The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Maldives: Enhancing Employability and Resilience of Youth Project (P163818) Maldives: Enhancing Employability and Resilience of Youth Project (P163818) SOUTH ASIA | Maldives | Education Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2019 | Seq No: 1 | ARCHIVED on 30-Sep-2019 | ISR38448 | Implementing Agencies: Republic of Maldives, Ministry of Higher Education Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 14-Jun-2019 Effectiveness Date: 03-Sep-2019 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 31-May-2022 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2024 Revised Closing Date: 31-Dec-2024 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to improve the relevance of technical and vocational skills and foster entrepreneurship to promote youth employment in priority sectors. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Fostering skills development and entrepreneurship in priority sectors:(Cost $10.00 M) Promoting entrepreneurship and employment through skills Development and eLearning Strategy:(Cost $5.45 M) Project Coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation:(Cost $4.55 M) Contingent Emergency Response Component Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO -- Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) -- Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project was declared effective on September 3, 2019. Project implementation preparation has been ongoing. The systems for monitoring and evaluation are being put in place. 9/30/2019 Page 1 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Maldives: Enhancing Employability and Resilience of Youth Project (P163818) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial -- Substantial Macroeconomic Moderate -- Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate -- Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Substantial -- Substantial Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Sustainability Substantial -- Substantial Fiduciary Substantial -- Substantial Environment and Social Moderate -- Moderate Stakeholders Moderate -- Moderate Other -- -- -- Overall Substantial -- Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Access to labor-market relevant vocational, technical & entrepreneurship skills in priority sectors IN00740553 ►Relevance: Employers satisfied with graduates from the skills development programs in the project priority sectors (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 60.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Percentage of employers satisfied with graduates from the skills development programs in the project Comments: priority sectors. IN00740554 ►Youth employment: Targeted trained youth in wage employment in an area relevant to technical and vocational skills within six months of graduation, of which females (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Total: 0.00 % Total: 0.00% Total: 50.0 % Value -- Females: 0.00 % Females: 0.00% Females: 25.0 % Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Project supported (targeted) trained youth in wage employment in an area relevant to area relevant to technical and vocational skills within six months of graduation. Numerator: Number of project supported Comments: trained youth in wage employment in an area relevant to area relevant to technical and vocational skills within six months of graduation. Denominator: Number of project supported youth who graduated from market-relevant technical and vocational skills development training program in priority sectors. IN00740555 9/30/2019 Page 2 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Maldives: Enhancing Employability and Resilience of Youth Project (P163818) ►Entrepreneurship: New businesses registered by targeted trained youth after receiving business support services, of which females (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Total Number: 0.00 Total Number: 0.00 Total Number: 40.00 Value Of which number by -- Of which Number by Of which number by Females: 0.00 Females: 0.00 Females: 15.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 New businesses that have been formally registered by youth who have received business support Comments: services through the project. EOP target is a cumulative target. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1. Fostering skills development and entrepreneurship in priority sectors IN00740641 ►Labor market surveys carried out (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 1.00 -- 1.00 3.00 Date 29-Mar-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 31-Dec-2021 Localized labor market surveys carried out. Baseline: Training needs assessment carried out by MoHE Comments: and MoED. IN00740645 ►Curricula and National Competency Standards developed/revised to include entrepreneurship and for pilot interventions in the project priority areas (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Curricula and/or National Competency Standards revised and/or developed in priority sectors to reflect employer requirements and will include modules on entrepreneurship and soft skills. Revision or Comments: development of curricula and/ or National Competency Standards will also include revision or development of associated teaching learning materials. IN00740648 ►Trainers, instructors and assessors on revised curricula and competency based standards (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 125.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Number of trainers, instructors and assessors trained on the new and/or revised curriculum and Comments: competency standards. IN00740651 ►Targeted youth completing market-relevant short-term vocational, technical, entrepreneurship, personal initiative, and soft skills development training in priority sectors supported by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 3,000.00 9/30/2019 Page 3 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Maldives: Enhancing Employability and Resilience of Youth Project (P163818) Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Number of youth completing market-relevant short-term vocational, technical and soft skills development Comments: training in priority sectors supported by the project Target age group: Youth ages 16-35 who are not in employment, education or training. IN00740652 ►Business development service (BDS) providers trained (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Comments: BDS providers who are trained as ToT and to provide services to the new and existing entrepreneurs. IN00740653 ►Youth benefitting from BDS services (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 100.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Comments: Number of youth benefiting from BDS services. IN00740654 ►Business plan competitions held (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 30-Dec-2022 Comments: Number of business plan competitions held. Component 2. Promoting entrepreneurship & employment through skills Development & eLearning Strategy IN00740642 ►21st century skills development strategy adopted (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No -- No Yes Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Comments: 21st century skills development strategy adopted IN00740646 ►Basic and intermediate ICT-based teaching and learning packages for digital skills developed and utilized through eLearning Platorm/eLibrary (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 9/30/2019 Page 4 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Maldives: Enhancing Employability and Resilience of Youth Project (P163818) Basic and intermediate ICT-based teaching and learning packages for digital skills developed and utilized Comments: through eLearning Platorm/eLibrary. IN00740649 ►Job seekers and employers registered on the jobs platform (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 4,922.00 -- 4,922.00 6,000.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Number of job seekers and employers registered on the jobs platform. Baseline: job seekers registered - Comments: 4,878 businesses registered - 44 EOP Target: job seekers registered - 5,000 (in addition to the baseline figures) businesses registered - 100 (in addition to the baseline figures) Component 3. Project coordination, monitoring and evaluation, and technical assistance IN00740643 ►Employer satisfaction survey completed (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 4.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Comments: Employer satisfaction survey completed IN00740647 ►Direct project beneficiaries (Number), of which female (%) (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Total: 0 Total: 0 Total: 3,500 Value -- Females: 0% Females: 0% Females: 40.0% Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 28-Jun-2024 Direct beneficiaries are people or groups who directly benefit from project interventions (youth graduating from improved skills development programs, youth receiving market-relevant short-term skills Comments: development training, instructors, teachers and assessors who receive training, youth receiving BDS services, BDS providers and trainers who receive training, etc). IN00740650 ►A social media campaign on positive imaging around young women in the tourism sector. (Text, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target A social media No specific social media No specific social campaign to address Value campaign to address the -- media campaign to the issue that has issue. address the issue. elicited some positive results. Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 29-Dec-2023 A social media campaign on positive imaging around women working in the tourism sector and enabling Comments: safer work environments for women in this sector, and the role of parents and young men as partners. Component 4. Contingent Emergency Response Component IN00740644 ►Beneficiaries satisfied with the skill development training, BDS services or other project activity (Percentage, Custom) 9/30/2019 Page 5 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Maldives: Enhancing Employability and Resilience of Youth Project (P163818) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 80.00 Date 31-Dec-2019 -- 04-Sep-2019 30-Dec-2022 Percentage of beneficiaries satisfied with the skill development training, BDS services or other project Comments: activity Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P163818 IDA-64430 Effective USD 10.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 0% P163818 IDA-D4800 Effective USD 10.00 10.00 0.00 0.00 10.00 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P163818 IDA-64430 Effective 14-Jun-2019 25-Jul-2019 03-Sep-2019 31-Dec-2024 31-Dec-2024 P163818 IDA-D4800 Effective 14-Jun-2019 25-Jul-2019 03-Sep-2019 31-Dec-2024 31-Dec-2024 Cumulative Disbursements 9/30/2019 Page 6 of 7 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Maldives: Enhancing Employability and Resilience of Youth Project (P163818) Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 9/30/2019 Page 7 of 7