Document of
The World Bank
Report No: 66210-NP
RESTRUCTURING PAPER
ON A
PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING
OF
NEPAL: ADOLESCENT GIRLS EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE PROJECT
GRANT
[BOARD APPROVAL DATE]
TO THE
HELVETAS
DECEMBER 28, 2011
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
AGEI
AGI
AIDS
HIV
IBRD
MDTF
NSTB
TEVT
WB
Adolescent Girls Employment Initiative
Adolescent Girls Initiative
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus
International Bank of Reconstruction and Development
Multi Donor Trust Fund
National Skill Testing Board
Technical Education and Vocational Training
World Bank
Regional Vice President:
Country Director:
Sector Manager / Director:
Task Team Leader:
Isabel G. Guerrero
Ellen A. Goldstein
Amit Dar/Michal Rutkowski
Jasmine Rajbhandary/Venkatesh
Sundararaman
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Extension of Closing Date
NEPAL: ADOLESCENT GIRLS EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE PROJECT
P117214
TF096287
Restructuring Paper
1.
The closing date for Nepal: ADOLESCENT GIRLS EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE
PROJECT (AGEI), Grant No TF096287, P117214 will be extended from December 31, 2011
until March 31, 2012.
2.
The AGEI was designed to promote the transition of adolescent girls from school to
productive employment through interventions that are piloted prior to being scaled up or
replicated if proven to be successful. The AGEI in Nepal is part of a World Bank led Adolescent
Girls Initiative (AGI) in seven low-income and/or post conflict countries that includes
Afghanistan, Jordan, Lao PDR, Liberia, Nepal, Rwanda, and South Sudan. The AGI originated
from a commitment made by Bank President Zoellick in April 2008 to promote gender equality.
It is funded by a Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MTDF) for Adolescent Girls. A unique feature of the
all the AGI projects globally is a rigorous impact evaluation that will provide the basis for scaling
up these pilots.
3.
The Project Development Objective is to increase employment and incomes of young
women aged 16-24 years by strengthening an existing model for training and job placement in
Nepal. The project includes the following components: (i) skills provision and job training (US$
1,719,643); and (ii) institutional strengthening, monitoring and evaluation (US$ 150,974). The
development objectives remain fully consistent with the World Bank’s Interim Strategy Note for
Nepal.
4.
The project has been successful along several dimensions and is currently rated as
satisfactory on both implementation progress and development objectives. Under Component 1
(Skills Provision and Job Training), progress includes completion of skills training to nearly 2500
beneficiaries over 2010 and 2011. Beneficiaries also have to appear for an independent skills test
carried out by the National Skills Testing Board (NSTB) and nearly 90% of beneficiaries have
successfully completed their skills test. Beneficiaries have also received optional additional
packages on psychosocial training, awareness on reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, links to
prospective employers, business and enterprise skills training, and links to credit schemes. In
2012, the project aims to train 2007 young women across 36 trades. Under Component 2
(institutional strengthening, monitoring and evaluation), the project has supported the
development of new monitoring guidelines and an online database system for TEVT providers,
which is now being used by the Ministry of Education for the new World Bank supported project
on vocational education and training. The proposed impact evaluation is being implemented as
planned.
5.
The proposed extension is necessary to correct a mistake made during project preparation
where there is a discrepancy in the closing date between the project paper and the Grant
Agreement where the former identifies closing date as December 31, 2011, while the latter
identifies the closing date as December 31, 2012. There is a clear plan for completion of all
project activities. The Bank team strongly supports the change in closing date as requested by the
Recipient. Furthermore, the global AGI MDTF closing date has also been extended to June 2015,
as a pre-requisite to extension of individual country programs.
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