ADB is helping Cambodia raise the quality of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) nationwide. The project will improve the efficiency of TVET systems and access to training, particularly for women and the poor, and make courses relevant to labor market needs. It will increase the involvement of employers in TVET through skills councils and an instructor apprenticeship program.
| Project Name | Technical and Vocational Education and Training Sector Development Program (TVETSDP) | ||||||||||||
| Project Number | 46064-002 | ||||||||||||
| Country | Cambodia |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||||||||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan |
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| Strategic Agendas | Inclusive economic growth |
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| Drivers of Change | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Governance and capacity development Partnerships Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Education / Education sector development - Technical and vocational education and training |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Gender equity | ||||||||||||
| Description | The proposed Technical and Vocational Education and Training Sector Development Program (TVETSDP) seeks to support the Government of Cambodia in improving access to, and relevance and quality of, the formal technical vocational education and training (TVET) system. The key focus of the project is to achieve a market responsive formal TVET system through partnerships with employers and private sector. | ||||||||||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The key focus of the project is to achieve a market responsive formal TVET system through public private partnerships (PPP) with large enterprises, inclusive of foreign and domestic direct investment. | ||||||||||||
| Impact | Increased employability of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) certified workers | ||||||||||||
| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | An accessible, demand-driven TVET system responsive to continuing and emerging labor market demands |
| Progress Toward Outcome | As of school year (SY) 2018-2019, enrollments for CQF levels 2-4 training courses are 3,739 (22% female) which is 329% above the baseline.As of SY 2018-2019, there were 233 female or 9% share in non-traditional skills vs. 12% of the project target. The VSC pilot has been completed for 162 students (19% female). The roll-out of the VSC program has been started in May 2019. |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | 1. Increased access to TVET programs 2. Improved quality and relevance of TVET system 4. Strengthened governance and management of the TVET system 3. Increased involvement of employers in TVET delivery |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | 1. Increased access to TVET Program:1.a: Competency assessment and certification is expected to start in Q2 2020.1.b: 55 (F=2, 4%) of 162 VC holders, who attended center based VSTP, enrolled in CQF level 2 courses in priority skills areas (AY 2019/2020).1.c: 84 female students attending certificate level courses in priority sectors are residing in dormitories as of December 2019.1.d: More than 330 women have enrolled in CQF level 2 training program since AY 2015-2016.1.e: the same as 1.a.1.f: 2. Improved quality and relevance of TVET system2a1. More than 100 (28.5% female) staff from public TVET institutions in Phnom Penh participated in competency assessment workshops.2a2. 23 (35% female) staff from public TVET institutions in provinces participated in competency assessment workshops.2b. More than 600 (13% female) instructors in priority courses have been trained to deliver competency-based training and assessment for CQF levels 1-4 programs.2c. Assessment of pedagogical and technical knowledge is being implemented.2d1. Two out of 9 courses (22%) were outsourced to VSTP non-state TVET providers.2d2. 115 out of 237 courses (40%) were outsourced to SBP non-state TVET providers.2e. More than 38,100 (59% female) trainees participated in VSTP. 2f. More than 6,100 (36% female) trainees participated in SBP.3. Increased involvement of employers in TVET delivery3a. The internship implementation manual for trainees has been approved and the internship program is being implemented. 3b. 300 (8% female) trainees engaged in internship program.3c1. The internship manual for instructors has been approved, and Return-to-Industry is being implemented; and 19 master instructors (21% female) have participated in RIT.3c2. 4 Centers of Excellence were established: Manufacturing at NPIC, Electrical Works at PPI, Auto-Motive at BIT, and Construction at NPIA. 3c3. CQF level 1 training courses in basic manufacturing developed and piloted by September 2019; the development of Competency standards for CQF L2 in basic manufacturing will commence after related consultant is deployed by middle of Jan 2020.3c4. Recruitment of soft-skills development training module and multi-media materials firm is underway. 3c5. 31 VC modules piloted in 7 TTIs in 5 provinces. 3c6. 197 (8% female) trainees at QCF levels 3-4 attended internship program.4. Strengthened governance and management of the TVET system.4a. More than 3730 (22% female) Cambodians trained at CQF levels 1-4 by PTCs and RTCs.4b. ITMD Manual (English version) was approved, and training is expected to start from Q1 2020.4c. 38 TTIs using TVETMIS System. Information on trainees, graduate database, and demand side of labour market information to be included and to be easily available from 25 Dec 2019. |
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| Safeguard Categories | |
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | C |
| Indigenous Peoples | B |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Environmental Aspects | Six Integrated Safeguards Monitoring Reports covered from January 2017 to December 2019 have been cleared and disclosed on ADB's website. The updated IEE/EMP for DGTVET building in Phnom Penh was cleared and it is being uploaded on ADB's website. No major issue has been identified. |
| Involuntary Resettlement | There is no anticipated resettlement impact as all buildings will be constructed on the government-owned land and existing TVET institutes. |
| Indigenous Peoples | Progress of implementation of IPP is reported through QPRs. An Integrated Environmental and Social Safeguards Monitoring Report (SMR) also includes section on IP safeguards and reports the progress per period. The integrated ESMR has been compiled and disclosed on ADB's website in February 2019. The safeguards report for January-June 2019 has been approved and uploaded. The Integrated Safeguards Monitoring report July to December 2019 including progress of IPP implementation was approved and uploaded on to ADB's website in Jan 2020. There are 33 sub-outputs under the project implementation. As of December 2019, twelves sub-outputs (12) were achieved, compared to last semi-annual report that achieved six sub-outputs. The sixteen sub-outputs (16) are ongoing, and five sub-outputs (5) are being implementing during Q1 2020. |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
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| During Project Implementation | Information on the Project will be disseminated regularly through the project web site as well as through regular press releases and other media coverage to highlight project achievements. Regular meetings will be held to key stakeholders to inform them about the Project, and Project achievements, opportunities and other issues. |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | The project will be supported by a number of consulting service packages. Foremost of which are the project implementation consultants comprising of 587 person-months (112 person-months of international and 475 person-months of national consultants). The project implementation consulting services will be engaged through a firm on the basis of quality- and cost-based selection with an 80:20 weighting. Individual consultants (156 person-months of national consultants) will be recruited for supervision of civil works activities. |
| Procurement | All procurement of goods and works will be undertaken in accordance with ADB's Procurement Guidelines (April 2013, as amended from time to time) and the procurement plan prepared and agreed between the Government and ADB. Contracts for works above $1,000,000 and goods, such as laboratory and workshop equipment, estimated at above $500,000 will be awarded on the basis of international competitive bidding. Supply contracts for goods such as vehicles, computers and office equipment of more than $100,000 and up to 500,000 will follow national competitive bidding procedures. Items costing at $25,000 and up to $100,000 will be procured through shopping with advertising. Supply contracts of less than $25,000 will be procured by shopping without advertising. Civil works under the Project will consist of construction and/or rehabilitation of training facilities and laboratories. Civil works contracts estimated at $1 million or more will be awarded on the basis of international competitive bidding. Civil works contracts of more than $100,000 and up to $1 million will be procured through national competitive bidding procedures, and contracts up to $100,000 may be procured through shopping. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Mar, Sophea |
| Responsible ADB Department | Southeast Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Cambodia Resident Mission |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training #3 Russian Federation Blvd Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 17 Dec 2012 |
| Fact Finding | 07 Oct 2013 to 11 Oct 2013 |
| MRM | 13 May 2014 |
| Approval | 26 Sep 2014 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 27 Mar 2020 |
Loan 3166-CAM
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 26 Sep 2014 | 27 Oct 2014 | 09 Jan 2015 | 31 Dec 2017 | 31 May 2018 | 11 Jul 2018 |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 7.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 7.00 | 26 Sep 2014 | 6.39 | 0.00 | 100% |
| Counterpart | 0.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 26 Sep 2014 | 6.39 | 0.00 | 100% |
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | - | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Loan 3167-CAM
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 26 Sep 2014 | 27 Oct 2014 | 09 Jan 2015 | 30 Jun 2020 | 31 Dec 2021 | - |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 25.60 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 23.00 | 26 Sep 2014 | 17.79 | 0.00 | 85% |
| Counterpart | 2.60 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 26 Sep 2014 | 18.73 | 0.00 | 90% |
| Status of Covenants | ||||||
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | - | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
Loan 8305-CAM
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 17 Jun 2015 | 26 Oct 2015 | 26 Oct 2015 | 31 Dec 2021 | - | - |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 16.66 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 0.00 | 17 Jun 2015 | 0.00 | 12.86 | 87% |
| Counterpart | 1.66 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 15.00 | 17 Jun 2015 | 0.00 | 11.36 | 77% |
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | - | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory | - | Satisfactory |
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Cambodia Gets ADB Loan to Boost Quality, Access to Technical Training
ADB is extending a $30 million loan for a nationwide program to raise the quality of technical and vocational education and training in Cambodia leading to more job opportunities for women and the poor.
Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Impact Study on Career Mentorship Program | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 05 Apr 2021 | 04 May 2021 |
| Study on Skills Bridging Program | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 15 Sep 2020 | 25 Sep 2020 |
| Skills Measurement Survey Consultants | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 23 Dec 2019 | 21 Jan 2020 |
| National Stipends Impact Assessment Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 14 Aug 2019 | 23 Aug 2019 |
| Start Up Cost Impact Assessment Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 14 Aug 2019 | 23 Aug 2019 |
| Employment Facilitation and Coordination Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 18 Jul 2019 | 31 Jul 2019 |
| Stipends and Institutional Start-Up Cost Implementation Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 14 Mar 2019 | 20 Mar 2019 |
| International Stipends and Institutional Start-Up Cost Implementation Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 01 Mar 2019 | 07 Mar 2019 |
| National Coaching/Mentoring Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 28 Nov 2018 | 12 Dec 2018 |
| Women's Leadership Center Management Consultant | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 20 Nov 2018 | 19 Dec 2018 |
| Soft Skill Development Training Module and Multimedia Materials Consultant | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 20 Nov 2018 | 19 Dec 2018 |
| Senior Procurement Assistant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 26 Oct 2018 | 05 Nov 2018 |
| Project Midterm Monitoring and Evaluation | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 21 Sep 2018 | 20 Oct 2018 |
| Innovative Training Management and Development Consultants Firm | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 06 Jul 2018 | 04 Aug 2018 |
| National Review and Preparation of TVET Strategic Plan Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 26 May 2018 | 08 Jun 2018 |
| Civil Engineer | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 20 Mar 2018 | 29 Mar 2018 |
| Labor Market forecasting and Analysis (AF) | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 12 Sep 2017 | 25 Sep 2017 |
| TVET Human Resource Management (AF) | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 20 Jul 2017 | 18 Aug 2017 |
| Social Marketing(O) | Firm - Consulting | Closed | 26 Jun 2017 | 25 Jul 2017 |
Contracts Awarded
| Contract Title | Approval Number | Contract Date | Contractor | Contractor Address | Executing Agency | Contract Description | Total Contract Amount (US$) | Contract Amount Financed by ADB (US$) |
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| C-07-O-CQS:SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TRAINING MODULE AND MULTIMEDIA MATERIALS CONSULTANTS | Loan 3167 | 07 Oct 2020 | YOUNG DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH | PHNOM PENH CAMBODIA | Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training | CONSULTANCY | 119,230.73 | 119,230.73 |
| C-02-O-QBS: WOMEN LEADERSHIP CENTER MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS | Loan 3167 | 07 Aug 2020 | YOUNG DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH & CONSULTING CO., | PHNOM PENH CAMBODIA | Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training | CONSULTANCY | 263,507.33 | 263,507.33 |
| C-03-Q-CQS INNOVATIVE TRAINING MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (ITMD) CONSULTANTS | Loan 3167 | 19 Apr 2019 | JV BTW DYNAMIC ALLIANCE CONSULTING (DAC) | #223, ST. 209 (BOREY VIMEAN PHNOM PENH), CHRAING CHAMREAS I, RUSSEY KEO, PP CAMBODIA | Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training | CONSULTANCY | 145,290.00 | 145,290.00 |
| NON PROCUREMENT RELATED (TRAINING, START-UP COSTS, AND CREMENTAL O&M COSTS) FOR 2019 | Loan 3167 | 18 Feb 2019 | VARIOUS | VARIOUS CAMBODIA | Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training | OTHERS | 1,300,000.00 | 890,000.00 |
| Community Participation Packages for CAD Works - Batch 1 for 27 Contracts with Water User Cooperative Societies (WUCS) | Loan 3167 | 23 Feb 2017 | T-Ro Construction Co., Ltd. | Sangkat Dongkor, Khan Dongkor Cambodia | Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training | Construction | 209,575.83 | 209,575.83 |
Procurement Plan
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Technical and Vocational Education and Training Sector Development Program: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | Mar 2020 |