| Project Name | Human Resource Investment Project | ||||
| Project Number | 35197-012 | ||||
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| Project Status | Closed | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Technical Assistance |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Governance and capacity development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Education - Technical and vocational education and training |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | The main objective of the Project is to prepare an investment project to support the Government's plan to solve the youth unemployment problem by contributing to the Human Resource Investment Fund, upgrading training institutes, especially in North and East, and introducing skill competition system to promote the value of skilled occupations. The TA will have three components: (i) a comprehensive study and detailed plan to establish the proposed Human Resource Investment Fund, (ii) an action plan to rehabilitate training facilities with focus to North and East, and (iii) a plan to establish the skill competition system to promote occupations related to industrial production. |
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| Geographical Location | Nationwide. |
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| Consulting Services | The TA will be implemented over 6 months from May 2003 through November 2003. The international consultants include a technician education specialist cum team leader (4 person-months) and education fund management specialist (2 person-months). The domestic consultants include (i) financial analyst for 4 person-months; (ii) skill competition specialist for 4 person-months; (iii) vocational training specialist for 4 person-months; and (iv) benefit monitoring and evaluation specialist for 3 person-months. |
| Procurement | None. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Gutierrez, Leah |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Division, SARD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Tertiary Education and Training Mr. Saman Ediriweera, Secretary 18, Ward Place, Colombo 7 Sri Lanka |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 10 Mar 2001 |
| Fact Finding | 10 Dec 2002 to 18 Dec 2002 |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 19 Mar 2003 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 06 Feb 2007 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 19 Mar 2003 | 20 May 2003 | 20 May 2003 | 31 Dec 2003 | 15 Mar 2006 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 600,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 600,000.00 | 19 Mar 2003 | 451,328.53 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Preparing the Human Resource Investment Project | Technical Assistance Reports | Mar 2003 |
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