Bangladesh: Capacity Building of Management in Education and Skills Programs

Project Name

Capacity Building of Management in Education and Skills Programs

Project Number

46290-001

Country

Bangladesh

Project Status

Active

Project Type / Modality of

Assistance

Technical Assistance

Source of Funding / Amount

TA 8956-BAN: Capacity Building of Management in Education and Skills Programs

Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction

US$ 1.50 million

Strategic Agendas

Inclusive economic growth

Drivers of Change

Governance and capacity development

Knowledge solutions
Partnerships

Sector / Subsector

Education - Education sector development

Gender Equity and

Mainstreaming

No gender elements

Description

Bangladesh articulates its vision to achieve middle income status by 2021 in the National Perspective
Plan. Development of human capital has become an urgent task for the government to further
accelerate economic growth and poverty reduction. The government currently implements its own
sector programs through the Secondary Education Sector Investment Program (SESIP) and Skills for
Employment Investment Program (SEIP). With the vision to develop a sound education and skills
sector system in the middle income country by 2021, the government uses the national system of
nancial management and procurement procedures both under SESIP and SEIP. These government's
sector investment programs are also supported by the development partners, including Asian
Development Bank (ADB).

Project Rationale and

Linkage to Country/Regional
Strategy

The following are the identied challenges in procurement and nancial management (PFM): (i) weak
budget-preparation capacity and the separation of development and non-development budgets, (ii)
large o-budget scal activities, (iii) little eort to mobilize revenues, (iv) limited performance
reporting, (v) weak capacity in internal audit, (vi) government accounting and auditing not entirely
meeting international standards, and (vii) Inconsistently applied rules and the lack of standards in
procurement practices (e.g. post procurement review is set in the government regulations but not
conducted regularly). There are urgent needs of capacity development in each area.

Impact

More ecient and market-relevant secondary education and skills development systems (Secondary
Education Road Map and Skills Sector Road Map)

Project Outcome
Description of Outcome

Capacity in duciary management in PFM and monitoring and evaluation of

secondary education and skills subsectors improved

Progress Toward Outcome

Implementation Progress
Description of Project Outputs

Fiduciary risk management improved

M&E, including results-based reporting, improved
Policy dialogue on system capacity development in PFM enhanced

Status of Implementation Progress (Outputs,

Activities, and Issues)

Recruitment of consulting rm for the annual duciary review (AFR) and post
procurement review of SEIP is ongoing. Consulting rm for AFR and individual
consultants to support SESIP have been recruited.

Geographical Location

Summary of Environmental and Social Aspects

Environmental Aspects
Involuntary Resettlement
Indigenous Peoples
Stakeholder Communication, Participation, and Consultation
During Project Design

This TA is built on the on-going TA8523. The stakeholders are the same. During the implementation
of on-going TA stakeholders, ocials in procurement, nancial management, and monitoring and
evaluation at central and local levels were consulted and actively participated in development of the
design of the proposed TA.

During Project Implementation Stakeholders and ocials in procurement, nancial management, and monitoring and evaluation at
central and local levels will benet from capacity building opportunities in the relevant areas.
Feedback mechanism from the capacity building opportunities will be also established.

Business Opportunities
Consulting Services An audit rm (or an institution with relevant expertise) will be selected on a multi-year basis (subject to good
performance) using the quality- and cost-based selection method (80:20) and simplied technical proposals.
Procurement

Not available.

Responsible Sta
Responsible ADB Ocer

Tajima, Eisuke

Responsible ADB Department

South Asia Department

Responsible ADB Division

Human and Social Development Division, SARD

Executing Agencies

Ministry of Finance
Bangladesh Secretariat
Dhaka
Ministry of Education
Shikkha Bhaban, 16 Abdul Ghani Road
Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh

Timetable
Concept Clearance

15 Jul 2015

Fact Finding

14 May 2015 to 21 May 2015

MRM

Approval

18 Sep 2015

Last Review Mission

Last PDS Update

02 Sep 2016

TA 8956-BAN
Milestones
Approval
18 Sep 2015

Signing Date
28 Jan 2016

Closing

Eectivity Date

Original

28 Jan 2016

30 Sep 2017

Financing Plan/TA Utilization

ADB

Conancing

0.00

1,500,000.00

Project Page

75,000.00

Total
Beneciaries
0.00

Actual
-

Cumulative Disbursements

Counterpart
Gov

Revised

Project Sponsor

Date

Amount

Others
0.00

0.00

https://www.adb.org/projects/46290-001/main

1,575,000.00

18 Sep 2015

77,820.38

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Date Generated

27 November 2016

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