📋 Tender Overview
Project ID: P172627
Region: Africa
Commitment Amount: Us$ 100.00 million
Total Project Cost: Us$ 100.00 million
Project location(s) and salient characteristics relevant to the ES assessment [geographic, environmental, social]The operation will be financed through a hybrid Program for Results (PforR) and Investment Project Financing (IPF) which will be implemented nationally across the country. As described above the IPF elements will provide Technical Assistance for capacity building to support the national and sub-national level government agencies that include the Ministry of Education Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Labour, Skills and Innovation as well as project management.The operation shall have two components. The PforR component has three results areas: Results Area 1 Equitable access to relevant skills program in priority areas of the economy through institutional capacity strengthening; Results Area 2 Empowerment of women and girls and vulnerable youth through targeted skills in priority areas of the economy; and, Results Area 3: Create a conducive policy environment and strengthen institutional capacity for skills development. These results areas will be financed through PforR and therefore covered by the Environmental and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) of the program for which the initial risk assessment for the PforR component suggests moderate risk due primarily to the proposed educational infrastructure activities however this will be fully explored within the ESSA.The IPF component aims to strengthen the capacity of the multi-sectoral implementation team (PIU) and relevant stakeholders. This component will support: 1) setting up Project Implementation Unit (consultancy/ TA, equipment for office, operational budget) at system level for overall project implementation and at each implementation entity level for institution’s specific activities; 2) recruitment third party validation agency; 3) monitoring and evaluation of the project activities, possibly using the Geo-Enabling Initiative for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS); 4) project audit (med-term, and end-project review); 5) statistical capacity enhancement both at TEVET and HE; and 5) several consultancy services, including skills needs assessment in selected priority areas, studies for GBV areas, student loans sustainability).
