Shanxi Technical and Vocational Education and Training Development Demonstration Project (ADB-51382-002)

Countries
  • China
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Specific Location
Xinzhou
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Financial Institutions
  • Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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Project Status
Active
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Bank Risk Rating
U
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Voting Date
Jul 19, 2018
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
People's Republic of China
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Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Climate and Environment
  • Communications
  • Education and Health
  • Industry and Trade
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Investment Type(s)
Advisory Services
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 0.40 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Jan 10, 2020

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Project Description
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According to the bank document, the project aims to develop well-trained skilled workforce meeting the needs of priority industries (agricultural products processing, equipment manufacturing, and tourism) in Xinzhou municipality, Shanxi province, People's Republic of China (PRC). The project will have three outputs:

(i) priority industry development strategies and action plans incorporating skills development introduced;

(ii) technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions offering majors in line with the needs of priority industries established; and

(iii) TVET system reform pilots implemented.

Assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will add value by facilitating access to knowledge and expertise in school-enterprise cooperation, public-private partnerships, and digital and cleaner technologies and solutions. Lessons learned from ongoing TVET projects in the PRC, especially the need for hands-on support to TVET institutions on competency-based approaches, will be considered to strengthen the design of the project. ADB will also support the dissemination of innovative reform pilots implemented under the project to Shanxi and other provinces in the PRC.

 

Investment Description
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TA 9550-PRC: Shanxi Technical and Vocational Education and Training Development Demonstration Project

Technical Assistance Special Fund   US$ 0.4 million


Contact Information
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Executing Agencies

Xinzhou Municipal Government
21, Changzheng Street
Xinzhou, Shanxi
03400

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF ADB

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