Business Analyst for the Development of the Automated Information Complex of Educational Management (AICOM) for Preschool Education

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ( LEARN-2.2-ECEIT-TA2- Business Analyst for the Development of the Automated Information Complex of Educational Management (AICOM) for Preschool Education) UKRAINE Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need in Ukraine Program GPE TF0D0612 Assignment Title: Business Analyst for the Development of the Automated Information Complex of Educational Management (AICOM) for Preschool Education No . LEARN-2.2-ECEIT-TA2 Ukraine and World Bank have signed the agreements for the Program "Lifting Education Access and Resilience in times of Need in Ukraine Program" (hereinafter referred to as the LEARN or Operation). LEARN was developed to address critical challenges and provide essential support to the education sector, aligning with the Ministry of Education and Science's (MoES) Strategic Action Plan. The Business Analyst for the Development of the Automated Information Complex of Educational Management (AICOM) for Preschool Education provides business analysis for the hardware and software for the AICOM module for the preschool education sector, including formulation of clear and testable requirements, alignment of process and information models, and support for development and acceptance of functionality. The Consultant will be contracted through competitive selection in line with Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers, Feb 2025. The detailed Terms of Reference and submission modalities for the assignment are attached to this Request for Expression of Interest. MOES now invites qualified interested persons to submit their expression of interest in Ukrainian and English as provided in the Terms of reference. The deadline for submission of applications is 14:00 am Kyiv time June 24, 2026. TERMS OF REFERENCE for Consulting Services (Individual Consultant) Business Analyst for the Development of the Automated Information Complex of Educational Management (AICOM) for Preschool Education Contract No. LEARN-2.2-ECEIT-TA2 Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need in Ukraine (LEARN) URTF Grant No. TF0D0612 I. Background The Government of Ukraine is implementing a comprehensive reform of the education sector aimed at strengthening teaching and learning conditions and enhancing management capacities across all levels of education, which is one of the key tasks on the path of Ukraine's accession to the EU. With the adoption in 2024 of the new Law of Ukraine "On Preschool Education", which entered into force on January 1, 2025, active transformation processes have also covered preschool education. The early childhood and preschool education ranks first among the strategic priorities identified by the Strategic Action Plan of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine until 2027, approved by the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated March 7, 2024 No. 276. The ultimate goal of the reform is to ensure access to quality preschool education for every child, including children with special educational needs, which is planned to be achieved through a number of the following strategic goals: accessibility, highly qualified and motivated staff, compliance of the quality and content of education with European requirements, the functioning of effective systems for monitoring and assessing quality, management and financing. The European Commission's Communication on the EU's Enlargement Policy for 2024 notes the steps taken as achieving some progress. It emphasizes the next task of ensuring the implementation of the legislation on preschool education, which puts in place measures aligning to EU principles and focuses on high-quality early childhood education, guaranteeing access for children of early and preschool age, fair rules for the functioning of preschool entities, and decent working conditions for employees. Implementation of this reform is also accompanied by the development of the draft Strategy for preschool education development presented during the event "First Steps Forward", new secondary legislation, and additional budget allocations. These reforms, which are the most transformative in more than three decades, will be implemented in two phases. The first phase involves developing capacity at the national and local levels for implementation of reforms on a limited scale, approximately 35 territorial communities (hromadas), combined with a rigorous process evaluation to prepare for scale up. The second phase involves implementation of the Strategy at the national level. To support the first stage of the preschool education reform, the Government requested additional resources under the Technical Assistance component, Investment Project Financing, of "Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need in Ukraine" (LEARN) project. In 2024, Ukraine and the World Bank signed agreements on the Operation "Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need in Ukraine" (LEARN). The LEARN objectives are: (i) to improve teaching and learning conditions; and (ii) to strengthen the management capacity of the education system. The total LEARN financing amounts to US$451 mln million provides a combination of the World Bank financing instruments: Program for Results (PforR) - US$389.9 mln and Investment Project Financing (IPF) - US$61.1 mln. The Program-for-Results (PforR) is implemented through a US$235 million credit provided by Bank resources, supported by credit enhancement from the Advancing Needed Credit Enhancement for Ukraine (ADVANCE Ukraine) Trust Fund, which is backed by the Government of Japan. This is formalized under the Financing Agreement between Ukraine and the International Development Association for the Program (CREDIT No 9721-UA). An additional US$150 million is provided under the Special Program for Ukraine and Moldova Recovery (SPUR) of the International Development Association (IDA) Crisis Facility, as outlined in the Loan Agreement between Ukraine and the International Bank for Recons