The Partnership to Strengthen Innovation and Practice in Secondary Education (PSIPSE) announces an $8 million call for proposals

Since the 2015 announcement of grants, the PSIPSE has focused on an overarching Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning framework that will help the PSIPSE better understand the impact of its interventions and ensure that its future grantmaking builds on evidence from the portfolio of 58 projects in 8 countries for which PSIPSE has provided of over $50 million in funding to date.

To accelerate learning and sharing, the PSIPSE convened a meeting of grantees in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in June, 2016. This was the second convening of PSIPSE grantees in East Africa, the first taking place in Nairobi, Kenya in 2014. The meeting aimed to give grantees an opportunity to share successes, challenges and lessons learned in the implementation of their PSIPSE funded projects in the representative countries; to build relationships and network with key stakeholders who are involved in implementing secondary education programs in the region; and to explore opportunities for collaboration and peer-to-peer networking among PSIPSE grantees. The convening also provided a space to engage with policy makers from PSIPSE focus countries and participate in technical workshops on communication, scaling-up and monitoring and evaluation.

About Dubai Cares
Dubai Cares, part of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, is a UAE-based global philanthropic organization working towards providing children in developing countries with access to quality education. Our mission to increase children's access to quality education is guided by a common principle: children ready for schools, schools ready for children, parents and the community ready to play their role. Gender equality is a cross cutting theme in all Dubai Cares' education programs. Central to Dubai Cares' approach is also a focus on monitoring, evaluation and learning. Over the past 9 years, Dubai Cares has successfully launched education programs reaching over 14 million beneficiaries in 41 developing countries.

About Echidna Giving
Echidna Giving joins critical thinkers, innovators and practitioners, to advance girls' education in the developing world. Echidna Giving works to get more girls, into better schools, to live better lives by supporting leaders and organizations who define, measure, and deliver change.

About the MacArthur Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. MacArthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress is possible on some of the world's most pressing social challenges, including over-incarceration, global climate change, nuclear risk, and significantly increasing financial capital for the social sector. In addition to the MacArthur Fellows Program, the Foundation continues its historic commitments to the role of journalism in a responsible and responsive democracy, as well as the strength and vitality of our headquarters city, Chicago.

About The MasterCard Foundation
The MasterCard Foundation works with visionary organizations to provide greater access to education, skills training and financial services for people living in poverty, primarily in Africa. As one of the largest private foundations its work is guided by its mission to advance learning and promote financial inclusion to create an inclusive and equitable world. Based in Toronto, Canada, its independence was established by Mastercard when the Foundation was created in 2006.
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