General Procurement Notice For Multisectoral Early Childhood Development Project

General Procurement Notice For Multisectoral Early Childhood Development ProjectThe Project Will Include The Following Components Which Remain Subject To The Final Evaluation And Confirmation Component 1 Access To Essential Health And Nutrition Services This Component Aims To Improve Access To And Coverage Of An Evidence Based Package Of Essential Rmncah N Services Of Sufficient Quality For The First 1 000 Days Pregnant And Lactating Women And Children Up To Age 2 Adolescent Girls Women Of Reproductive Age And Children Aged 2 5 Years Will Be Secondary Target Groups With Interventions For These Populations Incorporated In An Opportunistic Manner And Or In Later Stages Of Project Implementation Financing Will Prioritize Increasing Access To Services For Vulnerable Populations The Component Seeks To Both Strengthen The Package Of Services Provided And Alleviate Supply And Demand Side Barriers To Coverage And Utilization Of The Package The First Two Years Of The Project Will Focus On Alleviating Key Pressure Points To Ensure Adequate Coverage Of A Revised And Evidence Based Package Of Rmncah N Services In The Majuro Ebeye Hospitals Recognizing That Greater Scope And Scale Will Be Needed To Re Orient Services Delivery Towards The Frontlines And Accelerate Rmncah N Outcomes The Component Will Also Support A Suite Of Technical Assistance Ta Activities To Identify Strategic Shifts In Service Delivery In Order To Inform Further Scale Up Beyond The Initial Phase Focused On Enhanced Frontline Service Delivery In Majuro Ebeye And On The Oi Component 2 Access To Stimulation And Early Learning Activities This Component Aims To Improve Children S Cognitive And Socio Emotional Development And Facilitate Children S Readiness For On Time Transition To Primary School Through Expanding Access To Stimulation And Early Learning Services In The Absence Of A National Program For Children Under Five Years Old Component 2 Will Take An Adaptive Learning Approach To Piloting And Scaling Up Contextually Appropriate Models Of Early Learning And Stimulation This Component Will Strengthen Existing Service Platforms Where Appropriate And Support The Creation Of Community Based Services To Engage Children And Caregivers Outside Of Formal Settings Such As Through Community Playgroups And Parent Support Groups The Pilots Will Be Evaluated And Adapted Considering Feasibility And Cost Effectiveness Of The Different Models Piloted Component 2 Has Two Sub Components One Aimed At Directly Improving Delivery Of Early Learning And Stimulation Services Through Adaptive Learning And The Other Aimed At Strengthening Stewardship And Management Capacity Of Government For This Sub Sector Component 3 Social Assistance For Early Years Households This Component Aims To Increase Utilization Of Key Ecd Services Using Conditional Cash Transfers Cct To Modify Care Practices And Behaviors Cash Transfers Would Not Only Directly Address Financial Barriers To Accessing Key Ecd Services E G Transport And Opportunity Costs But Also Be Instrumental In Addressing Knowledge And Motivational Barriers To Access In The Longer Term This Component Would Also Begin The Process Of Building Up A Social Assistance System In The Rmi To Drive The Ecd Agenda Component 3 Has Two Sub Components One Aimed At The Provision Of Cash Transfers To Beneficiary Households And The Other Aimed At Providing Ta To Establish The Social Assistance System Component 4 Project Management And Institutional Strengthening This Component Aims To Institutionalize Ecd As A Multisectoral Program With Strong Leadership And Coordination Across Relevant Agencies It Encompasses Project Management As Well As The Monitoring Evaluation And Adaptive Learning Elements Of The Ecd Program Procurement Of Contracts Financed By The World Bank Will Be Conducted Through The Procedures As Specified In The World Bank S Procurement Regulations Current Edition And Is Open To All Eligible Bidders As Defined In The Regulations Specific Procurement Notices For Contracts To Be Bid Under The World Bank S Open International Competitive Procurement Procedures Will Be Announced As They Become Available In Un Development Business And The Official Website Of Mof Rmi Mof Com And The Marshall Islands Journal Mij

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