Quality Assurance Expert — Lifting Education Access and Resilience in times of Need in Ukraine Program

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (LEARN-IC-ECEDO-16-R – Quality Assurance Expert) Market Approach - Open, National UKRAINE Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need in Ukraine Program Grant No. TF0D0612 Assignment Title: Quality Assurance Expert Reference No. LEARN-IC-ECEDO-16-R In 2024, Ukraine, together with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association (hereinafter referred to as the World Bank), signed the agreements for the Operation “Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need in Ukraine” (hereinafter referred to as LEARN or the Operation). LEARN was developed to address critical challenges and provide essential support to the education sector, aligning with the Ministry of Education and Science’s (MoES) Strategic Action Plan. The Operation focuses on supporting the priorities “1. Early Childhood and Preschool Education” and “2. Reform of the New Ukrainian School” stipulated in the Strategic Plan. The objective of this assignment is to provide the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MES) with expert, analytical, and coordination support in developing and operationalizing an effective preschool education quality assurance system during the first phase of implementation of the “First Steps Forward” program, and in scaling improved quality assurance practices nationally through evidence-based decision-making informed by national information systems, including the Automated Information Complex of Educational Management (AIKOM). The Consultant will be contracted through competitive selection in line with the World Bank’s “Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers” September 2025 (“Procurement Regulations”). The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to Section III, paragraphs, 3.14, 3.16, and 3.17 of the Procurement Regulations, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest. MOES now invites qualified interested persons to submit their expression of interest in Ukrainian and English as provided in the Terms of reference. The detailed Terms of Reference and submission modalities for the assignment are available at the link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NcOgb5f0IjRDwuDJMhnIH-OkKqTEP-h1/view?usp=sharing The deadline for submission of applications is 11:00 am Kyiv time December 02, 2026.