U.S. Embassy Lome -Togo, Filling the educational gap in the fight against violent extremism in Togo: Design, Adoption, and Implementation of a dedicated Curriculum

Overview

U.S. Embassy Lome, of the U.S. Department of State, announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out a program to develop a preventative curriculum approach to counter violent extremism through education in Togo. The main objective of this NOFO is to leverage and highlight U.S. expertise and the growing U.S.-Togo relationship to help launch the teaching of prevention of violent extremism in schools and prisons through the development of a teaching manual for schools and the establishment of training and awareness clinics for prisons in Togo.

Priority Region: All the 5 regions of Togo

Expected Outcomes:

Specific outcomes should include one or more of the following: 

1. Development of a teaching manual to prevent violent extremism in Primary and Secondary Schools in Togo. 
2. Development of a handbook for the prevention of violent extremism in prisons. 
3. Teachers are equipped with knowledge and understanding of the drivers of violent extremism in Togo, including the importance of tolerance and social cohesion. 
4. Teachers have confidence in their knowledge and understanding of PVE terminology and language. 
5. Ministry of primary and secondary Education adopts the use of the manual into Togolese education curriculum to prevent violent extremism.

Participants and Audiences:

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, the Interministerial Committee to Prevent and Fight Violent Extremism (CIPLEV), and public primary and secondary schools. The Project Implementer is required to identify, select, and segment relevant, reachable, and persuadable audiences to the program. The target audience selected from these institutions should have significant influence in addressing the issue.

Performance Indicators: 

The project implementer should monitor and report on performance indicators that are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. Establish, where possible, performance baseline data and expected performance targets for each expected result and include details on what sources of data will be used to document performance, how the indicators will be measured, frequency of measurement, and units of measure. Where possible, indicators should also allow for sex disaggregation. Indicators should reflect key project outputs or outcomes that reflect on the primary goals or objectives of the project and that the implementer can collect with high quality data. Applicants must insert a table indicating Outputs, Outcome Indicators, and Target (see NOFO for more details) in the proposal document. The implementer will be responsible for quarterly reporting on each performance indicator included in the grant agreement as well as analysis of progress or impediments to reach indicator targets.

Applicants are only allowed to submit one proposal per organization.

Length of performance period: 12 months 

Number of awards anticipated: 01 award

Anticipated program start date: September 20, 2023