Review of the Education Sector Reform Performance Contract in the Kyrgyz Republic

The EU has been supporting implementation of Education Development Strategy (EDS) since 2013. In this context, the EU has prioritized the Education Sector as one of the three focal sectors under the financial envelope 2014-2020. The priority areas of the Education Budget Support programme aimed to support Kyrgyz government-owned education policy and strategy, strengthen institutional capacity, and enhance the policy dialogue. The overall objective of the project was to provide a detailed review of the implementation of the Education Sector Reform Performance Contract (ESRPC) and to enable the EU to use the outcomes of the reviews for decisions on instalment disbursement and programme execution. The specific objective was to conduct review missions in 2019 for the disbursement of the first fixed and variable instalments, in 2020 for the disbursement of the second fixed and variable instalments and in 2021 for the disbursement of the final fixed and variable instalments. The first review mission consisted of 2 visits to verify compliance with conditions attached to the release of the first tranche. The conclusions of the first review was used to decide upon the disbursement of the first fixed and variable instalments of the ESRPC scheduled in November – December 2019. The second review mission consisted of 2 visits to verify compliance with conditions and achievements of targets attached to the release of the second tranche. The conclusions of the second review mission was used to decide upon the disbursement of the second fixed and variable instalments under the programme scheduled in April – May 2020. The final review mission consisted of 2 visits to verify compliance with conditions and achievements of targets attached to the release of the third tranche. The conclusions of the third (final) review mission was used to decide upon the disbursement of the second fixed and variable instalments under the programme scheduled in 4th quarter 2021.


Project Details
Country KYRGYZSTAN
Start date 2019.09.16
End date 2021.12.24
Client EC Delegation
Sector EVALUATION
Sub-sector Capacity building
Ref. ADE A595-048