Project preparatory technical assistance (TA) is required to carry out the economic, financial, poverty, gender, safeguards and procurement due diligence of the Micro, Small and Medium Sized entreprise development project, to be approved in 2016. The TA will assist in ensuring that the project provides types and levels of assistance that are suitable to the development needs of this market. The TA will also support the start of implementation of the project.
| Project Name | Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development | ||||
| Project Number | 49076-004 | ||||
| Country | Kazakhstan |
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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 | Gender Equity and Mainstreaming Private sector development |
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| Sector / Subsector | Finance / Finance sector development |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Effective gender mainstreaming | ||||
| Description | Project preparatory technical assistance (TA) is required to carry out the economic, financial, poverty, gender, safeguards and procurement due diligence of the Micro, Small and Medium Sized entreprise development project, to be approved in 2016. The TA will assist in ensuring that the project provides types and levels of assistance that are suitable to the development needs of this market. The TA will also support the start of implementation of the project. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | The technical assistance will support the analytical work required to carry out the economic, financial, poverty, gender, safeguards and procurement due diligence of the project. | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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| Involuntary Resettlement | |
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| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | Main stakeholders include the business community and they will be consulted, through focus groups and through the representative business associations, through project design. |
| During Project Implementation | The team has consulted with private sector representatives, associations and has conducted a survey to inform project design. |
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| Consulting Services | A total of 11 consultants will be required, 7 international and 4 national. Eight individual consultants (5 international: Micro and SME finance Specialist, Private Sector Development Specialist, Business Incubator Specialist, Procurement Specialist and Social Impact Specialist; and 3 national: Environment Specialist and Micro and SME Finance Specialist) and one firm (to recruit the 3 financial management specialists) will be recruited in accordance with ADB''s Guidelines on the Use of Consultants. Minor changes have been approved with respect to the recruitment of a National Financial Sector Specialist as initiated by KARM to be based in Almaty. Likewise, a new contract was finalized for the rehiring of the same National SME Development Specialist to continue the MSME pilot database project in Kostanay region. |
| Procurement | No procurement of goods. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Song, Dai Chang |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, CWRD |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of National Economy Orynbor str., 8, House of Ministries, entr.7,010000 Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 01 Jul 2015 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 22 Mar 2020 |
TA 8918-KAZ
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 01 Jul 2015 | 27 Jul 2015 | 27 Jul 2015 | 31 Dec 2016 | 30 Jun 2020 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 01 Jul 2015 | 957,898.80 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development: Project Preparatory Technical Assistance Report | Project Preparatory Technical Assistance Reports | Jul 2015 |
| Развитие микро-, малых и средних предприятий : Информационный бюллетень о проекте | Translated PDS | Jul 2015 |
| микро-, кіші және орта кәсіпорындардың дамуы : Жоба туралы ақпараттық бюллетень | Translated PDS | Jul 2015 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development | National Financial Sector and SME consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 12 Feb 2020 | 21 Feb 2020 |
| International Capacity Building Program Facilitator | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 23 Aug 2019 | 29 Aug 2019 |
| Forum Seminar on the Development of Light Industry in Kazakshtan | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 10 Jul 2019 | 19 Jul 2019 |
| Database analyst | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 13 Mar 2019 | 19 Mar 2019 |
| Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development (International SME Finance Specialist) | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 07 Sep 2017 | 13 Sep 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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| Project Preparatory | Technical Assistance 8918 | 08 Jan 2016 | Aarc Limited (Irish Republic) | 41 Hughes Road East, Walkinstown Walkins in 12, Ireland, Leinster Dublin 12 Irela [email protected]/[email protected] | Ministry of National Economy | 183,152.00 | — |
Procurement Plan
None currently available.