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| Project Name |
Skills Enhancement Project |
| Project Number |
41339-012 |
| Country |
Viet Nam |
| Project Status |
Closed |
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance |
Technical Assistance
|
| Source of Funding / Amount |
| TA 7086-VIE: Skills Enhancement Project |
|---|
| Japan Special Fund |
US$ 600,000.00 |
| TA 7086-VIE: Skills Enhancement Project (Supplementary) |
|---|
| Technical Assistance Grant Fund (BEL) |
US$ 59,700.00 |
|
| Strategic Agendas |
Inclusive economic growth
|
| Drivers of Change |
Governance and capacity development
Private sector development
|
| Sector / Subsector |
Education
- Technical and vocational education and training |
| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming |
No gender elements |
| Description |
tbd |
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy |
Viet Nam Country Operations Business Plan 2008-2010 |
| Impact |
The TA will design a project for enhancing vocational skills training to better respond to the demand for skilled workers in key industries in the industrial and service sectors. The impact of the TA project will be a Vocational Eduation Training (VET) system that offers higher level skills training with stronger private sector participation for key occupations. |
Project Outcome
| Description of Outcome |
The outcome of the TA project will be an agreed design for a loan project. |
| Progress Toward Outcome |
|
| Implementation Progress |
|---|
| Description of Project Outputs |
The main outputs will be (i) an assessment of current sector outputs and their relevance to the labor market, (ii) identification of critical issues in upgrading skills training levels, (iii) a long-term strategy to improve training of skilled workers though better subsector management and training quality, and expanded output, (iv) a project outline that addresses key constraints and projected labor market needs, and (v) a detailed project design. |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) |
|
| Geographical Location |
national |
Safeguard Categories
| Environment |
C |
| Involuntary Resettlement |
C |
| Indigenous Peoples |
B |
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
| Environmental Aspects |
|
| Involuntary Resettlement |
|
| Indigenous Peoples |
|
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation |
|---|
| During Project Design |
|
| During Project Implementation |
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Business Opportunities
| Consulting Services |
An international consulting firm will be engaged in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants. The selection and engagement of the international consulting firm will be through the quality- and cost-based selection method using a simplified technical proposal and standard quality-cost ratio of 80:20. The TA will provide eight international consultants (19 person-months) and nine national consultants (29 person-months). Funds of $18,000 will remain unallocated for individual consultants, to be identified as needed. |
Responsible Staff
| Responsible ADB Officer |
Wendy Duncan |
| Responsible ADB Department |
Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division |
Human and Social Development Division, SERD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs
Ms. Le Thi Khanh, Project Manager
Vocational and Technical Education Proj. 17 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Hanoi, Vietnam
|
Timetable
| Concept Clearance |
07 Mar 2008 |
| Fact Finding |
05 Mar 2008
to 12 Mar 2008 |
| MRM |
-
|
| Approval |
05 Jun 2008 |
| Last Review Mission |
-
|
| PDS Creation Date |
30 Oct 2008 |
| Last PDS Update |
14 Oct 2010 |
TA 7086-VIE
| Milestones |
|---|
| Approval |
Signing Date |
Effectivity Date |
Closing |
| Original |
Revised |
Actual |
| 05 Jun 2008 |
25 Jul 2008 |
25 Jul 2008 |
30 Apr 2009 |
30 Apr 2010 |
-
|
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization |
Cumulative Disbursements |
| ADB |
Cofinancing |
Counterpart |
Total |
Date |
Amount |
| Gov |
Beneficiaries |
Project Sponsor |
Others |
| 600,000.00 |
59,700.00 |
150,000.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
809,700.00 |
05 Jun 2008 |
657,412.64 |
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