Uzbekistan : Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project
The growth of Uzbekistan's economy has not led to commensurate job creation. Annually more than 600,000 graduates from colleges and academic lyceums are entering labor market, while the annual increase in jobs is only about 200,000-300,000. Very recent economic downturn was accompanied with significant flow of returning migrants (300,000-400,000) from 2015 to 2017, adding pressure to the labor market. Unemployment rate was reported at 9.3% in 2018, and even higher at 17% for people aged 16-25 years. The proposed project will support the government to expand and upgrade reskilling service to the unemployed through selected professional training centers (PTCs), modernize skills development in selected TVET colleges (TVETCs), and promote performance-based partnerships with the industries including private sector. The overarching priority is to ensure market-driven skills learnt by students and jobseekers.
Project Details
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Project Officer
Long, Xin
Central and West Asia Department
Request for information -
Country/Economy
Uzbekistan -
Sector
- Education
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| Project Name | Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project | ||||
| Project Number | 51012-003 | ||||
| Country / Economy | Uzbekistan |
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| Project Status | Active | ||||
| Project Type / Modality of Assistance | Loan |
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| Operational Priorities | OP1: Addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities OP2: Accelerating progress in gender equality OP3: Tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability OP6: Strengthening governance and institutional capacity |
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| Sector / Subsector | Education / Technical and vocational education and training |
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| Gender | Gender equity theme | ||||
| Description | The growth of Uzbekistan's economy has not led to commensurate job creation. Annually more than 600,000 graduates from colleges and academic lyceums are entering labor market, while the annual increase in jobs is only about 200,000-300,000. Very recent economic downturn was accompanied with significant flow of returning migrants (300,000-400,000) from 2015 to 2017, adding pressure to the labor market. Unemployment rate was reported at 9.3% in 2018, and even higher at 17% for people aged 16-25 years. The proposed project will support the government to expand and upgrade reskilling service to the unemployed through selected professional training centers (PTCs), modernize skills development in selected TVET colleges (TVETCs), and promote performance-based partnerships with the industries including private sector. The overarching priority is to ensure market-driven skills learnt by students and jobseekers. The proposed project will be fully aligned with the country's Action Strategy for the Five Priority Areas (2017-2021), Strategy on Innovative Development (2019-2021), and the Education Sector Plan (2019-2023), and with the ADB's Country Partnership Strategy (2019-2023) and Country Operations Business Plan (2019-2021). | ||||
| Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy | ADB will build on past collaborations in skills development sectors. ADB's value addition will be: (i) improving the quality of skills development through competency-based training (CBT) in selected priority sectors; (ii) financing the upgradation of selected PTCs and TVETCs to meet international standards; (iii) strengthening labor market monitoring and analysis for evidence-based skills development planning; and (iv) enabling industrial partnership (including with the private sector) in skills development. | ||||
| Impact | Employment level of the population, particularly for youth, increased (Uzbekistan Action Strategy for Five Priority Areas) |
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| Project Outcome | |
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| Description of Outcome | Market-relevant skills learned by students and job seekers |
| Progress Toward Outcome | |
| Implementation Progress | |
| Description of Project Outputs | Employment and workforce development services improved Quality and relevance of skills development enhanced Sector governance and management strengthened |
| Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs, Activities, and Issues) | |
| Geographical Location | Nation-wide |
| Safeguard Categories | |
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| Environment | B |
| Involuntary Resettlement | C |
| Indigenous Peoples | C |
| Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects | |
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| Environmental Aspects | The EA prepared an initial environmental examination following ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement and government environmental regulations. The project will have site-specific environmental impacts related to noise generation, air and water quality deterioration, solid waste generation, and community and occupational health and safety during construction. These can be mitigated through the implementation of the environmental management plan. The initial environmental examination study was disclosed on the ADB website on 2 October 2020. The PIUs will submit the environmental monitoring reports regularly. |
| Involuntary Resettlement | A social due diligence report was developed for all 20 PTCs and TVEIs. They all have sufficient land area for the planned renovations and/or reconstructions, and a well-defined boundary with a wall or fence or both. All renovation and/or reconstruction works will occur inside the premises; no one will be affected and no land acquisition is required. The proposed works for each project site will be reassessed following the detailed design before the government's contract award to contractors, to reconfirm the absence of involuntary resettlement impacts. |
| Indigenous Peoples | No indigenous peoples communities are present in the project sites, as defined in ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement for operational purposes. Therefore, indigenous peoples safeguards are not triggered for this project. |
| Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation | |
| During Project Design | The Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations (MOELR) will be the executing agency, responsible for overall coordination and management of the project. |
| During Project Implementation | The MOELR and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education (MHSSE) will be the implementing agencies. The project will be implemented by two project implementation units (PIUs). PIU 1 is established under the MOELR to support the implementation of project activities related to and/or assigned under the MOELR (outputs 1 and 3), and take charge of project coordination. PIU 2 is established under the MHSSE to support the implementation of project activities related to and/or assigned under the MHSSE (output 2). |
| Business Opportunities | |
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| Consulting Services | Consulting firms will be engaged using the (i) quality- and cost-based selection (QCBS) method with a quality-cost ratio of 90:10, (ii) consultants' qualifications selection (CQS) method, and (iii) least cost selection (LCS) method. Individual consultants will be recruited using competitive selection. |
| Procurement | All procurement of goods, and consulting and non-consulting services will follow ADB Procurement Policy (2017, as amended from time to time) and Procurement Regulations for ADB Borrowers (2017, as amended from time to time) and related Staff Instructions, and will be subject to ADB's prior approval. |
| Responsible ADB Officer | Long, Xin |
| Responsible ADB Department | Central and West Asia Department |
| Responsible ADB Division | CWSS |
| Executing Agencies |
Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations Ministry of Higher & Secondary Specialized Educ |
| Timetable | |
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| Concept Clearance | 16 Apr 2019 |
| Fact Finding | 27 Jul 2020 to 13 Aug 2020 |
| MRM | 19 Oct 2020 |
| Approval | 11 Dec 2020 |
| Last Review Mission | - |
| Last PDS Update | 25 Apr 2022 |
Loan 4041-UZB
| Milestones | |||||
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| Approval | Signing Date | Effectivity Date | Closing | ||
| Original | Revised | Actual | |||
| 11 Dec 2020 | 30 Sep 2021 | 25 Mar 2022 | 30 Jun 2027 | - | - |
| Financing Plan | Loan Utilization | ||||
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| Total (Amount in US$ million) | Date | ADB | Others | Net Percentage | |
| Project Cost | 162.00 | Cumulative Contract Awards | |||
| ADB | 93.00 | 27 Apr 2023 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 1% |
| Counterpart | 69.00 | Cumulative Disbursements | |||
| Cofinancing | 0.00 | 27 Apr 2023 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0% |
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| Category | Sector | Safeguards | Social | Financial | Economic | Others |
| Rating | - | Satisfactory | - | - | - | Satisfactory |
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| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Loan Agreement (Ordinary Operations [Concessional]) for Loan 4041-UZB: Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project | Loan Agreement (Ordinary Resources) | Sep 2021 |
| Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | Dec 2020 |
| Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project: Report and Recommendation of the President | Reports and Recommendations of the President | Nov 2020 |
| Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project: Gender and Social Action Plan | Gender Action Plans | Nov 2020 |
| Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project: Project Administration Manual | Project/Program Administration Manual | Nov 2020 |
| Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project: Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Initial Poverty and Social Analysis | Apr 2019 |
Safeguard Documents See also: Safeguards
Safeguard documents provided at the time of project/facility approval may also be found in the list of linked documents provided with the Report and Recommendation of the President.
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project: Initial Environmental Examination | Initial Environmental Examination | Sep 2020 |
| Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project: Social Due Diligence Report | Safeguards Due Diligence Reports | Jul 2020 |
Evaluation Documents See also: Independent Evaluation
None currently available.
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Tenders
| Tender Title | Type | Status | Posting Date | Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIU MHESI Accounts Officer | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| PIU MHESI Administrative staff | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| PIU MHESI Civil Engineer (plan and supervision) | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOHSSE PIU Financial Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOHSSE PIU Accountant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Civil Engineer (plan and supervision) | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| National Social Safeguards Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Office Manager | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| National financial management specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| National environmental safeguards consultant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| International financial management specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| International Environmental Safeguards Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| PIU MOHSSE Manager | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Human Resource Development/Training (HRDT) Coordinator | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Sector Skills Councils Coordinator | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Translator/Interpreter Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Design and Quality Monitoring Firm | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| PIU MOHSSE Procurement Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOHSSE PIU Financial Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| PIU MOHSSE Manager | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOHSSE PIU Accountant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOELR PIU Manager | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOELR PIU Financial Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOELR PIU Procurement Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOELR PIU Accountant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| International Environmental Safeguards Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| National Environmental Safeguards Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| National Financial Management Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| International Financial Management Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Design and Quality Monitoring Firm | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Design and Quality Monitoring Firm | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project | Firm - Consulting | Closed | ||
| PIU MOHSSE Manager | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| PIU MOHSSE Procurement Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOHSSE PIU Accountant | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOHSSE PIU Financial Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOELR PIU Financial Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOELR PIU Procurement Specialist | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOELR PIU Manager | Individual - Consulting | Closed | ||
| MOELR PIU Accountant | Individual - Consulting | Closed |
Contracts Awarded
Procurement Plan
| Title | Document Type | Document Date |
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| Skills Development for a Modern Economy Project: Procurement Plan | Procurement Plans | Dec 2020 |