Empowering Teachers; Inspiring Futures
The Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA) supports teacher education and professional development in Sub-Saharan Africa to address the critical shortage of qualified teachers. The Initiative is a partnership between European Union member states (Belgium, France, Finland), UNESCO, and the African Union Commission, financed by the European Commission through the Global Gateway strategy.
Within the RTIA, the Facility of EU member states (Belgium, France and Finland) focuses on three key priorities:
Research and production of knowledge on teacher professional development and teacher wellbeing
What’s in there for our partners?
Three key priorities are put into action through three Facility Windows:
Window 1
System solutions and demand driven technical assistance to support countries in designing, implementing and evaluating national teacher policies and build capacity of Ministries of Education.
Partners: Ministries of Education
Window 2
Service delivery solutions aimed at accelerating improvements in teaching quality and enhancing teacher professional development. Testing and scaling up successful and innovative programmes on teacher education and training, including in fragile contexts
Partners: Public actors and institutions, individual or consortia-led national or international NGOs.
Window 3
Research and Production of knowledge on teacher issues: research partnerships on teacher policies, satisfaction and well-being, and evidence for better teacher governance and professional development. Solutions that enhance research capacity and contribute to evidence-based policymaking.
Partners: Consortia of universities and research centres from Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa
For more information, please check the RTIA webpage.
The Regional Teachers Initiative for Africa (RTIA) Facility supports teacher development also in crisis contexts: please check these factsheets for more details on the six projects working on these themes.
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