SDG 4.1.1 Data Readiness Review and Support Mechanism
UNESCO · Call for implementing partners
Posted 28 Sept 2026 · 20 days left
In plain terms
UNESCO's Institute for Statistics seeks a not-for-profit organisation with expertise in learning assessment and educational measurement to review country data submissions for the SDG 4.1.1 indicator on reading and mathematics proficiency. The call is open from 28 September to 20 October 2026, though no budget is specified in the available text.
A generated summary of the donor's text; the original wording is below.
Summary
Call for partnerships - The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official source of internationally comparable education statistics within the United Nations system and serves as custodian agency for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 indicators, including SDG 4.1.1.
SDG 4.1.1 measures the proportion of children and young people achieving at least a minimum proficiency level (MPL) in reading and mathematics at key stages of schooling. The Global Proficiency Framework (GPF) provides the international reference framework to support comparability across national, regional, and international learning assessments.
UIS seeks a not-for-profit Implementing Partner, with experience in learning assessment comparability, reporting methodologies, educational measurement, standard setting, proficiency frameworks; that shares UIS’s objective of strengthening the availability, comparability and use of national learning assessment data for SDG 4.1.1 reportingn. The assignment has two complementary objectives:
1) Objective 1: Independent Technical Review
Assess whether country-submitted evidence demonstrates alignment with the technical requirements for SDG 4.1.1 reporting, as contained…
Excerpt from the donor's page. The full text, annexes and forms are on the original call.
Eligible regions
- global
Who can apply
- ngo_cso