[{"bbox": [124, 107, 1148, 188], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The migration of responsibilities from MGEPESW to MoEAC was not completed despite it being GRN policy to do so: it is likely that there were various political-economic reasons why this was not in the interests of many stakeholders, particularly related to budgetary and salary/remuneration issues."}, {"bbox": [124, 189, 1148, 243], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The new EU Education Sector Reform Budget Support programme needs to be designed in a way that is resilient to institutional changes or alternatively to a static institutional set-up."}, {"bbox": [124, 243, 1148, 296], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Education, including Early Childhood Development, is largely delivered at decentralized level through 14 Regional Councils."}, {"bbox": [124, 297, 1148, 352], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Simply constructing ECD centres will not achieve higher quality outcomes on its own. A coordinated package of measures is needed to increase access, including the upgrading or the construction of ECD centres."}, {"bbox": [124, 353, 1148, 411], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Based on the findings from the evaluation of the 11th EDF ESRC we conclude that the coverage of VT indicators had some strengths but could have been improved."}, {"bbox": [124, 413, 1148, 473], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Most VT indicators under the 11th EDF programme were measuring direct outputs and lacked a direct link to equity and quality."}, {"bbox": [124, 476, 1148, 566], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Implementation capacity at this level in the system is crucial**, and capacity may vary between regions. In addition, the Regional Councils need to engage closely with District and Town Councils to ensure that facilities, including but not limited to ECD centres are based close to communities they serve."}, {"bbox": [124, 569, 1148, 690], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Currently, ECD provision is largely depending on **private and informal** financing and implementation. Building publicly owned infrastructure (new ECD centres) should be coordinated and regulated if the majority of ECD provision is going to continue to be from the private, NGO, CSO and foundation sector. There is still very little public money for educator salaries and investment/non-wage recurrent spending."}, {"bbox": [124, 693, 1148, 782], "category": "List-item", "text": "* **Value for Money** is essential in delivering quality services. Namibia has faced several years of economic slowdown, so the fiscal envelope was tight, and the scale up of ECD, whilst a stated policy priority, remained underfunded. The COVID-19 crisis since 2020 has adversely impacted on delivery in Namibia."}, {"bbox": [124, 785, 1148, 907], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Preparation and design of ECD centres was rushed under the 11th EDF in order to avoid \"losing the money\". The evaluators believed that this was the consequence of the Government allocating the budget support to specific projects, and the Variable Tranche indicator Number 5 covering construction of ECD centres. Poorly sited ECDs adversely impact on access and therefore equity."}, {"bbox": [124, 910, 1148, 997], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The overall budget support could have played a stronger role in reducing inequality and to have a pro-poor orientation. It could have worked in a more coherent manner. **It could have reached and benefitted more children.**"}, {"bbox": [124, 1002, 1148, 1124], "category": "List-item", "text": "* There is a need for flexibility particularly in areas at risk of any natural disaster or pandemic and therefore the Action integrates a so-called 'crisis modifier', designed to quickly reallocate funding to address spikes in need and enable rapid response to new education in emergencies needs that could arise in the programme areas during the implementation."}, {"bbox": [124, 1127, 1148, 1186], "category": "List-item", "text": "* The implementation of an effective MIS at EDC level would have allowed for better measurement of needs and for better targeting of priority interventions."}, {"bbox": [116, 1233, 428, 1265], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 3.5 The Intervention Logic"}, {"bbox": [82, 1328, 1170, 1490], "category": "Text", "text": "The underlying intervention logic for this action is to improve equitable and inclusive access and quality in ECD and PPE sub-sectors through the provision of financial resources, policy dialogue and technical assistance aimed at strengthening systems and processes for service delivery, in line with the government's priorities. It acknowledges that the formal transfer of responsibilities from the MGEPESW to the MoEAC has made only intermittent progress, but is based on a consensus by the institutions involved that a child centred, coherent approach is in the best interests of all stakeholders. It has several building blocks:"}, {"bbox": [82, 1514, 1170, 1649], "category": "Text", "text": "Inclusivity is important: the programme acknowledges that the prevalence of stunting is very high amongst children in some communities, and it makes no sense to have a successful school feeding programme in primary schools but to neglect younger children at ECD level. To the extent possible this should be targeted towards vulnerable children from disadvantaged backgrounds. It also recognises that this extension is a policy commitment of the Harambee Prosperity Plan II, and that the MoEAC has the means and capacity to extend its own successful school feeding programme to"}, {"bbox": [572, 1661, 655, 1688], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page | 21"}]