DEADLINE: 6 PM EST, Friday, November 17, 2017
This is the fifth call for proposals for activities to be financed under the REACH Trust Fund and second REACH for Reading proposal request. A total of up to US$4million (up to US$500,000 per proposal) is available under the Knowledge, Learning, and Innovation (KLI) stream, and will be competitively awarded.
The objective of the KLI Grants is to strengthen the evidence-base for the impact results-based financing can have on the education system by improving access to, the quality and utilization of textbooks and reading books. The Global Book Alliance and REACH, through REACH for Reading, will fund activities at any of the following stages of development:
a) Proof of concept: Piloting of a concept that targets beneficiaries in a developing country context to gain an early, real world assessment of the technical and financial viability of the proposed concept.
b) Testing impact and delivery: Testing a proven concept for social impact, improved outcomes and/or market viability, as well as operational refinement to build paths to sustainability and scale.
c) Scaling-up: Adaptation of a rigorously evaluated innovation to new contexts, geographical areas.
This call will only accept applications that transform the quality, availability and utilization of textbooks and reading books through results-based financing models.
What is Results-Based Financing?
Results-based financing is an umbrella term that refers to any program that rewards the delivery of one or more outputs or outcomes by one or more incentives, financial or otherwise, upon verification that the agreed-upon result has been delivered. Incentives may be directed to ministries, provinces, districts or service providers such as publishers (supply side), program beneficiaries such as students (demand side), or both. It can refer to donor financing, government financing, or both.
What type of solutions will be considered?
REACH for Reading will fund high quality, robust, cost-effective experiments, designed to transform the book supply chain, procurement, quality assurance and utilization of books through results-based financing models.
Who will we fund?
REACH for Reading will consider applications from:(1) Non-governmental organizations; (2) Teams within multilateral organizations; (3) Academics; and (4) Civil Society organizations.
Benefit(s)
The maximum budget for an activity financed through this call for proposals is expected to be $500,000.
A World Bank Task Team Leader (TTL) must be identified for each proposal selected for financing. For teams applying within the Bank, the TTL will be responsible for the activity implementation and budget and for delivering the results specified in the proposal. Successful teams from outside the World Bank will be matched with a World Bank task team leader.
Eligible Expenditures
For Bank-executed activities, the Trust Fund funds may be used to finance:
(a) Associated Overheads
(b) Consultants Fees Individuals with Indirect Costs and Firms
(c) Contractual Services
(d) Equipment and Office Premises Lease Cost
(e) Equipment Purchased
(f) Extended Term Consultants – with Indirect Costs
(g) Media, Workshops, Conference and Meeting
(h) Staff Costs – with Indirect Costs
(i) Temporary Support Staff Costs – with Indirect Costs
(j) Travel Expenses
Anticipated Timeline:
Select applicants will be invited to interview in late January 2018.
Funding is expected to be available starting March 2018.
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