Geographic Area: Egypt

Area of Development:  Social and Human Development

Sector: Education

Other Funding parties: -

Executive body: NGO Central Kindergarten Supervision League (CKSL)

Beneficiaries: Egyptian children, Kindergarten staff, Egyptian NGOs and concerned institutions

Period of implementation: 2005 - 2007

Amount and nature of the funds: 266,653 € grant through the Debt Swap Programme.

Type of intervention: Capacity building, training.

Objective: Enhancing the capacity of the Kindergarten staff, NGO and concerned institutions to deliver high quality children care services.

Description of the project: The project development objective is to provide a healthy environment for the development of Egyptian children through the enhancement of the capacity of the Kindergarten staff, NGO and concerned institutions to deliver high quality children care services in a sustainable way.

The main expected results are:

·         Standard training modules and implementation methodology developed and routinely used by Egyptian NGOs

·         An outreach network of 20 qualified trainers in Cairo and in 3 governorates to implement, monitor and evaluate the standardized training to KG staff.

·         The staff (supervisors, directors and nannies) of over 1200 kindergartens in 3 governorates and Siwa has acquired, through training and scholarships, Early Childhood Development knowledge attitude and skills and have introduced them in their daily work with children.

The staff of the provincial Motherhood and Childhood departments in 3 governorates and in Siwa has acquired  Early Childhood Development knowledge, attitudes and skills to supervise, monitor and provide effective assistance to the kindergartens operated by the NGOs in their respective governorates.