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I N FORMAT I CS S TUD IO • www.informatics-studio.com

Informatics Studio is a communications research, user-centered design and technology firm that started out of Carnegie Mellon University in 1992.

We work with global corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and NGOs that focus on human development and health worldwide.

We utilize systems thinking in solving complex commu-nication and information management challenges. This analytical approach defines system strengths and weak-nesses and develops specifications for innovating new and better ways of solving complex challenges of managing, monitoring, and interpreting complex information.

We work primarily in six domains:

• International Development• Economics • Health + Life Sciences• Education + Training• Energy + Environment• Corporate + Organizational Strategic Communications

Informatics Studio: Who We Are


• Technology + User Audit, Evaluation, Strategy• System Architecture• User-centered Design + Development

• Knowledge Management Systems• Learning Management Platforms• Training + Knowledge Products• Program Management Tools + Applications• Monitoring + Evaluation Tools• Data Collection, Data Visualization + Decision Support• Collaboration + Community Development Platforms• Web Design + Development• Program Branding, Behavioral Marketing + Strategic

Communications

Informatics Studio: What We Do


GRM / Futures Group Global Knowledge Management System, Program Management, and Collaborative Framework

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01. User Types + Roles

Who is using the site

03. Access Model + Taxonomies

How we can connect users to content

02. Content Core

What we are connecting users with

04. Information Architecture

What is the organization that brings everything together

05. Wireframes

How to present content, functionality and navigational schema to users

Research and Development: Primary Component Definitions


01. User Types + Roles

Operations

Business Development

Project Delivery

• Corporate Communications

• Executive Leadership Team

• Finance and Accounting

• Global Operations

• Human Resources and Recruiting

• Information Technology

• Knowledge Management

• Asia Pacific Business Unit

• Europe, Middle East, and Africa Business Unit

• United States Business Unit

• Strategic Growth Business Unit

Corporate Groups Business Units

User Types + Roles

The first planning step is to define user types and roles. Based on an understand of who our audiences are, we will be able to plan meaningful organizing principles to create clear and intuitive paths to the information they seek and tasks they wish to perform.




- RFPs - Capture Plan - Proposals - Business Proposal - Technical Proposal

Corporate Groups

- Executive Leadership Team - Business Unit Leadership Teams - APAC Business Unit Leadership Team - EMEA Business Unit Leadership Team - Strategic Growth Business Unit Leadership Team - US Business Unit Leadership Team- Global Operations - Security - Internal Audit - Contracts and Compliance - Project Operations - Policies and Guidelines Corporate Communications - Marketing - Internal Communications- Facilities Management - Finance & Accounting - Accounting - Financial Management - Tax & Compliance - Treasury- Human Resources and Recruiting - Recruitment - Bene�ts - Employee Relations - Training and Development - Performance Management - Insurance- Information Technology - Knowledge Management - Recording and Documenting Project Outcomes - Project Performance Management - Technical Documentation - Technical Practice Areas- General Counsel/Corporate Governance

Business Units

- Asia Paci�c Business Unit- Europe, Middle East, and Africa Business Unit- United States Business Unit- Strategic Growth Business Unit

- Contract Documents - Deliverables - Financial Documents - Lists and Documentation - Project Start-Up Documents - Research Documents - Organization Chart - Project Data (Organization Chart, Project Brief, etc.) - Project Report - Quarterly Report - Semi Annual Report - Annual Report - Final Report - Project Deliverables- Operations Documents - Project Close-Out Documents

- Development Clients- Commerical Clients- Direct Government Contracting

- APAC Projects- EMEA Projects- USBU Projects- SGBU Projects

i. Operations ii. Business Development iii. Project Delivery iv. Clients v. Projects


Environment and Natural Resources

- Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Area Management- Climate Change Adaptation - Climate Change Mitigation - Disaster Risk Reduction- Disaster Resilience- Energy Resource Management- Environment and Social Safeguards- Extractives Resource Management- Forest Resource Management- Global Environmental Initiatives, Including Carbon Finance Mechanisms- Integrated Landscape and Trans Boundary Resource Management- Land Resource Management, Including Sustainable Land Management (SLM)- Nation Environmental- Policies, Environmental Protection Agencies- Payments for Ecosystems Services Mechanisms- Water Resource Management- Resource Allocation- Resource Mobilization

Education

- Assessments- Basic Education- Curriculum Design/Teaching & Learning Materials Production- Early Childhood Education- Inclusive Education- Literacy/Numeracy- Scholarships Administration and Management- Secondary Education- Teacher Training- Technical and Vocational/Skills- Youth and Adult Education/Higher Education- Eduction Sector Policy and Planning- Scholarships & Short-term Training

Agriculture and Food Security

- Agri-business- Agro-processing and Quality Control- Agricultural Market Development- Agriculture- Crop Production - Seed Production and Testing - Cereal - Industrial Crops - Fodder - Irrigation Engineering- Fisheries and Aquaculture- Food Systems and Value Chains- Horticulture and Plant Breeding- Irrigation- Land Management - Land Rights - Land Reform - Land Use - Land and resources management - Natural History- Livestock production and Animal Health - Animal Husbandry and Breeding - Bi-products (Hides and Skins) - Dairy - Meat - Veterinary Services - Veterinary Public Health/One Health - Animal Disease Control - Animal Health - Livestock Production - Livestock Value - Veterinary Epidemiology - Veterinary Public Health - Veterinary Services- Sustainable Rural Livelihoods- Agricultural Development- Agricultural Economics- Agricultural policy- Agricultural Risk Mitigation- Agricultural Systems Improvement- Agriculture and Rural Development

Growth and Livelihoods

- Agriculture and Agribusiness Support- Competitiveness and Enabling Environment Reform- Corporate Social Responsibility- Economic and Industrial Policy and Sector Management- Economic Policy, Trade, and Regional Integration- Employment and Labour Market- Financial Regulation- Green/Low Carbon Growth- Infrastructure-Communications- Infrastructure-Transportation- Investment Climate Reform- Investment Promotion- Local Economic Development- Market Analysis, Segmentation, and Growth- Private Sector Development and Competitiveness and Fragile States- Private Sector Provisions of Basic Services- Public and Private Partnerships- Rural Economic Development & Livelihoods- Sector, Value Chain, and Market Development (M4P)- Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development- Supply Chain Management- Trade and Regional Integration- Trade Policy Development and Capacity Building- TVET/VET Skills- Value Chains- Accounting & Finance- Administration- Development- Economic Development- Emerging Markets- Extractive Industries Governance- Financial Management- Financial Services- Goods and Services- International Development- Local Economic Development- Logistics- Making Markets work for the Poor- Management- Microfinance- Poverty and Inequality- Private Sector Development- Rural Livelihoods- Semiconductor Manufacturing- Social Capital- Social Enterprise- Social Entrepreneurship- Telecommunications- Trade Promotion- Transport Infrastructure- Voucher and Cash Transfer Systems

Governance, Law, and Justice

- Administrative/Civil Service Reform- Anti-Corruption- Civil Society Engagement and Support (GRM)- Decentralization- Demarcation and Boundaries- Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR)- Election Support and Reform- Empowerment & Social Development- Government Reform in Fragile, Transitional and - Conflict-Affected Settings- Participatory/Democratic Governance- Police Reform- Public Financial Management- Public-Private Partnerships- Security, Justice, and Rule of Law- Taxation- Advocacy and Coalition Building- Behavior Change Communication- Center of government reform- Civil Advocacy- Civil Society Strengthening- Combination HIV Prevention- Community Mobilization & Empowerment- Constitutional Reform- Corporate Governance- Democracy- Democratic Governance- Good Governance- Governance and Accountability- Government capacity development- Government human resources- Law and Justice- Legislature- National and Regional Governance- National and Sector Strategic- Parliamentary Strengthening- Peace and Conflict- Policy and Planning- Policy Development and Implementation- Policy Dialogue- Policy Review and Compliance- Political Party Strengthening- Public Administration- Public Financial Management- Rule of Law- Security & Justice- Youth Voice & Accountability

Gender and Human Rights

- Adolescent Girls- Gender-Based Violence- Gender Equity- Gender Mainstreaming- Gender-Responsive Governance- Human Rights- Human Trafficking- Male Involvement- Sexual Minorities- Stigma and Discrimination- Women's Participation and Leadership- Empowerment of socially excluded groups- Gender Studies- Intercultural Communication

vi. Sectors



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04. Information Architecture

ServicesSectors

- Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition- Economic Growth & Livelihoods- Education- Environment & Natural Resources- Health, Water and Sanitation- Law & Justice, Democracy and Governance

- Advocacy- Community Engagement and Empowerment- Costing and Financing- Economic Analysis- Forecasting- Funds and Grants Management- Gender- ICT- Impact Evaluation- Institutional and Organizational Development

and Transformation- Institutional and Public Sector Reform- Legal and Regulatory Services- MIS- Mobile Services- Modeling- Policy- Political Economy- Poverty Reduction and Economic

Strengthening

- Private Markets - Analysis, Segmentation, Innovation, Development

- Private Markets - Services and Value Chains- Program Science (Implementation and

Operations Research)- Program/Project Design, Implementation and

Management- Project Management- Project Monitoring and Evaluation- Public Private partnerships- Public Sector Services- Research - Qualitative- Research - Quantitative- Social and Behavior Change- Strategy and Planning- Surveys and Surveillance- Training, Capacity Building and Skills

Enhancement

Africa- Eastern Africa- Middle Africa- Northern Africa- Southern Africa- Western Africa

Americas- Caribbean- Central America- South America- America

Asia- Central Asia- Eastern Asia- Southern Asia- South-Eastern Asia- Western Asia

Europe- Eastern Europe- Northern Europe- Southern Europe- Western Europe

Oceania- Australia and New Zealand- Melanesia- Micronesia- Polynesia

- Communications- Executive Leadership Team - Finance and Accounting- Operations - Human Resources and Recruiting- Information Technology- Knowledge Management

- Asia Paci�c Business Unit- Europe, Middle East, and

Africa Business Unit- United States Business Unit- Strategic Growth Business

Unit

KM Portal

Corporate Groups Business Units Business Development Sectors, Services and Countries

Regions and Countries

- Policies- SOPs and Guidelines- Bid Packages- Tools and Templates for Bids- Collateral- CVs- Links to External Assets- Training

- GRM / Futures Sta�- Project Based Consultant- External Consultant- Contacts

Clients

- Commercial Clients- Development Clients- Direct Government Contracting

- APAC Projects- EMEA Projects- USBU Projects- SGBU Projects

Projects

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Clients and Projects

- Project Start-up- Project Close-out- Project Risk Management - Project Monthly Management Reports - IPRs - Project Security Reports and Action Plans - IPSR Reports and Action Plans- Contracts & Procurement- Project Human Resources Management- Project Finance Management- Project Travel and Logistics- Project IT- Research Documents- Deliverables- Project Reports - Inception Report - Quarterly Report - Semi Annual Report - Annual Report - Final Report

Project Delivery Contacts Search

Landing Page Communications and Access

- News- Announcements- Key Links- Policies- SOPs and Guidelines- Task Work�ows and Templates- SharePoint Support- SharePoint Feedback

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05. Wireframes

Policies

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AENES Soil Survey in the Northern Emirates (SSNE) Abu Dhabi Ministry of United Arab Emirates Development Client EMEA Environment

AESLS Soil Survey for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (SSAD) Abu Dhabi Government United Arab Emirates Development Client EMEA

AESMP BDMFCH Making Markets work for the Chars (M4C) ACIL Australia Pty Ltd Bangladesh Development Client APAC

AESMP ERALFA Assessment of Site Options for a 1000Ha Alfalfa ACE International Eritrea Direct Government Contracting EMEA Operation in Eritrea - Phase 1 Consultants

AESMP-AFICFR Annual Review of Harakat - the Afghanistan Abu Dhabi Government Afghanistan Development Client EMEA Investment Climate Facility

AESMP-SDALFA Assessment for Alfalfa Production – Sudan ACIL Australia Pty Ltd Sudan Development Client APAC

AFALA Australian Leadership Awards in Afghanistan Abu Dhabi Government Afghanistan Direct Government Contracting EMEA

AFDAF Development Assistance Facility for ACE International Afghanistan Development Client EMEA Afghanistan Phase II (DAFA II) Consultants

AEFSC Abu Dhabi Farmers' Services Centre Abu Dhabi Government United Arab Emirates Direct Government Contracting EMEA

AENES Soil Survey in the Northern Emirates (SSNE) Abu Dhabi Ministry of United Arab Emirates Development Client EMEA Environment

AESLS Soil Survey for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi (SSAD) Abu Dhabi Government United Arab Emirates Development Client EMEA

AESMP BDMFCH Making Markets work for the Chars (M4C) ACIL Australia Pty Ltd Bangladesh Development Client APAC

AESMP ERALFA Assessment of Site Options for a 1000Ha Alfalfa ACE International Eritrea Direct Government Contracting EMEA Operation in Eritrea - Phase 1 Consultants

AESMP-AFICFR Annual Review of Harakat - the Afghanistan Abu Dhabi Government Afghanistan Development Client EMEA Investment Climate Facility

AESMP-SDALFA Assessment for Alfalfa Production – Sudan ACIL Australia Pty Ltd Sudan Development Client APAC

AFALA Australian Leadership Awards in Afghanistan Abu Dhabi Government Afghanistan Direct Government Contracting EMEA Afghanistan Phase II (DAFA II) Consultants

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Project Code: VUVET

Project Name: Vanuatu Technical and Vocational Education and Training Sector

Strengthening Program (VTVETSSP)

Project Website: http://www.vanuatutvet.org.vu

Sector(s): Education

Service Offering(s): Monitoring and Evaluation

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Contract Number: 46226

Origin of Funding: DFAT

Executing Agency: -

Primary Contact: Sheena Hannan

Owner: Sheena Hannan

Type: Completed

Contract Type: Programme

Client: DFAT

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The Role of STEM Education in Improving the Tri-State Region’s Workforce

49%

Only out of 5 parents 1have talked to someone at

their child’s school about STEM

Only out of 4 parents1think their school has an

emphasis on STEM

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have heard of STEM

of students surveyed say thatthey have heard of STEM.

31%of students surveyed say someone at their school had talked to them about STEM.

Has anyone at your school talked to you and / or your child about STEM?

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“STEM”—defined as an emphasis on science, technology, engineer-

ing and math in education—is simply not part of parents’ vocabulary.

Teachers and counselors report quizzical looks from parents when

discussing the subject. Even those parents familiar with the term

displayed a lack of understanding about its objectives and failed to

associate many technology- and technical-related jobs and careers

with STEM. This low awareness and understanding of STEM can

be traced to lack of communications about it—few schools have

broached the subject with parents.

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Parents Haven’t Heard Much About STEM Education and They Have a Poor Understanding of It

Low Awareness of STEM Education Among Parents

Few Parents Have Heard of STEM and Schools are Not Talking

Awareness of STEM education among parents in the region is low: only 42% heard of the term STEM, 25% said their children’s school has an emphasis on STEM education, and 20% recall discussing STEM with school officials.

Awareness is lowest among parents in rural locations across all of these measures. Noteworthy is that in a poll conducted among 100 middle and high school students, less than half have heard of STEM and less than one-third recall talking to a school official about it.

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Local Schools Can do Better and the U.S. Needs to Catch Up in Science and Math

Parents give their children’s schools a C in preparing them for jobs and careers, lower than the grade they give schools for preparing children for higher education (C+). The awarding of these average grades could be related to the attitude that the U.S. is falling behind other industrialized countries in educating our children in science and math (69%). Parents in urban locations (80%) are most likely to espouse this view.

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Rural

Urban

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Work to Do

50%25% 75%

College-bound students

Want careers in those fields

Going to technical school

Going to community college

Going to the military

Starting jobs after high school

When asked which types of students should take advanced or higher-level math and science classes like calculus, physics and chemistry, fewer than half of parents identified students attending a 4-year college or students who want careers in those fields (43% for both). The

An inference from this data is that when parents say that most students should have access to STEM education, they are NOT thinking about STEM as advanced or higher-level math and science. Many parents are intimidated by calculus, physics and chemistry and fewer than half

believe that even college-bound students should take these courses. If STEM education is equated with taking these subjects, many parents may not encourage their children to take them.

48%

29%

of students surveyed say that STEM classes are only for students who will attend a 4 year college.

of students surveyed say that STEM classes are for everyone.

percentages are much lower for other types of students. Noteworthy is that in a poll conducted among 100 middle and high school students, less than half (48%) said that STEM class are for the college bound and only 29% said these classes were for all students.

Few Students Should Take Advanced Math or Science

Advanced Math and Science Not Even for the College-Bound

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The Role of STEM Education in Improving the Tri-State Region’s Workforce

06.

Soft Support for STEM Education for All Students

Most parents “somewhat” agree with the statement that all students should have access to STEM education, but support for this sentiment could be considered “soft” given the low number of parents who strongly agree with the following statements.

STEM “Possibly” for Certain Types of Students:

Parents Say STEM Education is Only for Some Children

It is important for all children, whether they are gifted or not, to have access to STEM education.

Somewhat Agree

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Agree

Somewhat Disagree

43% 47% 8% 2%

27% 52% 16% 5%

24% 52% 21% 3%

It’s important for children to have STEM education even if they aren’t interested in a job in those fields.

It’s important for children to have STEM education even if they aren’t going to college.

The current language around STEM

education is not resonating with

parents.

While parents clearly and highly value problem-solving skills, critical thinking and

collaboration for their children, they are not making the connection between STEM and

these skills. More often, parents relate STEM education to advanced mathematics and science,

which they want their children to have access to, but do not feel is necessary for all children to

be successful in life. Rather, these rigorous types of courses are perceived to be for the

college-bound students who intend to make a career in these areas.


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