China, People's Republic of : Vocational Education-Enterprise Collaboration for Student Employment-Based Poverty Reduction in Gansu

Sovereign Project | 50034-001

The policy and advisory technical assistance (TA) aims to improve TVET-enterprise collaboration for student employment-based poverty reduction in Gansu province and to contribute practical experience and mechanisms toward wider poverty reduction through TVET education and employment in poorer parts of the PRC.

Project Details

  • Project Officer
    Yang, Xiaoyan
    East Asia Department
    Request for information
  • Country/Economy
    China, People's Republic of
  • Modality
  • Sector
    • Education
Project Name Vocational Education-Enterprise Collaboration for Student Employment-Based Poverty Reduction in Gansu
Project Number 50034-001
Country / Economy China, People's Republic of
Project Status Closed
Project Type / Modality of Assistance Technical Assistance
Source of Funding / Amount
TA 9228-PRC: Vocational Education-Enterprise Collaboration for Student Employment-based Poverty Reduction in Gansu
Technical Assistance Special Fund US$ 400,000.00
Strategic Agendas Inclusive economic growth
Drivers of Change Gender Equity and Mainstreaming
Governance and capacity development
Sector / Subsector

Education / Education sector development - Education sector development - social protection initiatives - Technical and vocational education and training
Gender Effective gender mainstreaming
Description The policy and advisory technical assistance (TA) aims to improve TVET-enterprise collaboration for student employment-based poverty reduction in Gansu province and to contribute practical experience and mechanisms toward wider poverty reduction through TVET education and employment in poorer parts of the PRC. Specifically, the TA would undertake policy analysis, multi-stakeholder surveys, in-depth field interviews, gender disaggregated data collection, TVET trainee tracking (admission to completion or certification and job placement), domestic experience exchanges and a domestic study tour, together with substantial consultation with domestic and international TVET education programs, government education and poverty reduction agencies at all levels, state-owned and private sector enterprises and specialists to (i) review relevant PRC and international policies, practices and experience on TVET-enterprise collaboration leading to better graduate job placement for poor students; (ii) interview relevant organizations and analyze available government education, employment, internship and apprenticeship data and poverty card records, to design and conduct well targeted surveys, interviews and small group discussions with TVET teachers, career advisors, poor students and their families, staff of industry associations, public and private sector enterprises and labor recruitment organizations within Gansu and in the East-West Poverty Reduction partner metropolis of Tianjin in the eastern PRC, to assess the status, capacity, interest, needs and recommendations of the 17 participating TVET schools, students, and partner enterprises in the Gansu TVET Modern Apprenticeship Scheme survey; (iii) develop a stronger TVET-enterprise cooperation framework for student employmentbased poverty reduction, including mechanisms, measures and methods for staff training and student contracting in the form of operational guidelines, procedures, monitoring criteria and indicators, sample contracts and a gender sensitive training manual; new incentives such as ranking and resourcing TVET schools based on the employment rating of graduates; and draw on these lessons to provide policy recommendations for enhanced scheme operation and improved student employment; and (iv) strengthen knowledge about the Gansu TVET-enterprise collaboration framework for student employmentbased poverty reduction. TA findings would be disseminated widely through stakeholder meetings, bilingual reports, media articles and knowledge products.
Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy The TA directly supports the strategic goals of the Asian Development Bank CPS for the PRC (2016-2020). The CPS notes that ADB's country strategy will support improving the quality of TVET and strengthening pathways between TVET, universities, and enterprise to enhance skills and employability of the workforce and pilot comprehensive approaches to poverty reduction in ecologically fragile regions.
Impact

A more effective national framework for TVET-based poverty reduction
Project Outcome
Description of Outcome

TVETenterprise collaboration for student employment-based poverty reduction improved
Progress Toward Outcome It will be evaluated upon TA completion.
Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs

Experience in TVETenterprise collaboration for student employment-based poverty reduction reviewed

Poverty reduction capacity of the Gansu TVET modern apprenticeship scheme assessed

TVETenterprise collaboration framework for student employment-based poverty reduction developed.

Knowledge about the Gansu TVETenterprise collaboration framework for student employment-based poverty reduction strengthened
Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) Three consultants were fielded in August 2017. The inception mission of the TA started from 4 Sep. The inception workshop was attended by EA staff, consultants, and 15 representatives from varies TVEs. After that, the Mission visited Vocational Education Park of Lanzhou and several TVEs. The Mission had also a short meeting with Mr. Hao Ping, the Deputy Governor of Gansu Province and Ms. Wang Haiyan, Director General of Provincial Education Bureau. The mid-term review workshop was held in October 2017. The reports were submitted and accepted by EA and ADB. The project was completed by end 2018 and the final report was submitted and accepted by both EA and ADB.
Geographical Location Gansu
Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects
Environmental Aspects
Involuntary Resettlement
Indigenous Peoples
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
During Project Design Consultations with the executing agency were made frequently during project design.
During Project Implementation The new ML and the EA had the first telecon on 7 Mar. to initiate the project implementation (final TA report, consultants candidates and next meeting time were discussed).
Business Opportunities
Consulting Services In dialogue with GPED, ADB will recruit one international and six national consultants for a total of 44 person-months over a period of 23 months using individual consultant selection procedure and will consider lump sum payments/output based contracts in line with MTR Action Plan. Recruitment will be in accordance with ADB's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants (2013, as amended from time to time) The following will be engaged on an intermittent basis: (i) an international expert on equity oriented technical education-enterprise collaboration (3 person-months); (ii) a national expert in PRC technical education-enterprise collaboration as team leader (12 person-months); (iii) a national specialist on technical education (8 person-months); (iv) a national specialist on poverty reduction policies and planning (8 person-months); (v) a national participatory rural poverty reduction and training specialist (7 person-months); (vi) a national legal advisor in contract law (1 person-month); and (vii) a national administrative and financial assistant (5 person-months). Up to 10 interviewers will be engaged for the TVET survey, TVET-enterprise cooperation survey, and poor TVET student and household survey on a short term basis.
Responsible ADB Officer Yang, Xiaoyan
Responsible ADB Department East Asia Department
Responsible ADB Division PRC Resident Mission (PRCM)
Executing Agencies
Gansu Provincial Education Department
Timetable
Concept Clearance 22 Aug 2016
Fact Finding 27 Jul 2016 to 28 Jul 2016
MRM -
Approval 14 Nov 2016
Last Review Mission -
Last PDS Update 29 Mar 2019

TA 9228-PRC

Milestones
Approval Signing Date Effectivity Date Closing
Original Revised Actual
14 Nov 2016 07 Dec 2016 07 Dec 2016 31 Dec 2018 - 23 May 2019
Financing Plan/TA Utilization Cumulative Disbursements
ADB Cofinancing Counterpart Total Date Amount
Gov Beneficiaries Project Sponsor Others
400,000.00 0.00 400,000.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 800,000.00 17 Jun 2022 256,351.67

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