Senior Expert on Optimizing the Network of Vocational and Professional Pre-higher Education Institutions

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST ( LEARN-2.5-EUE-7– Senior Expert on Optimizing the Network of Vocational and Professional Pre-higher Education Institutions) UKRAINE Lifting Education Access and Resilience in Times of Need in Ukraine Program GPE № TF0D0613 Assignment Title: Senior Expert on Optimizing the Network of Vocational and Professional Pre-higher Education Institutions No . LEARN-2.5-EUE-7 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 Senior Expert on Optimizing the Network of Vocational and Professional Pre-higher Education Institutions provides expert and analytical support to the MoES in coordinating activities for preparing regional plans for the formation of the network of vocational and professional pre-higher education institutions by local authorities, according to the Methodological Guidelines for Forming the Network of Institutions of Vocational and Professional Pre-higher Education, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Order No. 216-r of March 4, 2026.. 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 May 19, 2026. TERMS OF REFERENCE Consulting Services (Individual Consultant) Senior Expert on Optimizing the Network of Vocational and Professional Pre-higher Education Instit