SDG 4.1.1 Data Readiness Review and Support Mechanism

Issuing organisation: UNESCO

Notice type: Call for implementing partners

Call for partnerships - The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official source of internationally comparable education statistics within the United Nations system and serves as custodian agency for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 indicators, including SDG 4.1.1. SDG 4.1.1 measures the proportion of children and young people achieving at least a minimum proficiency level (MPL) in reading and mathematics at key stages of schooling. The Global Proficiency Framework (GPF) provides the international reference framework to support comparability across national, regional, and international learning assessments. UIS seeks a not-for-profit Implementing Partner, with experience in learning assessment comparability, reporting methodologies, educational measurement, standard setting, proficiency frameworks; that shares UIS’s objective of strengthening the availability, comparability and use of national learning assessment data for SDG 4.1.1 reportingn. The assignment has two complementary objectives: 1) Objective 1: Independent Technical Review Assess whether country-submitted evidence demonstrates alignment with the technical requirements for SDG 4.1.1 reporting, as contained in Criteria for use of an assessment to report on SDG 4.1.1. 2) Objective 2: Country Support and Learning, Capacity-building to applying national countries Estimated start of activities: 1 December 2026. The Call for partnership (CFP) consists of this cover page and the attached Base document Form 7-20 including four annexes Annex 1 : TOR Annex 2: UNESCO Partner Identification Form (to be filled out) Annex 3: detailed evaluation Annex 4: Implementation Partners’ Agreement (for information). Offerors are requested to acknowledge the receipt of this CFP and to indicate whether will be submitting a proposal. For this purpose, and for any requests for clarification, please contact uis.procurement@unesco.org UNESCO does not require any fees to participate in this Call.

UNSPSC classification:

• 81000000 — Engineering and Research and Technology Based Services
• 81140000 — Manufacturing technologies
• 81141700 — Production planning and control

Beneficiary countries: Countries or territories Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Christmas Island Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Timor-Leste Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan, Province of China Tajikistan Thailand Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Tanzania, United Republic of United States of America Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U. S. Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Antarctica Palestine, State of Serbia, Republic of Montenegro Kosovo South Sudan Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao, Special Administrative Region of China North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Republic of Naoero Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda

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