The Third Primary Education Development Project (PEDP3) is planned to close in Q4 2018, with the proposed Supporting Fourth Primary Education Development Program (PEDP4) scheduled to immediately take over. Analysis that will be undertaken as part of PEDP3's closure must be integrated into PEDP4's design. Given the program's scope and scale, this technical assistance (TA) ensures that this analysis can be assimilated into PEDP4's design. The TA has also been helping finalize the joint financing agreement among the PEDP4 development partners, and arrangements for the independent verification agency to assess achievement of the PEDP4 disbursement-linked indicators.
| Project Name | Supporting Fourth Primary Education Development Program | ||||
| Project Number | 50192-001 | ||||
| Country | Bangladesh |
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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 Governance and capacity development Partnerships |
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| Sector / Subsector | Education / Education sector development |
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| Gender Equity and Mainstreaming | Gender equity | ||||
| Description | The Third Primary Education Development Project (PEDP3) is planned to close in Q4 2018, with the proposed Supporting Fourth Primary Education Development Program (PEDP4) scheduled to immediately take over. Analysis that will be undertaken as part of PEDP3's closure must be integrated into PEDP4's design. Given the program's scope and scale, this technical assistance (TA) ensures that this analysis can be assimilated into PEDP4's design. The TA has also been helping finalize the joint financing agreement among the PEDP4 development partners, and arrangements for the independent verification agency to assess achievement of the PEDP4 disbursement-linked indicators. | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | Planning for PEDP4 requires this TA to ensure the program identifies appropriate focus areas for intervention, and that relevant due diligence is undertaken. This TA supports and collaborates with the TA and other preparation support by the other development partners for PEDP4. | ||||
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| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
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| During Project Design | The initial stakeholder is the Government of Bangladesh. Different types of consultation and participation have been undertaken at different levels. During the design, continuous dialogue and collaboration among the program development partners and government ministries and departments helped develop a macro-level framework and coverage for PEDP4. At the field and community level, consultations were held for (i) social and environmental assessments, (ii) assessment of the requirements for inclusive education, and (iii) developing action plans for improving implementation arrangements. |
| During Project Implementation | The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education is the executing agency, and the Directorate of Primary Education is the main implementing agency for the TA, and PEDP4. The Bureau of Non-Formal Education, other government ministries and agencies are also involved. Interested development partners are jointly supporting the government in designing PEDP4 and subsequent implementation under the sector-wide approach (SWAp). Arrangements were also designed to effectively engage other players to ensure education for various excluded groups. |
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| Consulting Services | Eighteen consultants (60 person-months) were recruited individually. Flexible arrangements have been in place to timely mobilize consultants, and harmonize efforts with those of the other PEDP4 development partners. |
| Procurement | The TA primarily helped (i) assess PEDP4's executing and implementing agencies' capacities, and contribute to the development of action plans for building the government''s financial, procurement and fiduciary capacities; and (ii) develop a PEDP4 procurement plan, including an indicative implementation schedule. It is also finalizing the (i) joint financing agreement among development partners, (ii) detailed arrangements for the independent verification agency to assess DLI achievement, (iii) report on PEDP3, and new economic and sub-economic codes for the government's IBAS++. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Li, Zhigang |
| Responsible ADB Department | South Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | Human and Social Development Division, SARD |
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| Concept Clearance | - |
| Fact Finding | - |
| MRM | - |
| Approval | 13 Dec 2016 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 25 Sep 2018 |
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 13 Dec 2016 | 23 Jan 2017 | 23 Jan 2017 | 31 Oct 2017 | 31 Oct 2018 | - |
| Financing Plan/TA Utilization | Cumulative Disbursements | |||||||
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| ADB | Cofinancing | Counterpart | Total | Date | Amount | |||
| Gov | Beneficiaries | Project Sponsor | Others | |||||
| 0.00 | 800,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 800,000.00 | 13 Dec 2016 | 763,662.84 |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Supporting Fourth Primary Education Development Program: Project Preparatory Technical Assistance Report | Project Preparatory Technical Assistance Reports | Dec 2016 |
| Supporting Fourth Primary Education Development Program: Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Dec 2016 |
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
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| Procurement Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 20 Jan 2018 | 24 Jan 2018 |
| Social Safeguards Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | 27 Jun 2017 | 10 Jul 2017 |
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