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Roma Education Fund /Scholarship Programs (REF/SPs) Terms of Reference Roma Health Scholarship Program Training Organization from Romania, Serbia and Macedonia
Roma Education Fund /Scholarship Programs (REF/SPs): Terms of Reference Roma Health Scholarship Program Training
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Duration: Up to 13 months
Daily Rate: TBD
Time Period:Â 13 months
The Scholarship Programs as a part of Roma Education Fund (REF) promotes equal access of Roma to appropriate and quality higher Education in the Program Countries of South Eastern, Eastern and Central Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine), by providing scholarships to Roma University students.
In order to address the needs of developing a professional medical staff among Roma minority REF and the Open Society Institute (OSI) run scholarship schemes for Roma Students pursuing degrees for Medical Nurses and/or Medical Doctors at state accredited/recognized Medical and Medical-Vocational schools in Romania, Serbia and Macedonia.
Given the complexity of entry examinations in Romanian, Serbian and Macedonian Medical Universities, the REF Scholarship Programs wishes to arrange Preparatory Courses for Roma pupils interested to take these examinations and enroll in Medical Universities in the above mentioned countries. The course would be for pupils in their final year/s (11th - 12th grades) of high school.
Roma Education Fund Scholarship Programs therefore is seeking applications from Training Organizations or Higher Education establishments that have capacity and previous experience in organizing Preparatory Courses for entry examinations in Universities and/or similar academic preparation courses.
Objective:
The Training Organization would be responsible for:
- preparing and implementing an out-reach plan in order to identify the pupils interested and eligible to pursue such preparatory courses in close cooperation with Roma NGOs, municipalities and schools.
- selecting candidates for the courses; the Programâ€TMs goal is to have 30 participants in preparatory courses in each country. The selection will be based on the results of the candidatesâ€TM high school diploma and the grades for the relevant subjects (chemistry and biology).
- defining and implementing a curriculum for the preparatory courses in subjects like Biology, Chemistry, Physics and National Languages, depending on the country specific entry examinations.
- assessing the progress of each individual student on a regular basis and providing an individualized program of study. Regular 4-month reporting to the REF Scholarships Program Senior Program Officer on the progress of the students.
- organizing preparatory courses in several or all of the following towns where there are selected students:
Romania
- Bucharest
-Cluj
- Iasi
Serbia
-Belgrade
- Nis
Macedonia
-Skopje
-Tetovo
-Bitola
- Prepare an intermediary and final evaluation scheme for participants at the preparatory courses.
Requirements:
-The Training Organization should have at least 3 years experience in the organization and provision of preparatory courses for entry examinations in Universities in Romania, Serbia and Macedonia or similar academic courses
- Be familiar with the curricula of Medical Universities in Romania, Serbia and Macedonia as well as with the requirements for the entry examinations of the latter
-The Training Organization should have the capacity to compile a Preparatory Course for candidates who wish to pass entry examinations in Medical Universities in Romania, Serbia and Macedonia
- The Preparatory Courses should be delivered by qualified teachers
-Demonstrated ability to outreach to the Roma communities. Knowledge of Roma Education issues represents an advantage
-The Training Organization should have the capacity to hold the Preparatory Courses for 10 consecutive academic months (2010-2011 academic year)
-The Training Organization should be able to organize preparatory courses in all of the above listed towns in each Program Country.
Output:
A project concept for the Roma Health Scholarship Program Preparatory Course. The document should be of about 5 pages. Separate documents to be sent: Executive summary, Presentation of the portfolio of the organization and the CV of the Manager/Director as well as the CVs of the trainers/teachers. The project concept should focus on the following:
- Preparation of the curricula/teaching plan and the process of selection of teachers/trainers (with teaching experience of at least 3 years);
- Specific activities, including the roles and responsibilities of all key players, a time bound action plan, and a staffing plan;
- Estimated costs of the proposed action plan. Proposals should indicate the costs for students who: (a) registered; (b) attend all courses; (b) take all the examinations; and (c) are admitted to the medical universities. The proposals should also include an estimate of the number of students in each category.
- Identification of key challenges that would need to be overcome
- Geographical coverage Â
The Project Concept should be prepared in English.
Task management:
The REF Scholarships Program Senior Program Officer will be responsible for managing this task.
The eligible Organizations should send the project concept along with the requested documents to Nino Chelidze at nchelidze@romaeducationfund.org and Rodica Moroi at rmoroi@romaeducationfund.org by April 30, 2010.
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