PROGRAM Principles

BEDP is implemented on the basis of twelve principles. They are as follows:

1.	Ownership: of the Project rests with the national education system. The Department of Edcuation (DoE) and Provincial Departments of Education (PDoEs) will play a significant role in Project decision-making; collectively through the Project Coordinating Committee, and individually by Provincial Planning and Implementation Teams (PPIT).
2.	Partnership: between GoA and GoPNG are based on policy engagement and sound governance principles. Partnerships include those between DoE and PDoEs (through Joint Project Commitments); between BEDP staff and DoE and PDoE partners; between members of each Board of Management Facilitation (BoMF) Team and between community members and school staff.
3.	Participation: the Project is committed to participatory methods of data-gathering, engagement, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation by those engaged in the project at all levels of the education system.
4.	‘Additionality’: BEDP support supplements the overall resources available to the education sector and is not used to replace current DoE or PDoE recurrent or development budget allocations.
5.	Flexibility: the Project adapts to current and evolving circumstances and is sensitive to absorptive capacity.
6.	Alignment with the National Education Plan: in order to focus capacity building activities. However, there is recognition of the importance of following a ‘bottom-up’ planning process.
7.	Gender and Equity: the Project implements a gender mainstreaming strategy to promote the involvement of women and men equally in all aspects of the project, both as implementers and as beneficiaries.
8.	HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming: the Project continuously reviews its potential to limit the spread of HIV and seeks to use appropriate strategies to empower communities to deal with this disease.
9.	Affordability: activities support service delivery that is affordable within the resources available at each level.
10.	Sustainability and Self-Reliance: Wherever risk-feasible, the project uses and strengthens existing systems.
11.	Good Governance - Transparency and Accountability: the Project practices, promotes, and requires adherence to the twin pillars of good governance.
12	Environmentally Appropriate Technologies: the Project promotes the use of building technologies that are appropriate to each local environment, drawing on traditional and innovative preservation and construction methods.