional-level in-service training needs of teachers and administrators and designing a training plan based on the findings. Short-term services provided related to institution building, needs assessment, training program development and in-service training of trainers....
 

BEPS: ROMANIA: COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Romania’s geography, widespread poverty and unemployment make it a target for the exploitation of women and children by sex traffickers. A pilot project in northeastern Romania, launched by USAID’s Basic Education Policy Support Activity (BEPS), used education to reach the public, parents, educators and youth about child prostitution and trafficking. It provided high school students, institutionalized children and trafficking survivors with the knowledge needed to find income-producing employment and established a system to identify and monitor at-risk-youth....
 

BEPS/ MOROCCO: NATIONAL EDUCATION ACCOUNTS (NEA)

The National Education Accounts (NEA) is a tool for providing analytical information about a country’s available educational resources, particularly those used to meet policy objectives. Developed by Creative, NEA was first tested in Morocco. It proved useful for planning and evaluating education reforms and provided the government with a clear and exhaustive vision of the flow of education funds that previously did not exist. Capacity building assistance led to NEA’s inclusion as part of the Ministry of Education’s ongoing work....